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KDRT 95.7 FM is grassroots radio from Davis, CA, airing an eclectic mix of music and public-affairs programming. A project of nonprofit Davis Media Access, KDRT streams worldwide via KDRT.org.

 

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Democracy Now!

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Hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now is an award-winning syndicated news program that gives voice to perspectives rarely heard in corporate-sponsored media, including independent journalists, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics, independent analysts, and ordinary people from around the world.

Live Friday 9-10am
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Democracy Now!

Amy Goodman photo

Hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now is an award-winning syndicated news program that gives voice to perspectives rarely heard in corporate-sponsored media, including independent journalists, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics, independent analysts, and ordinary people from around the world.

Live Friday 9-10am
Homepage URL: 
Democracy Now! on the Web
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Nuestra Musica

Nuestra Musica, Our Music, presents the rhythms and folklore of Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and Cape Verde. From Tango to Flamenco and all Latinx music in between. The show explores the native instruments, languages, and traditions played in 22 countries and one territory. Other than Spanish and Portuguese, "Nuestra Musica" presents songs in Quechua, Mapuche, Guarani, Nahuatl, Gallego, Spanish Basque, and Catalan.

Live Thursday 10-11pm
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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 10-11pm
DJ(s): 
Don Shor
Homepage URL: 
Jazz After Dark on the Web (blog with playlists)
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Classical Excursions

Greg LaTraille

Classical radio programs often focus on well-known light classics and ignore challenging and imaginative masterworks, especially from the rich repertoire of 20th century music, which is very diverse. This results in listeners who are unaware of many wonderful works. Excursions will present short and longer works by famous as well as less known composers, with insightful commentary by a composer with years of experience in radio, classical marketing, and music education.

Live on the first, third and occasional fifth Friday of the month.  

Live Friday 11am-1pm
Replays Sunday 9-11am
DJ(s): 
Greg LaTraille
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Jazz After Dark October 19 2021

Tue, 10/19/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: spanning the 1930s to the 1990s. We’ll hear from Fred Astaire, Charlie Christian, Count Basie, Erroll Garner, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins, Buster Bailey, Doris Day, Peter Appleyard Orchestra, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Gabor Szabo, George Benson with The McCoy Tyner Trio, and Lee Konitz & the Brazilian Band.

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Davisville, Oct. 18, 2021: The Return of Lord Blood-Rah … which sounds like a title for one of the movies he hosts

Mon, 10/18/2021 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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For Halloween this year, we have a return visit with the imaginatively named Lord Blood-Rah, host of Lord Blood-Rah’s Nerve-Wrackin’ Theatre on TV and Nerve-Wrackin’ Auditorium on radio. They're available in Davis on DCTV (channel 15 on Comcast, menu 99 on ATT U-Verse) or KDRT. Our guest, whose real name is Frank Wallace-Ailsworth, is a science-fiction/horror-show host in the tradition of Bob Wilkins and Elvira.

We talk about ... well, pretty much what you'd expect, such as classic radio, and movies from good to bad to charmingly stupid, plus what's in the “Venusian cocktail” created for one of his in-person showings at a movie palace in Orinda, and why anyone would watch a film like My Son, the Vampire. The story concerns a would-be vampire and his misguided robot. October is high season for stuff like this.

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Tune in 4-7pm for a chance to win big for Healthy Davis Neighbors Night Out!

Sun, 10/17/2021 - 10:09am | Jeff Shaw

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Listen to the recorded broadcast here:  Healthy Davis Neighbors Night Out 2021 Broadcast

KDRT is proud to partner with the City of Davis to bring you a special broadcast Sunday October 17, from 4-7 p.m. We'll air interviews from Healthy Davis Together founders, Aggie Public Health Ambassadors, Davis City Councilmembers, music requested by neighborhood hosts, and more! We'll also give away $3,000 worth of certificates from Davis businesses for goods and services on each half-hour mark.

Listen for how to claim one of these grand prize packages! Tune in from your neighborhood party -- blast your car radio on 95.7 fm, or stream on your phone at kdrt.org. Stay safe, have fun and win big!

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Neighborhoods in music, on Listening Lyrics, Oct. 15

Fri, 10/15/2021 - 3:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Neighbors night out in Davis is Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. So in honor of this, Listening Lyrics features thoughts about neigbors, neighborhoods, and of course lots of "neighborly" music.

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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 14, 2021 -- Leafy greens, lawns to meadows, weed management

Thu, 10/14/2021 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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This is the time to plant those leafy greens to eat all winter long. Other winter vegetables include brassicas and root crops like carrots. You can plant in the ground, or in a barrel by the back door, but not INSIDE -- veggies are not grown as houseplants because they need more light. Could you build a greenhouse inside? Well, yes, but it requires grow lights and structures and ...  It's just so much easier if you can grow them outside instead.

Lois asks "Suppose I fill that barrel out back with leafy greens. Do squirrels and rats like salad?"  Well, yes; but it's not hard to make a cover to keep them out.

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Album of the Week: Gillian Welch's Revival

Wed, 10/13/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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This week, Album of the Week explores the Gillian Welch/David Rawlings first CD release (1996), Revival. Today's host is Pieter Pastoor of Listening Lyrics.

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The Folk Brothers for Oct. 13, 2021: Remembering Paddy Moloney

Wed, 10/13/2021 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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This morning we pay tribute to Paddy Moloney, the founding member and moving force behind The Chieftains. Paddy's Uilleann pipes and tin whistles guided the Irish cultural ambassadors through some 44 albums, six Grammy awards, numerous film scores, and musical collaborations with nearly everyone in the world of folk, country, and rock, not to mention many memorable shows at The Mondavi Center in Davis.

Also on today's show: music from Flo Perlin, Spiers and Boden, James Hill, Tennessee Jet, Arlo McKinley. And more!

The Folk Brothers playlist for 10/13/2021
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Jazz After Dark October 12 2021

Tue, 10/12/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark: vocals by Jo Stafford, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Beverly Kenney, and Jacy Parker. Instrumentals by Lou Donaldson, Milt Jackson, the Gigi Gryce Quartet, Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges, McCoy Tyner, Howard Roberts, Billy Taylor & Gerry Mulligan, and Joe Pass.

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KDRT public affairs show Davisville wins S.F. Press Club awards for fourth year running

Sun, 10/10/2021 - 12:36pm | Diane Crumley

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The San Francisco Press Club recently announced the winners of its 2021 Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards, and KDRT’s Davisville placed second and third among small noncommercial radio/audio public-affairs programs!

The winning episodes were an interview with Winters’ Nora Cary, “The Palms, on indefinite hiatus, is ending its lease in Winters” (Aug. 17, 2020), and a discussion with Ryan Easterday, a U.S. Navy commander from Davis (Feb. 17, 2020).

The contest recognizes excellent work by journalists and other communicators in 12 counties ranging from Monterey and Marin to Yolo. Davisville has previously won six S.F. Press Club awards for shows created in 2019, 2018 and 2017. On the program, journalist Bill Buchanan interviews people about events, news, and stories involving Davis. He produces the show, and his brother Jim Buchanan is the sound engineer. Both Davis residents have been volunteer programmers at KDRT for more than a decade.

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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 7, 2021 -- Mid-October

Thu, 10/07/2021 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program:

  • fruit trees for low care and small yards
  • planting in October

and more! Bonus for reading Don's article about Common Landscape Errors

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