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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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Yolo Backyard Bulletin

Yolo Backyard Bulletin

Yolo Backyard Bulletin (YBB) seeks to address the ongoing demolition of local media by the communications/entertainment complex, which prioritizes profit maximization at the expense of local engagement and conversation. YBB features local news, commentary, music, gossip, and true stories from Yolo County, with the goal of rebuilding and restoring community communications in our public sphere, the lifeblood of democratic life.

Live Thursday 5-6pm
Replays Sunday 8-9am
DJ(s): 
Jesse Drew
Homepage URL: 
Yolo Backyard Bulletin
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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 17 Excellence in Journalism awards from the San Francisco Press Club since 2018, including first place in radio/podcast public affairs programs for 2025, plus a national Hometown Media Award for excellence from the Alliance for Community Media in 2024, and first place nationwide in news/public affairs programs among small stations from the Public Media Journalists Association in 2026.

Live Monday 5:30-6pm
Replays Saturday 8:30-9am
DJ(s): 
Bill Buchanan
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Cowboy Tracks

Join Nancy around the campfire to hear authentic Western roots music and cowboy poetry. Something deep in your soul will resonate to stories from the early wranglers, Mexican vaqueros, Old West adventurers, Silver Screen buckaroos, Western Swing bands, contemporary real cowboys, and all who appreciate wide open spaces, freedom, and the western lifestyle.

 

Live Wednesday 1-2pm
Replays Sunday 2-3pm
DJ(s): 
Nancy Flagg
Homepage URL: 
Cowboy Tracks
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Juke In The Back

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Matt The Cat presents the soul that came before rock n’ roll: 1950s rhythm and blues. Each week, this underrated and rollicking music plays on that old Rockola Jukebox in the back.

Live Tuesday 9-10pm
Homepage URL: 
http://www.jukeintheback.org/
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Listening Lyrics

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Welcome to an hour of Listening Lyrics, right here on KDRT 95.7 FM in Davis, California.

No musical passports required. Folk can sit next to funk, jazz can dance with rock, and a singer-songwriter might end up sharing a park bench with a reggae band. Listening Lyrics is your invitation to escape the noise of the day and enter a world of elaborate sounds, unexpected discoveries, and songs that have something to say.

This is the kind of journey only commercial-free community radio can provide.

So close your eyes. Open your ears. Relax your mind. Join me, Pieter Pastoor, as we send color to your ears and wander through the vast landscape of music and lyrics—the grand meeting place of rhythm, imagination, and the remarkable human ability to create art. Whether it's a whisper, a roar, a groove, or a melody you've never heard before, it all belongs here.

Remember: Real Music. Real Community. Real Good Music.

Live Friday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 11am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
Homepage URL: 
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Jazz After Dark February 22 2022

Tue, 02/22/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Lester Young & The Kansas City Six, Lester Young & the King Cole Trio, Helyne Stewart, Les McCann Ltd. & Lou Rawls, Gene Ammons, Stuff Smith, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Lucky Thompson, Stephane Grappelli & Barney Kessel, Stephane Grappelli, Esther Satterfield, Stanley Cowell, Les Paul, and Luiz Bonfa.

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Davisville, Feb. 21, 2022: The Capitol Corridor expects to bring more changes to Davis

Mon, 02/21/2022 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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There’s lots of news this spring from the Capitol Corridor, the Bay-to-Sacramento passenger train service. Short term, it's recovering from the pandemic, plus taking steps to counter problems that have made too many trains run late. Longer term, it's considering 1) a new central platform in Davis that would connect to an underpass from the station and from the Olive Drive side of the tracks, and 2) changes to the County Road 32 crossing east of town. And if you look ahead a few decades, the corridor anticipates faster trains and better connections from Davis to the Bay Area through the ambitious Link21 "megaregion" project. We talk about all this today with Rob Padgette, the service’s managing director.

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Most played songs in Ukraine this week, and much more, on Listening Lyrics for Feb. 18, 2022

Fri, 02/18/2022 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Ukraine has been in the news for weeks now. Let's see what are some of the most-listened-to songs are this week, on the radio, in Ukraine.

Plus music from the Alex Jenkins Trio, Boca Do Rio, Giant Rooks and AnnenMayKantereit, Gang of Youths, John and Yoko Lennon.

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Davis Garden Show, Feb. 17, 2022

Thu, 02/17/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today we talk about:

  • Planting sequence for summer vegetables
  • Planting tomatoes too early
  • Early flowering trees
  • Avocado pollination
  • Pruning late

and more!

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The Folk Brothers for Feb. 16, 2022: Rita Hosking's 'California' ...

Wed, 02/16/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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... has now been included in The New York Times' list of the best 101 songs about California. "California" joins such folk icons as Dave Alvin's "King of California" and Kate Wolf's "Here In California." Congratulations to Rita! And you can see her live at The Side Door in Sacramento on March 19.

Also on today's show, we highlighted some other artists on tour and coming to our area: Scottish trio Talisk (Sophia Center on Feb. 26) and Tre Burt and Watchhouse (Grass Valley Center For The Arts, Feb. 20).

The Folk Brothers playlist for 02/16/2022
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Jazz After Dark February 15 2022

Tue, 02/15/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Soul jazz tonight: Billy Taylor, Wes Montgomery, Curtis Amy & Dupree Bolton, Lou Donaldson & Grant Green, 'Baby Face' Willette, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Les McCann & Eddie Harris, Dianne Reeves, Jelly Roll Johnson, and Dave Weckl.

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Davis Garden Show, Feb. 10, 2022

Thu, 02/10/2022 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's subjects include:

  • Warm weather and winter vegetables
  • Tips for tomato success
  • Early season issues

and more.

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The Folk Brothers for Feb. 9, 2022: Celebrating Black History Month ...

Wed, 02/09/2022 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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... with Guy Davis (pictured here) singing about Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee's last train ride; with Mary Knight and Mary Lou Williams' tributes to Martin Luther King; with Corey Harris, Odetta, and more.

And tune in to find out about Lauren MacColl and Rachel Newton's new project Heal & Harrow , which honors the some 2,500 Scottish women executed under the 1563 Witchcraft Act. Also, what's the connection between the Miramichi River and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring?

The Folk Brothers playlist for 02/09/2022
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Jazz After Dark February 08 2022

Tue, 02/08/2022 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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It’s Duke Ellington tonight on Jazz After Dark, focusing on the later part of his career. We’ll hear his work with Billy Strayhorn, Mahalia Jackson, Johnny Hodges, Charles Mingus and Max Roach, Ella Fitzgerald, and Ray Brown, as well as some of his studio recordings from the early 1960s.

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Davisville, Feb. 7, 2022: Anne Hance, who helped start Explorit

Mon, 02/07/2022 - 6:10pm | Bill Buchanan

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This interview with the late Anne Hance, who died in August 2019, first aired on Nov. 27, 2017.

Anne Hance lived an interesting life. A zoologist by training, she grew up in England during World War II, came to Davis in 1968, co-founded and helped lead the Explorit Science Center for a third of a century … and those details are just part of her story. She also had the most wonderful voice. We talk with her on today’s program.

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