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About Us

KDRT is low-power grassroots radio located in Davis, California, airing an eclectic mix of music and public affairs programming, and building community by promoting dialogue, encouraging artistic expression, and acting as a forum for people who typically lack media access. Noncommercial radio KDRT 95.7 FM is a project of Davis Media Access (DMA.) DMA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Our mission reflects our values: localism, social equality, public participation, media literacy, diversity, and, of course, community media. Read more...

OUR PROGRAMS

That's Life

Lois Richter’s format for That’s Life is mostly interviews. Recurring topics include Davis activities and groups; work and life choices; philosophy and theory; plus birding, cooking, art, and other passions. Lois occasionally breaks into music -- from ballads to the slack key sounds of Hawaii to golden oldies rock 'n' roll -- but mostly we just talk.

If you want to suggest a topic for discussion or a person to interview, text Lois or leave a message in the comments here.

Live Thursday 11am-12pm

Replays Saturday 7-8am

DJ(s):

Lois Richter

3rd Streaming

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 Tuesday 1-3pm

Replays Tuesday 9-11pm, Saturday 7-9pm

DJ(s):

Gary Chew

Homepage URL:

Third Streaming

Davis Garden Show

Nursery pro Don Shor has been gardening and selling plants in Davis for more than three decades. Join Don and co-host Lois Richter as they discuss and answer your questions on all things for the garden. To submit a question (or a brag!) send to gmail.com for DavisGardenShow.

Live Thursday 12-1pm

Replays Saturday 9-10am

DJ(s):

Lois Richter, Don Shor

Homepage URL:

Davis Garden Show on the Web

The Awesome Patrol Show

JOY Gentle Friends!!

Catch me FRIDAY afternoons {yay! Again!!} LIVE @ 2:30pm for your weekly installment of The Awesome Patrol Show - an hour of fresh tunes to wrap-up the week.

Think of it like a song "flight" of awesome sounds, ideas & feels ! I create the sets to feel reminiscent of old school mix-tapes, something I’ve never stopped making since I got my first double-tape deck in Jr.High. And on the last FRIDAY of each month, TAPS will be serving up 90 mins of booty-shaking HOUSE Vibes! #ShakeShakeFantastic!!!

Live Friday 2:30-4pm

Replays Monday 9:30-11pm, Sunday 7:30-9pm

DJ(s):

Sara TAPS

Homepage URL:

TAPS

Independent and Local

Independent and Local is a music program featuring local unsigned artists and bands. The show includes "Moments," featuring 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

Replays Friday 5-6pm

DJ(s):

snldjhawk

More programs ...

The Folk Brothers for Nov. 24, 2021: Happy Thanksgiving to our listeners!

Wed, 11/24/2021 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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No, we didn't play any Thanksgiving songs this morning. But we are thankful for the opportunity to host this show. And especially thankful for our listeners and KDRT supporters! We did play a bunch of great new tracks from John Francis Flynn, Nora Brown, The Chair, The Spellsong Project, Ben Walker and Kristy Merryn, Charlie Parr, and The Sam Chase. Plus much more!

The Folk Brothers playlist for 11/24/2021

Jazz After Dark November 23 2021

Tue, 11/23/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis with The Modern Jazz Giants, Chet Baker, Duke Ellington, Bobby Hackett and Jack Teagarden, Billie Poole, Nancy Wilson, Eddie Harris, Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan, and Ramsey Lewis.

KDRT kicks off the giving season this Friday with live music at Berryessa Brewing featuring Robbie Thayer

Tue, 11/23/2021 - 11:30am | Diane Crumley

We invite everyone to join us this Friday, Nov. 26, as we celebrate what we're grateful for on the day after Thanksgiving. We're calling it "Sip Local, Shop Local, and Listen Local" as we meet on the heated outdoor patio at Berryessa Brewing Co. in Winters, with the taproom open from 3 to 8 p.m. The live music runs from 5 to 8 p.m., featuring Robbie Thayer (lead singer for local favorites Bottom Dwellers) and a special guest.

As a grassroots organization, we support the "Shop Small, Shop Local" movement, and a fun variety of custom tie-dye t-shirts and swag created by the Berryessa Brewing crew, and the hyper-local handcrafted Amy Loves Mustard, will also be available.

Next week, we at KDRT, and our parent organization Davis Media Access, are joining groups in more than 75 countries that are participating in the international "generosity celebration" Giving Tuesday on Nov. 30. We hope you'll add KDRT to your donation list this year at davismedia.org/donate

Music to test your speakers, on Listening Lyrics for Nov. 19, 2021

Fri, 11/19/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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This week on Listening Lyrics: songs that a speaker manufacturer uses to check its sound quality. You can also use this great selection of songs to check your ears.

Davis Garden Show, Nov. 18, 2021

Thu, 11/18/2021 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program:

flowers for hummingbirds
U.S. Department of Agriculture zones
correcting tree-planting problems

and more!

The Folk Brothers for Nov. 17, 2021: When country met the counterculture

Wed, 11/17/2021 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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In April 1968, just a few days before the release of his iconic Live At Folsom Prison album, Johnny Cash appeared at the Carousel Ballroom -- precursor to The Fillmore -- at Market and Van Ness. At a time when the San Francisco counterculture was not yet very cool with country music, Cash faced an audience potentially much more hostile than those he had performed before at nearby maximum security prisons. High-quality audio recordings of the Carousel Ballroom show have now appeared under the auspices of the Owsley Stanley Foundation, and we share them today.

(Aside from his well-known laboratory work, Stanley was an ardent taper and sound engineer -- much like KDRT's own Jim Buchanan, but without the chemistry.)

Also on today's show: new music from The Spell Songs Project, George Jackson, Watchhouse, Seth Lakeman, Billy Bragg, Magpie Arc, and lots more Johnny Cash.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 11/17/2021

Jazz After Dark November 16 2021

Tue, 11/16/2021 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: Swing from Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford; Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen, Benny Carter & Oscar Peterson Trio, Gigi Gryce Quartet. Vocal set: Nat "King" Cole, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett. Then Art Pepper, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Rouse, Abdullah Ibrahim, and Albert Tootie Heath.

Davisville, Nov. 15, 2021: A terrific year for movies, says Davis critic Derrick Bang

Mon, 11/15/2021 - 6:10pm | Bill Buchanan

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The New York Times recently posted a list of 115 new movies scheduled for release between now and the end of the year—way too many to track! Enter Derrick Bang, film critic for the Davis Enterprise and his blog Derrick Bang on Film, for our yearly talk about movies to see and avoid during this high season for movie-viewing.

The pandemic pummeled ticket sales in theaters this year, and movies are no longer the center of popular culture. Even so, Derrick says 2021 has been a terrific year for movies.

Trains and train songs recorded on Amtrak's Coast Starlight, on Listening Lyrics

Fri, 11/12/2021 - 4:00pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Everybody loves a good train song -- so that's what's happening this week (Nov. 12) on Listening Lyrics, as recorded on Amtrak train No. 11, the Coast Starlight.

Trains are used in so many metaphors in music and art -- listen to the sampling collected here. Check out the playlist and enjoy the train ride -- ALL ABOARD!

Listening Lyrics playlist for 11/12/2021