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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

Reaper Radio

Join The Alchemist as he is raised from the dead every Friday from 10 p.m. to 12 midnight Pacific time on KDRT and the whispering wind. Conjuring the lost souls of horrendous, hideous heavy-metal tracks to bleed the ears, the Alchemist blends scaring guitars, thundering drums, bludgeoning bass, and silent screams into a vortex of black doom, extreme thrash, and technical classic metal music. Hell awaits!

Live Friday 10pm-Saturday 12am

DJ(s):

The Alchemist

Album of the Week

With a rotating cast of hosts and in-depth exploration of entire albums, Album of the Week brings a fantastically fun hour to the airwaves.

Live Wednesday 4-5pm

Replays Sunday 1-2pm

DJ(s):

Don Shor, Pieter Pastoor, David A. Reynolds, Frank aka Dr Doowop Fox, Darrick, Nancy Flagg, Wayne Hagen, Alison B, Ned

Davis Music Connections

Davis has a very unique musical scene — from the Mondavi Center’s formal performances to the local clubs where bands and upcoming artists hone their craft. Local and visiting musicians are captured by Jim Buchanan on our Live Tracks program. On Davis Music Connections, we play past Davis bands of note, along with those who are currently touring, taking a little bit of Davis to the rest of the world.

Live Tuesday 3-4pm

Replays Wednesday 2-3pm

DJ(s):

Ned, Connections Clyde

Divine Intervention alt. w/Electric Compost Heap

n the Electric Compost Heap, DJ Dug Deep hosts a dig through many sound forms — the delightful detritus of blues, soul, country, rock, reggae, jazz, funk, punk, psych, and more — concocting a rich and fertile musical humus. Dig it, Heapsters!

Live Friday 6-8pm

Replays Sunday 5-7pm

DJ(s):

Dug Deep, Jess Goddèsse

The Awesome Patrol Show

Joy, Gentle Friends!! Catch Sara TAPS on Friday afternoons (Yay! Again!!) live at 2:30 p.m. for your weekly installment of The Awesome Patrol Show — an hour of fresh tunes to wrap up your week. Think of it like a song "flight" of awesome sounds, ideas, feels! Sara creates the sets to feel reminiscent of old-school mix-tapes, something she's never stopped making since getting her first double-tape deck in junior high! Enjoy InJOY, a weekly mix for you, me, our commUNITY! TAPS mantra: Jams up, windows down!

Live Friday 2:30-4pm

Replays Monday 9:30-11pm

DJ(s):

Sara TAPS

Homepage URL:

TAPS

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Davisville, April 24, 2017: Going Lowbrow in Davis

Mon, 04/24/2017 - 7:05pm | Bill Buchanan

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Maya Sinha writes a new Davis Enterprise column, “Lowbrow,” about “the hidden value in despised things.” Davis, like any place, has its conventions, and on today’s show we talk about bad music, schlocky TV, the value of not being pretentious, the relief it all provides, and how far she’s going to take this concept.

Divine Intervention Strikes - Apr 24

Mon, 04/24/2017 - 6:59pm | Jess Goddèsse

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Ivory Tower cover art

Well, the good news is that Vinyl Vespers looks like it won't have a religious flavor -- and we all may be able to glean some beauty tips from what looks to be a god-awful boy band! The bad news is... hmm... don't think there actually is any bad news on the KDRT front... So tune in tonight, 7-9p PT, for another edition of Divine Intervention.

Jazz After Dark April 18, 2017

Tue, 04/18/2017 - 7:45pm | Don Shor

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Coming up on Jazz After Dark!

