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ABOUT US

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.

 

OUR PROGRAMS

Silver Nine Volt Heart

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Join your host Rodriguez as he swings the gate wide open for a cool musical trip featuring sounds from all points of the compass.  Being mindful that "everything connects to everything else," on Silver Nine Volt Heart  you will find the many colorful threads that make up the tapestry of recorded sound ... just click it on and let the music start. 

Live Tuesday 7-9am
Replays Saturday 3-5pm
DJ(s): 
Rodriguez
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Mapping Healthcare

Mapping Healthcare is a radio show and podcast where a medic with a map explores ways in which people around the globe improve the world of healthcare and what we can learn from them. The host is a physician, medical educator, and researcher who leads programs that help health systems deliver high-quality healthcare. All past episodes are archived below. Find Mapping Healthcare on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Live Friday 5:30-6pm
Replays Saturday 8-8:30am
DJ(s): 
Dr. Shaikh
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Hello Davis!

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Hello Davis! spotlights the people and organizations that help define the character of our town. Each week, one of the follow local community organizations hosts the program in rotation, interviewing guests connected to their work — sharing stories, highlighting their programs, and offering a closer look at how they serve Davis. 

Live Wednesday 5:30-6pm
Replays Wednesday 11:30pm-Thursday 12am
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
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The Cerealist

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The Cerealist curates chilling broadcasts of loud + bizarre soundscapes from an ancient cave bellowing death metal from around the globe, with smoky stage lights on music from American, Swedish, and Norwegian shredders. Tune in every week for 30 brutal minutes of blast-beat heaven!

Live Wednesday 7:30-8pm
Replays Sunday 11:30pm-Monday 12am
DJ(s): 
The Cerealist
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Blue LIght Central

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Every week, the big blue train we call the Blue Light Central rumbles out of the station for an hour-long ride through a landscape of blues, classic R&B, soul, gospel, zydeco, and low-down boogie. Mark Drnek is your ticket agent, porter, engineer, brakeman, and conductor on a weekly excursion through the vast music landscape.

Live Thursday 9-10pm
Homepage URL: 
Blue Light Central on the web
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Jazz After Dark December 29 2020

Tue, 12/29/2020 - 6:34pm | Don Shor

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Upbeat jazz to ring in the New Year at 8 pm tonight on Jazz After Dark.

Machito, Jerry Gray, Ella Fitzgerald, Freddy Martin, Earl Bostic, Red Garland, Tony Bennett, Kenny Dorham, Lalo Schifrin, Ray Bryant & Walter Booker Jr., Tomas Einarsso, Stanley Turrentine, Jim Galloway's Wee Big Band, Winifred Atwell.

Jazz After Dark broadcasts locally at 8 pm Tuesdays on KDRT-LP 95.7 FM in Davis, CA.

Replays Monday 11 pm.

Live-streaming at https://kdrt.org/page/listen-now

Show page here: https://kdrt.org/program/jazz-after-dark

Look for us on iTunes (you can listen to the live broadcast via their Radio link; just search for KDRT) or your favorite podcast site.

https://player.fm/featured/jazz

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Behind the broadcast: rebuilt computer system for the new year!

Mon, 12/21/2020 - 4:48pm | Jeff Shaw

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KDRT reboot

On Tuesday, December 22, we rebuilt our computer automation system. And, due to the pandemic, we are currently limiting studio access, which meant we turned off our transmitter while we did the work. If you heard intermittent periods without a broadcast, that was why. Things are back to normal now!    

Please consider a year-end donation to your locally owned, locally operated, all-volunteer-programmed, low-power radio station -- go to kdrt.org/donate. Any donation goes to keep the station on the air!

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DMA and KDRT to Broadcast 17th Annual Home for the Holidays Concert on Dec. 17, 2020

Fri, 12/18/2020 - 2:09pm | Diane Crumley

A beloved local tradition  - the"Home for the Holidays" concert - continues this year streaming online.  Concert producer Bill Fairfield has brought together many returning favorite local musicians, as well as adding some new special guests to this year's video program.  Familiar guests include Joe and Hattie Craven, the DHS Madrigals, Rita Hosking duo, Misner & Smith, Alaina Rose, Kora Feder, Boot Juice, Bill Edwards, the Fairfields, Dave Nachmanoff, and Mumbo Gumbo guitarist Brian Rivers. As usual, the event is a benefit for the Davis School Arts Foundation, and viewers are encouraged to make a donation there in lieu of the usual ticket purchase.  DMA and KDRT are thrilled to serve as partners and offer the community a variety of ways to view and listen.  The event will be simulcast Thursday December 17 at 7 PM on KDRT 95.7 FM and DCTV Channel 15, and will be available for video and audio streaming at kdrt.org ( a link will be provided there the day of the show).

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Jazz To The World. Listening Lyrics annual Holiday Show. Aired December 18, 2020

Thu, 12/17/2020 - 8:26pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Listening Lyrics annual Holiday show this year is JAZZ TO THE WORLD Featuring Christmas and Hanakkuh selections. Listen in as Pieter and Jeanne play a unique set of tunes to go along with your egg nog.

Several local artists are included in the playlist. Including Nancy Northrup, Greg Johnson and Estelle California.

