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About Us

KDRT is low-power grassroots radio located in Davis, California, airing an eclectic mix of music and public affairs programming, and building community by promoting dialogue, encouraging artistic expression, and acting as a forum for people who typically lack media access. Noncommercial radio KDRT 95.7 FM is a project of Davis Media Access (DMA.)  DMA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Our mission reflects our values: localism, social equality, public participation, media literacy, diversity, and, of course, community media. Read more...

OUR PROGRAMS

That's Life

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Lois Richter’s format for That’s Life is mostly interviews. Recurring topics include Davis activities and groups; work and life choices; philosophy and theory; plus birding, cooking, art, and other passions. Lois occasionally breaks into music -- from ballads to the slack key sounds of Hawaii to golden oldies rock 'n' roll -- but mostly we just talk.

If you want to suggest a topic for discussion or a person to interview, text Lois or leave a message in the comments here.

Live Thursday 11am-12pm
Replays Saturday 7-8am
DJ(s): 
Lois Richter
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Technocult Radio

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Technocult Radio, produced by UC Davis Technocultural Studies students, explores the intersection of cultural history and digital media.

Live Thursday 10-11am
DJ(s): 
jdrew
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Jazz After Dark

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Join jazz aficionado Don Shor as he explores the diverse and fascinating world of jazz. Jazz After Dark spans the gamut, from roots in boogie woogie, blues, and ragtime, through traditional and straight ahead jazz, soul jazz, bossa nova, and more. 

Live Tuesday 8-9pm
Replays Wednesday 3-4pm, Thursday 11pm-Friday 12am
DJ(s): 
Don Shor
Homepage URL: 
Jazz After Dark on the Web (blog with playlists)
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Listening Lyrics

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Welcome to an hour of LISTENING LYRICS. Right here on KDRT 95.7FM in Davis, California. Listening Lyrics is a genre free zone - we feature the artist. What makes them do their thing. Listen to the hope and satisfaction in their voices. Listen to what only commercial free community radio can bring you. Close your eyes - open your ears - relax your mind. Join host Pieter Pastoor as he sends color to your ears. Now lets enter, the mother of all that is music and lyrics and the human capability of producing art.
Live Friday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 1-2pm
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
Homepage URL: 
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Davisville

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Davis has interesting people, ideas, connections, and events. On Davisville, host Bill Buchanan presents stories that have some connection to Davis. The program has won eight Excellence in Journalism awards from the San Francisco Press Club.

Live Monday 5:30-6pm
Replays Tuesday 5-5:30pm, Friday 12:30-1pm, Saturday 8:30-9am
DJ(s): 
Bill Buchanan
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Album of the Week - Thursday 1/21/16 at 5:00PM - "Tiny Music" by Stone Temple Pilots

Thu, 01/21/2016 - 10:56am | Pieter Pastoor

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album of the week - KDRT 95,7FM

 Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop. My favorite album by one of the first bands I loved as a young teenager. Scott Weiland's death last month resonated with me the way Bowie and Glen Frey did my parents this past week. (Although those ones matter to me as well). Tiny Music is 41 minutes long, so I'll probably break tradition and play a little Bowie, Motörhead and Eagles to fill our the hour. Justin Cox your host this week

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Davisville, 1/18/16: More stories from Oxford Circle's Gary Lee Yoder

Mon, 01/18/2016 - 6:05pm | Bill Buchanan

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Oxford Circle, which formed at Davis High School, made it big enough in the 1960s to play the Fillmore, Avalon and other major stages in San Francisco and Sacramento, sharing the bill with bands like the Grateful Dead. Gary Lee Yoder (photo), Oxford Circle’s main singer and writer, and later a member of Kak and Blue Cheer, still lives in Davis, and his first appearance on Davisville 13 months ago became one of KDRT’s most popular shows online for 2014-15. Today he returns with more stories, including the first time he heard Janis Joplin sing—Yoder was backstage at the Avalon with Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia at the time—and sizes up the possibility of Oxford Circle playing again. “It’s on the back burner,” he says. “It’d be fun.”