8 pm Tuesday

Abbey Lincoln
Count Basie
Count Basie Big Band with Ella Fitzgerald
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Pete Jolly
Peggy Lee
Buddy DeFranco Quintet
Benny Goodman & Quartet
Claude Bolling
Claude Bolling
Claude Bolling
Benny Carter
Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucía

"That's Life" ft. California Raptor Center (4/20)

Tue, 04/18/2017 - 8:58am | Eunah

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This week on "That's Life" Lois Richter will be talking with The California Raptor Center staff, who will talk with us about hawks such as the one pictured here as well as other birds of prey recovering and living at their facility just south of Davis. The CRC is an educational and research organization dedicated to the rehabilitation of injured and orphaned birds of prey. Their museum and their permanent collection of living, nonreleasable raptors are open to public view on weekdays and Saturdays. CRC is affiliated with UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. You can check out their website here: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/calraptor/. The group will also be at Picnic Day this weekend, April 22nd, and also have an Open House on May 5th, 2017.

Divine Intervention Strikes - Apr 17

Mon, 04/17/2017 - 6:59pm | Jess Goddèsse

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No holiday for the wicked -- we'll be live as usual with another edition of Divine Intervention, starring the typical mix of rock, punk, pop, funk, junk...and, of course, Vinyl Vespers, our record-store bargain-bin feature -- if you can identify the image attached to this post, you can extrapolate to determine the artist (no, not a reasonable task). OK, enough of the heavily punctuated claptrap. Just tune in Monday, April 17, 7-9p PT for all the fun your ears can hold.

Jazz After Dark April 11, 2017

Tue, 04/11/2017 - 7:32pm | Don Shor

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Coming up at 8 pm!

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Dianne Reeves
Les Paul
Art Tatum
Coleman Hawkins
King Cole Trio
Lucy Ann Polk
Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges
Frank Sinatra
Sidney Bechet
Wes Montgomery/Billy Taylor
Count Basie
Bill Evans Trio featuring Stan Getz
Dianne Reeves
Junior Mance
Pat Metheny

Tune in and support KDRT-LP!

Mon, 04/10/2017 - 11:59pm | Jeff Shaw

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support kdrt

Please support the operation of KDRT-LP!

It takes quite a few George Washingtons, and maybe some Abe Lincolns to keep this ship afloat! And of course some Harriet Tubmans (can't come soon enough!) would really help!

If you listen to KDRT-LP, either online, or over the air, you know the work we put into providing quality programming, local voices, and educational perspectives you cannot hear anywhere else.

So tune in, especially through April 10 ! We know you have lots of choices in your daily auditory intake, and we heartily thank you for showing some love for KDRT-LP!

Go to kdrt.org/donate and we'll set you up right!

Davisville, April 10, 2017: Watching California, from Davis, for the NY Times

Mon, 04/10/2017 - 9:05pm | Bill Buchanan

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Mike McPhate lives in Davis, where he writes and assembles stories about California for the online edition of The New York Times. Newsprint is fading as a format, but the Times is no longer just a newspaper. It remains one of the most influential news organizations in the United States, which means McPhate’s work helps to shape the way the country sees and understands California. Today's topics include the job, the “enemy of the people” media criticism from President Trump, how McPhate finds his stories, and why he chose Davis as a base.

Dirk Hamilton on Friday April 14, 2017

Sun, 04/09/2017 - 7:10am | Pieter Pastoor

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dirk Hamilton to appear on KDRT

California raised Dirk Hamilton is our guest this week. I am really looking forward to this episode of Listening Lyrics as we dig into some of the lyrics of his songs. Dirk will appear at the Palms in Winters, CA Saturday April 15, 2017. You ca visit Dirk at www.dirkhamilton.com.

Dirk: “I began playing guitar and singing songs when I was 8 years old. I was writing stories and poems before that. I always thought of the two activities as completely different and separate -- writing was ‘serious’, playing and singing was ‘fun’. Then I discovered Dylan and learned that songs could be just as deep as the best poetry. It was an epiphany! At that moment I knew what I wanted to do with my life.”

At 15, Dirk wrote two more songs for another 45, this one under his own name. Both records were on the IKON label in Sacramento. “These two were stinkers too but after what seemed like a real long time, I began writing good songs and realized I’d done it! I had enjoyed myself into a real songwriter poet!”