See playlist below for a complete listing of the songs played.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 12/18/2020
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Jazz After Dark Features Count Basie December 15 2020

Tue, 12/15/2020 - 7:43pm | Don Shor

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"I think the band can really swing when it swings easy, when it can just play along like you are cutting butter." -- Count Basie

Featuring Count Basie tonight on Jazz After Dark! Selections from 1937 to 1987: Count Basie and his Orchestra, with the Kansas City 5, with Zoot Sims, in live and studio sessions, and backing vocalists Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Frank Sinatra.

From his early years in Harlem and on the vaudeville circuit, to his years in Kansas City, New York City and the swing era, then his big band, post WWII smaller groups, and reformed orchestra in the 1950’s, Count Basie established a unique swing style that influenced countless musicians. He backed some of the great vocalists of the era and teamed with other jazz royalty, always sounding poised and polished.

Jazz After Dark broadcasts locally at 8 pm Tuesdays on KDRT-LP 95.7 FM in Davis, CA.

Replays Monday 11 pm.

Live-streaming at https://kdrt.org/page/listen-now

Show page here: https://kdrt.org/program/jazz-after-dark

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COVID-19 Community Report Dec 15th, 2020 - Jesse Salinas, Yolo ACE

Tue, 12/15/2020 - 12:40pm | Autumn Labbe-Renault

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My guest for Dec. 15 is Jesse Salinas, who serves as the Assessor/ Clerk-Recorder/Chief Election Official (ACE) for Yolo County. Jesse's purview and scope of work is broad and far reaching, but it was really the elections work---and the switch to vote by mail--that took center stage during this pandemic year.

I last spoke with Jesse back at the end of September in Episode 37, when he and his staff were ramping up for vote by mail. In this interview, Episode 45 we'll touch base about lessons learned during this time of COVID-19, voter turnout, and what voting in Yolo County could look like moving forward. 

Tune in live at noon at 95.7 FM, or listen anytime at kdrt.org.

 

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Celtic Songlines Dec 15th, 2020 - In the Spirit of Solstice and Celtic Holiday Traditions

Tue, 12/15/2020 - 12:10pm | David A. Reynolds

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This week's Celtic Songlines KDRT 95.7FM celebrates the mystical beauty and spirit of Solstice and Celtic holiday traditions. Tune into music from The Outside Track with Christmas from Killarney, guitarist Alex De Grassi, Steve Morse and Manuel Barrueco, introspective music from Scotland's Salt House, Sam Sweeney, Ireland's The Whileaways, Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning with Wendy Goodwin, Scotland's The Shee and a Scottish Christmas with Bonnie Rideout, Maggie Sansome and Al Petteway (image at left by Dewitt Jones from the album cover of A Scottish Christmas) .

Tune into KDRT 95.7FM Tuesday from 11:00 a.m to Noon (PT) with replay Wednesday evening from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. or stream @kdrt.org. You can also listen anytime by subscribing to Celtic Songlines on iTunes.

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KDRT Fall On-Air Fundraising Week Starts December 15 - We Are Rooting for the Home Team

Fri, 12/11/2020 - 1:43pm | Diane Crumley

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As this unusual year comes to an end, we are particularly grateful to ALL our listeners, supporters, volunteers, and extended community. We have rallied together to adjust to social-distancing, and yet remain connected through our uniquely Davis local programming.  We invite you to tune in to KDRT 95.7 FM or stream via kdrt.org to enjoy some special holiday cheer that our DJs are happy to share with you Dec. 15 – 21, 2020.  As an extra special holiday treat, we are thrilled to be airing the 17th annual Home for the Holidays concert, Thursday Dec. 17 at 7PM and an encore presentation on Winter Solstice, Monday December 21, also at 7 PM. Link here for additional information.

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Your Community Radio Station Needs Your Help: KDRT, 'Where The Grass Roots Grow'

Thu, 12/10/2020 - 5:37pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Community radio in Davis is in its annual drive to keep your radio station on the air. Jeanne and I discuss the programs on KDRT while we play the music of the following fine local artists: Katgruvs, Bootjuice, Midnight Dip, Bad Mother Nature, Miss Lonely Hearts, Philharmonik, Jessica Malone, Nickel Slots, The Big Poppies, Element Brass Band, Big Sticky Mess, and Roger Kunkel. There are so many many more, but we only have an hour -- keep listening to our weekly show and I'm sure we will please you. 

Thank you.

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Jazz After Dark Dec. 08 2020 Celebrates Dave Brubeck

Tue, 12/08/2020 - 6:52pm | Don Shor

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8 pm tonight on Jazz After Dark: Happy birthday to Dave Brubeck!

December 6 2020 was the 100th anniversary of his birth. To celebrate this giant of 20th century jazz, we’ll hear selections from 1954 to 2005.

From the 1950s, a performance from his college tours. Live concerts in Japan and Mexico from the 1960’s. Backing vocalists Carmen McRae (in a classic version of Take Five) and Jimmy Rushing. Gerry Mulligan’s Unfinished Woman, one of the highlights of the band’s reunion concert in 1975, and then a gentle solo from 2005.

Jazz After Dark broadcasts locally at 8 pm Tuesdays on KDRT-LP 95.7 FM in Davis, CA.

Replays Monday 11 pm.

Live-streaming at https://kdrt.org/page/listen-now

Show page here: https://kdrt.org/program/jazz-after-dark

Look for us on iTunes (you can listen to the live broadcast via their Radio link; just search for KDRT) or your favorite podcast site.

https://player.fm/featured/jazz

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