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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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Independent and Local

Independent and Local

Independent and Local is a music program featuring local unsigned artists and bands, including "Moments" — brief interviews with experts in the scientific, health, and artistic communities about interesting topics and current events. The main focus is music, along with a few outside-the-box ideas.

Live Monday 4-5pm
DJ(s): 
Sam Hawk
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3rd Streaming

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Coined in 1957 by Brandeis University professor Gunther Schuller, “Third Stream” is a term used to describe the synthesis of classical and jazz. Join DJ Gary Chew to discover some Third Stream sounds for yourself. 

Live Monday 1-3pm
DJ(s): 
Gary Chew
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Old-Time Radio

Old Time Radio KDRT Davis California

Immerse yourself in programs from radio’s Golden Age.

Live Sunday 10:30pm-Monday 12am
DJ(s): 
Jim Buchanan
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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 14 Excellence in Journalism awards from the San Francisco Press Club since 2018, plus a national Hometown Media Award for excellence from the Alliance for Community Media in 2024. Contact: davisville @ dcn.org

Live Monday 5:30-6pm
Replays Saturday 8:30-9am
DJ(s): 
Bill Buchanan
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Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader is joined by co-hosts Steve Skrovan and David Feldman for a lively informative hour of interviews with some of the nation’s most influential movers and shakers, and thought provoking discussions of the weeks news.

Live Monday 11pm-Tuesday 12am
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Jazz After Dark July 23 2019

Tue, 07/23/2019 - 7:38pm | Don Shor

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Coming up at 8 pm tonight on Jazz After Dark: 1950’s and 60’s, small group sessions and vocals.

Jo Stafford, Richard Twardzik & Russ Freeman, Art Tatum, The Ella Fitzgerald Quartet, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Louis Armstrong, Arnett Cobb, Gerry Mulligan, Kenny Burrell Octet, Eddie Lockjaw Davis With Paul Gonsalves, Monty Alexander.

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Photo, clockwise from upper left: Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Arnett Cobb, Art Tatum, Gerry Mulligan.

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Jazz After Dark July 16 2019

Tue, 07/16/2019 - 7:41pm | Don Shor

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Coming up at 8 pm on Jazz After Dark, 95.7 FM in Davis, CA: mellow vocals, and instrumental jazz. June Katz, Ken Sykora, Sarah Vaughan, Paul Desmond, Ahmad Jamal, Chet Baker, Grant Green, Don Friedman, Houston Person, Bria Skonberg, Taylor Eigsti.

Live Tuesday at 8 pm, replays Monday 11 pm, Tuesday at midnight, Wednesday 10 pm.

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Davisville, July 15, 2019: Davis needs better broadband, task force says, and public should own it

Mon, 07/15/2019 - 6:10pm | Bill Buchanan

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In June, a Davis task force advised Davis to act quickly to improve the city’s broadband service, and recommended a municipal network as the best option, pending a detailed look at what that would involve. City Hall has agreed to pursue that closer look. On today’s Davisville, Carolyn Stiver and Lorenzo Kristov, two members of the Broadband Advisory Task Force, talk about the need for broadband, options to pay for it, and more.

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Jazz After Dark July 09 2019

Tue, 07/09/2019 - 7:42pm | Don Shor

Commemorating Joao Gilberto, one of the founders of bossa nova, on Jazz After Dark tonight. Performances by Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto & Stan Getz; Roy Eldridge, Eric Dolphy, Herbie Mann, Hideo Shiraki, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Willie Bobo, Charlie Rouse, Paul Desmond, Ella Fitzgerald, Toots Thielemans, Eliane Elias, and Joe Pass.

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Jazz After Dark July 02 2019

Tue, 07/02/2019 - 7:45pm | Don Shor

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Spanning the decades from 1928 to 1996 on Jazz After Dark tonight.

Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker Quintet, Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges, Ella Fitzgerald, Erroll Garner, Ben Webster, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Eva Cassidy, Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond.

Replays Monday 11 pm, Tuesday at midnight, Wednesday 10 pm

 

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Davisville, July 1, 2019: Many homeless people in Davis are finding homes, but more people are becoming homeless

Mon, 07/01/2019 - 6:10pm | Bill Buchanan

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Ryan Collins started working for the city of Davis as homeless outreach services coordinator in August 2017. He has contacted approximately 300 homeless people in Davis since then, he says, and has helped about a third of them find permanent shelter. This would have reduced the homeless population of Davis … except that a greater number has fallen into homelessness. On today’s Davisville we talk with Ryan and with Paul Doroshov, deputy police chief for Davis, about Ryan’s job working one-to-one with the homeless, how his work fits into the larger set of services and strategies that respond to homelessness, the city’s plan to hire another person whose job will be similar to Ryan’s, and how the role of the police has evolved since Paul joined the Davis Police as a patrol officer 30 years ago.

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Davis Music Fest 2019 Review, Recorded Jun 28th, 2019

Fri, 06/28/2019 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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This week we present a review of the 2019 Davis Music Fest, playing songs from a variety of the bands that performed. Unfortunately, we cannot come close to touching all of the bands in a one-hour show. This hour of Listening Lyrics presents selections from the following acts:

The Big Poppies, King Dream, Ideateam, Jessica Malone, The Midnight Dip, The Philharmonic, Emily Day and the Knights, Boca do Rio, Topograf, Run River Cult, Ten Foot Tiger, Boot Juice. Pictured is Max Van Dyke of The Big Poppies.

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Jazz After Dark June 25 2019

Tue, 06/25/2019 - 7:43pm | Don Shor

Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark!   Extended sets:

-- Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, The Song Is You

-- Thelonious Monk, Round Midnight

-- Ray Charles & Milt Jackson,  How Long Blues

-- Oscar Peterson, Love Is Here to Stay

-- Wes Montgomery & Wynton Kelly, If You Could See Me Now

-- Ramsey Lewis Trio, Theme from Spartacus (Live)

-- Paul Desmond Quartet, Manhã De Carnaval

-- Sonny Rollins, Where Are You

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KDRT Will Broadcast Opening Night of the Davis Music Fest, June 21, from 4:45 to 10 p.m.

Fri, 06/21/2019 - 7:35pm | Pieter Pastoor

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KDRT will present a special Live "DiRT" broadcast of the opening night of this year's Davis Music Festival from 5 to 10 p.m. It will be live and streamed on kdrt.org.

5 p.m. - Bomba Fried Rice

6:15 p.m.  - King Dream

7:30 p.m. - West Nile Ramblers

9 p.m. - Ideateam

Plus live interviews between performances!

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Bad Mother Nature interview, Recorded Jun 21st, 2019

Fri, 06/21/2019 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Keep an eye out for these guys, even better, treat your ears to BAD MOTHER NATURE. Listen in as we talk with all four of the band members

Bad Mother Nature, an original band formed in 2016, consists of guitarist/bassist duo Axel Ahrens and Corey Allred, pianist Ryan Allred, and drummer Jon McCann. Inspired by the classic rock titans of the 1960s and '70s, they balance driving guitar-riff work with the nuanced, progressive piano that allows their music to range from soft to rocking - often within the same song.

Their debut EP “Strange Weather,” featuring Colin Curtin on drums, presented a range of styles from the upbeat blues-rock Honey Rider, to the instrumental guitar piece Persephone, to the anthemic ballad I’ll Make You a Thief. UK rock magazine Fireworks profiled the album and the band.

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