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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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IMPLOSION

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IMPLOSION is hosted by Nick Saloman, front person of The Bevis Frond. Born and raised in London, England, Nick started buying records as a small child in the late 1950s and began going to gigs and playing in bands as a teen in the late 60s. IMPLOSION is simply an hour of Nick playing the music that he loves (psychedelia, rock, folk, beat, jazz, soul, punk, and more), with a bit of chat thrown in for good measure. Nick says: "If I like it, then there have got to be a few other people who will too.

Live Wednesday 8-9pm
Replays Friday 8-9am, Sunday 5-6pm
DJ(s): 
Nick Saloman
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Na Mele O Hawai'i

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Join host Beth Post as she features the unique sounds of Hawaiian music — from early icons of island music to today's innovators — exploring styles, the history of the genre, and revered songs and performers.

Live Thursday 1-3pm
Replays Wednesday 10am-12pm, Saturday 11am-1pm
DJ(s): 
Beth Post
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Education Beat

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KDRT is proud to air EdSource’s new show, 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
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Reggae Cruise

Reggae music from over 100 nations highlighting the global reach and how the components have contributed to its evolution with a focus on the 21st century. No dancehall. 

Live Friday 11pm-Saturday 12am
Homepage URL: 
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Dashboard Diaries

Hop in for a trip through ever-changing musical landscapes, from familiar highways to roads less travelled. Dashboard Diaries host Ray K loves to share hand-picked tunes spanning broad styles of music, with a nod to the real, organic disc jockey-driven radio of his youth. It's all about the journey...

Live Thursday 3-4pm
DJ(s): 
RayK
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Jazz After Dark, April 2, 2024

Tue, 04/02/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show:

  • Glenn Miller, Chattanooga Choo Choo
  • Artie Shaw, Back Bay Shuffle
  • Quintetto Ritmico di Milano, L'Uccellin volo' volo'
  • Quintetto Ritmico di Milano, Il Ritmo dell'amore
  • Sidney Bechet, Sweet Lorraine
  • Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith , Here Comes The Boogie Man - 20 -
  • Benny Goodman, Wholly Cats
  • Erroll Garner, Somebody Loves Me
  • Erroll Garner, Stardust
  • Illinois Jacquet, Memories Of You
  • Tommy Dorsey, I'll Never Smile Again/Tico Tico
  • Ella Fitzgerald (with The Delta Rhythm Boys), For Sentimental Reasons
  • Mary Lou Williams' Girl Stars, Harmony Grits
  • The Mills Brothers, I'll Be Around
  • The Mills Brothers, Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You)
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Davisville, April 1, 2024: A year later, less panic about chatbots

Mon, 04/01/2024 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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In winter 2023 we talked with Andy Jones and Margaret Merrill of UC Davis about ChatGPT, a new artificial-intelligence app that was setting off alarms for its advanced ability to "write" reports and articles. On today’s Davisville they report that among the faculty they work with, the sense of panic present then has now eased “quite a bit.” People know more about the limits of chatbots, and are asking more about how and where to use the tools in teaching, instead of just fearing them as a plagiarism machine.

We talk about handling chatbot hallucinations, resisting the biases that chatbots suck into their text databases, and hear a few examples of how UC Davis instructors are using the tools in their classrooms.

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Divine Intervention – March 29, 2024

Fri, 03/29/2024 - 11:35am | Jess Goddésse

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Spiro says: Do not miss Divine Intervention, coming your way at 6p Pacific, Friday, March 29. At minimum, you will hear new music from Marbled Eye, Sierra Ferrell, and Uranium Club. You will also hear our Goddess of the Month, Miss Loretta Lynn. Most important, you will enjoy Vinyl Vespers — only on KDRT.

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Davis Garden Show, March 28, 2024

Thu, 03/28/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: success killing slugs, issues with fireblight, local orchards being removed, orchard problems on a slope, and more.

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IMPLOSION – 27 March 2024

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 10:16am | Nick Saloman

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Get ready for IMPLOSION, slapping the airwaves with psychedelic sounds at 5p Pacific, Wednesday, March 27! We'll hear Fable, Hollins & Starr, the Muldoons, and much more — all presented by your host Nick Saloman of the Bevis Frond, all on your grassroots radio station, KDRT 95.7fm | KDRT.org!

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Jazz After Dark, March 26, 2024

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight we’ll hear:

  • Billie Holiday, Good Morning Heartache
  • Benny Goodman, Oh! Baby
  • Ella Fitzgerald, My Funny Valentine (Live)
  • Django Reinhardt, Nuages
  • Chet Baker, How Long Has This Been Going On
  • Ahmad Jamal, Poinciana (Live)
  • Cannonball Adderley, Straight No Chaser
  • Yusef Lateef, Kongsberg
  • Ramsey Lewis Trio, You Don't Know Me
  • Gerry Mulligan, Walk On The Water
  • Ahmad Jamal & Yusef Lateef, Trouble In Mind (Live)
  • Charlie Byrd and the Washington Guitar Quintet, Correnteza
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Ballads and high lonesome sounds, on High Country Music Radio, March 26, 2024

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 11:00am | David A. Reynolds

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A square neck resonator, mandolins, banjos, fiddles and more are featured on this week's High Country Music. Tune into New Grass Revival, Andy Hall, The Crooked Jades, Tony Trishka, Mr. Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, Lindsay Lou, The Travelin' McCoury's, Earl Scruggs, bluegrass band Barefoot, The Infamous Stringdusters, Otis Taylor, Rachel Harrington and John Hartford. 

Live Tuesday 11 a.m. to noon, with replays Monday 8-9 p.m. and Saturday 6-7 p.m.

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Live DiRT features Mike Clark of the Sugar Sounds

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 5:15pm | Dug Deep

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Saturday, March 23, 4 P.M. Pacific, don't miss Dug Deep's Live DiRT in-studio interview with Mike Clark, who'll perform with his band Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds in a Davis Live Music Collective show at Sudwerk on Saturday evening.

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Jacob Johnson & Henry Humphrey of Cowboys After Dark, on Listening Lyrics, March 22, 2024

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Jacob Johnson and Henry Humphrey of Cowboys After Dark share their thoughts on how music is a language that is universally understood. These two gifted musicians can also articulate what they mean using the common language we know as English.

Jacob and Henry treated us by playing a couple of songs live on the air. Jacob allowed Listening Lyrics to debut "Fungus Funk," an original song from an upcoming rap/funk album aimed at communicating science (especially ecology) to middle- and high-school students and the general public.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 03/22/2024
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Davis Garden Show, March 21, 2024

Thu, 03/21/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Today’s topics: hummingbird fountains, problems with indoor seedlings, passiflora in a pot, need for fruit thinning this year, and how to replace a lawn with a ground cover.

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