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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.

DJ Chris Mussen presents all things modern indie, from shoegaze to psychedelic, dream pop to space rock, lo-fi to indie folk. Whatever you prefer on your indie playlists, A Constant Grin is sure to keep you smiling.

Live Friday 2-2:30pm

Replays Saturday 7-7:30pm

DJ(s):

Chris Mussen

Homepage URL:

A Constant Grin on Facebook

Blue LIght Central

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

Davisville

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. Contact: davisville @ dcn.org

Live Monday 5:30-6pm

Replays Saturday 8:30-9am

DJ(s):

Bill Buchanan

Crossing Continents

In this World Music show, Gil covers the Middle East, the Mediterranean region, North Africa, Central Asia, and the Indian sub continent, including traditional and contemporary musical styles. This is not a pop music show!

Live Monday 10am-12pm

Replays Sunday 12-2pm

DJ(s):

Gil Medovoy

Education Beat

KDRT is proud to air EdSource’s program Education Beat: Getting to the heart of California schools. From EdSource: "Join us each week as we cover everything from preschool to college, bringing you the personal stories behind the headlines. We want you to hear the voices that are too often drowned out in the broader conversation: parents, teachers, and the students themselves."

Live Monday 5:10-5:30pm

Homepage URL:

Ed Source on the web

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Davisville, July 29, 2019: Going back to high school, sort of

Mon, 07/29/2019 - 6:10pm | Bill Buchanan

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High school’s an interesting time. You’re exiting childhood, not yet an adult, you’re trying to figure out who you are, while fitting in, while going your own way, and your classmates are suddenly attractive in ways they weren’t just a few years before. And you’re trying to set yourself up for college or a job, while under pressure to achieve. Whatever high school means to you, when it’s done … you move on. Until enough years have passed and you hear from a classmate that your class is having a reunion! Want to come?

On today’s Davisville, my guests are reunion organizers from two Davis High School classes that are having significant anniversaries this fall and summer: Cindy Cooper Evans (left) from the Class of 1969, and Margaret Bridge from the Class of 1999. We talk about the reunions, what they enjoy about them, how classmates and their attitudes toward the high school years change as they get older, and what advice they’d have for their high school selves.

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.

95.7 FM, KDRT-LP in Davis, CA; kdrt.org

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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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