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Album Review: Hurricane, by R Dyer and R Thomas

Sun, 01/17/2016 - 9:49pm | Scott Korinke

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Hurricane

Hurricane, released in 2013, is the third album by independent Mississippi duo R. Dyer and R. Thomas. The experimental-rock team dabbles in many sub-enres on this LP, even bordering on psychedelia, but they manage to stay grounded with a classic blues-rock guitar sound. On their more traditional tracks, they create a passionate atmosphere, with earthy vocals singing vague but thought-provoking lyrics. The best examples of this on the record are lead track "Butterfly" and title track "Hurricane," which provide six minutes of fun and inventive rock and roll. On the experimental side, the multilingual "Durare" and the wonderfully wonky "Delivery Pizza" bring new, unique sounds to the album. Overall, R. Dyer and R. Thomas manage to pack quite a few sounds and ideas into Hurricane, making the LP quite a fun and interesting listen for fans of many music genres.

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A Tribute to David Bowie on Civilization Phaze IV, Sunday 1/17

Thu, 01/14/2016 - 7:45pm | Eunah

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Civilization Phaze IV will be celebrating the life and work of the late great David Bowie.  A master melder of the avant-garde and popular, Bowie was a musical tour de force who had an immense impact on people from all walks of life--he's one of the few artists who was respected in equal measure by people in both classical and popular musical spheres. 

"Knowledge comes with death's release." -David Bowie

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DEAD WAX's new logo says it all. Every Thursday at 6:00PM

Thu, 01/14/2016 - 5:53pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Dead Wax on KDRT

DEAD WAX. Tune in for our weekly vinyl-centric exploration of Americana. Each Episode features a current artist and digs into the roots of their music as we dig through our record stack. Everything from classic country to roots rock and blues. All from the KDRT-LP 95.7 FM community radio station in Davis, California.

 

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Songs for rainy days on Listening Lyrics Friday 1/15/16

Thu, 01/14/2016 - 5:46pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Songs about rain on KDRT

A week of rainy days in Northern California is something to celebrate. Sooo LISTENING LYRICS has an hour of songs about rain across a wide spectrum of genres. Listen in but bring your umbrella.

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Reverend Shawn Amos on Live in the Loam, Wed Jan 13

Wed, 01/13/2016 - 2:50pm | Jess Goddèsse

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KDRT's Dug Deep hosts the Reverend Shawn Amos and his band for a special Live in the Loam on Wednesday, January 13, at 3pm PT. A blues singer/songwriter of the highest order, Amos is on a mission to spread the blues with unsurpassed fervor beyond his base in Los Angeles. The Reverend stops at KDRT in advance of his evening gig at the Torch Club in Sacramento. His latest record is The Reverend Shawn Amos Loves You. Visit the Reverend on the web at shawnamos.com.

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Jazz After Dark January 12, 2016

Tue, 01/12/2016 - 7:29pm | Don Shor

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Some classic jazz coming up tonight: Rosemary Clooney With Duke Ellington * Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra * Getz, Quinichette & Sims * Art Tatum * Ella Fitzgerald * Buddy DeFranco * Brother Jack Mc Duff featuring Kenny Burrell * Benny Goodman & Quartet * Dave Brubeck & Gerry Mulligan * Bill Harris * Dorothy Donegan * Jose James & Jeff Neve * Red Garland Trio

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Album Review: Hang Your Hopes on a Crooked Nail, by Rod Picott

Mon, 01/11/2016 - 12:13am | Scott Korinke

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Hang Your Hopes on a Crooked Nail

Hang Your Hopes on a Crooked Nail is Rod Piscott's sixth studio album in a career that spans an impressive 15 years. The album is pure down-to-earth Americana music, combining the charm and rural feel of country music and the rock sound of Bruce Springsteen. Rod Picott's soothing and earthy voice is at the musical forefront of the album, with an array of instruments filling in the rhythmic midtempo instrumentation, including a mandolin and slide guitars. The album has its quicker and louder moments, including the hopeful and reflective "Where No One Knows My Name." However, the album's best moments are the softer tracks, including the simple yet thoughtful "Bluebonnet" and "Mobile Home," which paint a realistic portrait of trailer-park life. Overall, Hang Your Hopes on a Crooked Nail is very laid back--a relaxing and reflective album--perfect for long drives on quiet, sunny afternoons and a worthy addition to the collection of country, Americana, or acoustic-rock fans.

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KDRT + KHOI Present Live Coverage of Issues Forum with O'Malley and Sanders - Sat Jan 9

Fri, 01/08/2016 - 2:27pm | Jess Goddèsse

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KDRT collaborates with KHOI-FM in Ames, Iowa, and Pacifica Radio to bring live coverage of the Iowa CCI issues forum with Democratic presidential candidates Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders. 

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