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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

10 Years Forgotten

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10 Years Forgotten with your host JonEmery focuses on modern classics and indie standards from 2000–2010, the decade lost in the shuffle due to the Dawn of the Digital Age. TYF also explores the history of record stores in the Sacramento Valley – including why some are still open today –  along with the future of physical and digital music locally, regionally, and beyond.

Live Wednesday 3-5pm
DJ(s): 
JonEmery
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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
DJ(s): 
The Cerealist
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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 Monday 4-5pm
Replays Saturday 7-8am
DJ(s): 
Sam Hawk
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Davisville

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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 14 Excellence in Journalism awards from the San Francisco Press Club since 2018, 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
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High Country Music Radio

Bluegrass, country, blues, music

HIGH COUNTRY MUSIC 

Tune into High Country Music with host David Arthur Reynolds, for a celebration of bluegrass, old-time music and country blues. Spend an hour on the front porch with High Country Music as we follow the high lonesome sound of contemporary musicians and legendary roots artists, maintaining a vibrant connection to our folk and country songbook. 

Live Tuesday 11am-12pm
DJ(s): 
David A. Reynolds
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Snag swell swag during KDRT's spring FUNdraiser!

Wed, 05/07/2025 - 6:45pm | kdrtradio

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Join us as we continue to celebrate our 20 years of community radio...

Donate here today!

Grab one of our special thank-you gifts, including:

Limited-edition blue-heron T-shirts on 100% blue-lavender cotton

Matching blue-heron totes on beige/natural heavy-weight cotton

NEW KDRT hats in two swell styles – trad trucker and soft cotton twill

Items are available separately or together in the BIG BUNDLE. Thanks so much for showing (and sharing) your support during fundraiser week!

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IMPLOSION – 7 May 2025

Wed, 05/07/2025 - 3:30pm | Nick Saloman

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Get ready for IMPLOSION, bringing you the groovy sounds of Aardvark, Ars Nova, Hawkwind, and so much more. Join your host Nick Saloman on Wednesday, May 7, at 5 p.m. Pacific on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org. Catch the show at your convenience on the web or your favorite podcast app.

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Jazz After Dark, May 6, 2025

Tue, 05/06/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show:

  • Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Take The "A" Train
  • Duke Ellington, Bojangles
  • Duke Ellington, Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  • Duke Ellington, I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) [Live]
  • Duke Ellington, Sophisticated Lady (Live)
  • Duke Ellington with Rosemary Clooney, Blue Rose
  • Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra, Honey Hill
  • Paul Gonsalves, I Cover the Waterfront
  • Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Medley: Kinda Dukish, and Rockin' in Rhythm
  • Duke Ellington, C Jam Blues
  • Duke Ellington, Mood Indigo
  • Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald, Let's Do It (Live)
  • Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald, Something to Live For (Live)
  • Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington, Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) [Live at The Cote d'Azur]
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Celebrate KDRT during our Spring FUNdraiser!

Mon, 05/05/2025 - 12:00am | kdrtradio

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Please help us continue to celebrate our 20th birthday:

Donate here today!

Grab one of our special thank-you gifts, including our NEW KDRT hats in two swell styles. Then join us on Wednesday, May 7, at Armadillo Music for an "extended play" edition of Suds & Sounds, featuring an extra hour of merry-making – 4 to 7 p.m. – with musical guests Max & Julian of the Big Poppies! Don't miss the FUN!
 

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The Yolo County Breakdown – Friday, May 2

Thu, 05/01/2025 - 6:15pm | Rocky Outcrop

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This week's Yolo Country Breakdown features an interview with dobro legend Jerry Douglas. Yes, Jerry Douglas! Don't miss it — Friday, May 2, 10 a.m. Pacific — on KDRT 95.7 FM + KDRT.org + your favorite podcast platform.

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Joel Davis, 1962-2025: His journalism kept the spotlight on a Davis double-murder that took 32 years to solve

Thu, 05/01/2025 - 4:34pm | Bill Buchanan

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Few journalists have had as much impact in Davis as Joel Davis (pictured in 2013).

In 2005 he wrote his book Justice Waits about the then-unsolved kidnapping and murders of two UC Davis students, John Riggins and Sabrina Gonsalves, in December 1980. The killings stunned and terrified the community. His book helped sustain interest in solving the crime, ending in the conviction of Richard Hirschfield for first-degree murder in December 2012.

In January 2013, Joel appeared on Davisville to talk about the book, the effect the murders had on Davis and on him, and finishing his work even as he was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s Disease.

Justice Waits was important, useful, and written with clarity and skill. Joel grew up in Davis. He cared about getting this right. “I knew this would be an unusual case,” he wrote in the preface. “I just didn’t realize how unusual.”

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Davis Garden Show, May 1, 2025

Thu, 05/01/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: cottony cushion scale, seeds we can plant now, plant problems from rainy cool weather, weeds in May, lace bugs on toyon, and more.

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IMPLOSION – 30 April 2025

Wed, 04/30/2025 - 3:30pm | Nick Saloman

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Are you ready for IMPLOSION? Nick Saloman is coming your way Wednesday, April 30, at 5 p.m. Pacific with astounding sounds from Black Axe, Skin Alley, Groundspeed, Swervedriver, and My Dear Watson. Keep it tuned to KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org. Catch it thereafter via your podcast apps.

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In the Key of Folk, April 30, 2025

Wed, 04/30/2025 - 12:00pm | Karen Leyse

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Celebrate some new releases on In The Key of Folk this afternoon. Nestled among tracks by Rita Hosking, Laurie Lewis, Wil Maring, Latter Day Lizards and others, you'll hear several tracks from new albums by Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson and by Rees Shad. We're on at 2 PM, right here on KDRT 95.7 FM | KDRT.org.

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Jazz After Dark, April 29, 2025

Tue, 04/29/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show:

  • Fats Waller, After You've Gone
  • Bunny Berigan, Black Bottom
  • Billie Holiday, God Bless the Child
  • Red Garland, I Can't Give You Anything but Love (feat. Paul Chambers & Art Taylor)
  • Milt Jackson, Blues at Twilight
  • Nat Adderley, I've Got a Crush on You (feat. Wes Montgomery & Sam Jones)
  • Barney Kessel, New Rhumba
  • Gia Maione, Louis Prima, Sam Butera & The Witnesses, When a Man Loves a Woman
  • Claude Bolling, Sentimentale
  • Butch Thompson, Home (When Shadows Fall - Red Maddock vocals)
  • Hank Jones, Mads Vinding & Billy Hart, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
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