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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.

 

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The Audio Ecotone

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Join Eddy Owt as he explores the rich genre diversity, cross-breeding, and hybridizing in the back waters and tributaries of the past 100 years of music: rock, jazz, pop, r&b, soul, country, ska, electronica, J-Pop/C-Pop/K-Pop, afrobeat, and much more.

"We have a tropical situation where there are thousands of 'species' of music around and they're all constantly cross-breeding and hybridizing. It's very exciting, but you can't keep up with it easily." -- Brian Eno

Live Friday 3-4pm
Replays Thursday 10-11am, Sunday 4-5pm
DJ(s): 
Eddy Owt
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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 Wednesday 8-9pm
Replays Saturday 11pm-Sunday 12am
DJ(s): 
Sam Hawk
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Night Train Cocktail Lounge

A saloon of songs and sounds from back then, focusing on anything recorded between the 1890s and the 1970s. All forms of jazz, blues, rock, surf, garage, punk, country, folk, film-radio-television samples, speeches, comedy, and anything grabbed from the ages and put to cylinder, wax or tape, colliding on top each other.

Night Train Cocktail Lounge is produced live at WXOX-LP FM in Louisville, KY. All local material is edited, including times and dates, making each episode an evergreen episode. All episodes are FCC compliant.

Live Wednesday 9-10pm
Homepage URL: 
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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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Monday Morning Show

The Monday Morning Show with DJ Ned brings variety to morning drive with a mix of music (depending on Ned's mood), production pieces, discussion of current events, occasional guests, general musings on life in Davis, and Ned goofing off 100% of the time.

Live Monday 7-9am
DJ(s): 
Ned
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Dashboard Diaries – June 25, 2026

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 7:36pm | RayK

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This week on Dashboard Diaries, DJ RayK plays a veritable smorgasbord of music… some ska, a bit of reggae, a few highlights from the Davis Music Fest, some '60s garage band classics, and several eras of soul music. It’s all over the map, just as the radio gods intended. He thinks it’s really worth a listen this time. Drop on by Thursday, 3-5 p.m., on 95.7 FM and KDRT.org.

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Getting digital distraction out of the schools on the Yolo Backyard Bulletin -- June 25, 2026

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 4:30pm | Jesse Drew

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Our guest on our June 25 program is Jared Hippler, a primary advocate of the recent decision to ban social media distractions from our public schools.

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Davis Garden Show, June 25, 2026

Thu, 06/25/2026 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today’s topics: Verbena bonariensis, managing whiteflies, hillside grasses, pumpkin flower problems, flowers in June, and more.

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David Abramson talks with Sinai Chirinos of Wet Reckless on Hello Davis!, June 24, 2026

Wed, 06/24/2026 - 5:30pm | Pieter Pastoor

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It's a music show on Hello Davis!  today as David Abramson and Sinai Chirinos of the band Wet Reckless talk music in Davis.

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In the Key of Folk – June 24, 2026

Wed, 06/24/2026 - 12:55pm | Karen Leyse

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Today In the Key of Folk spends some of the hour remembering Bill Wagman (pictured) and the more than 300 musicians that he brought to his Davis house concerts during a span of over 30 years. You'll also hear a new release or two and classic tracks by Chris Webster, Robert Earl Keen, and Driving With Fergus. Join in today and please do check KDRT.org for information on the Celebration of Life for Bill this Sunday, June 28, 2026. We'll look forward to seeing you!

Today: 2 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 FM or stream at KDRT.org

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KDRT Suds & Sounds – June 24, 2026

Wed, 06/24/2026 - 10:06am | kdrtradio

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It’s the first Suds & Sounds of the summer, and you’re invited! We'd love for you to join us at Armadillo Music, Wed., June 24, 4-6 p.m., for a casual gathering of K-DiRT DJs and friends. Come on downtown, grab a beverage, browse through the vinal, perhaps discuss your favorite artists from Davis Music Fest! This meet & greet repeats on the last Wednesday the month – mark your calendars!

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Jazz After Dark, June 23, 2026

Tue, 06/23/2026 - 8:00pm | Don Shor

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Coming up tonight: Count Basie, Herb Jeffries, Illinois Jacquet, Charlie Parker, Clark Terry, Charles Mingus with Duke Ellington and Max Roach, Howard Roberts, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Mel Tormé live with Gerry Mulligan and George Shearing, Archie Shepp and Horace Parlan, and Laurindo Almeida.

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Remembering Bill Wagman – June 28 at Odd Fellows

Mon, 06/22/2026 - 5:33pm | kdrtradio

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Legendary Davis radio host Bill Wagman passed away earlier this year. If you knew Bill well – or simply knew him through his house concerts and radio shows on KDRT and KDVS – please join us for a very special Celebration of Life at Davis Odd Fellows Hall, 415 Second St., at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 28. There will be a finger-food potluck, and so please bring some appetizers or desserts to share.  RIP, Bill.

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New Sonic Rehab on Monday, June 22, 1-3 p.m.

Sat, 06/20/2026 - 3:15am | Jojo Johanssen

DJ Jojo Johanssen welcomes you to another Sonic Rehab Monday with some mid-to-late 90s trance, an amazing Wagner cover, and some great classic John Morales mixes. Also watch for another track from the new Brian Jackson album and a song from Jojo's favorite folk friends, Misner & Smith. Not what you expected? Of course not! Be sure to tune in this Monday, June 22, from 1 to 3  p.m. on KDRT 95.7fm or kdrt.org. If you can't listen live, you still have two weeks to catch this and other shows on kdrt.org.

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Davis Garden Show, June 18, 2026

Thu, 06/18/2026 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today’s topics, many quick questions: cucumbers, miniature roses, mulberries, sterile soil and potting soils, fishtail palm problems, planting late season flowers, and more.

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