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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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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 3-5pm
Replays Wednesday 10am-12pm
DJ(s): 
RayK
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The Wild Fox Party

WILD FOX RADIO PARTY

Tune in for a wide variety of roots music — including doo-wop, gospel, jazz, blues, rock 'n' roll, Latin, African, and hillbilly/country bluegrass — from the early 1920s to contemporary times. The Wild Fox Party focuses on vocal groups , small-group ensembles, and outstanding vocalists and instrumentalists who never or hardly ever get heard. The music provides a forum for learning about history and diverse cultures, and it does so through the exposure of music as art, highlighting points in time that will last forever via the medium of audio recordings.

Live Tuesday 10-11am
Replays Tuesday 10-11pm
DJ(s): 
Frank aka Dr Doowop Fox, Doo Wop Dave
Homepage URL: 
DrDoowop
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Juke In The Back

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Matt The Cat presents the soul that came before rock n’ roll: 1950s rhythm and blues. Each week, this underrated and rollicking music plays on that old Rockola Jukebox in the back.

Live Tuesday 9-10pm
Homepage URL: 
http://www.jukeintheback.org/
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Planetary Radio

Planetary RAdio

Each week, Planetary Radio visits with a scientist, engineer, project manager, astronaut, advocate or writer who provides a unique and exciting perspective on the exploration of our solar system and beyond.

Live Wednesday 5-5:30pm
Homepage URL: 
Planetary Radio on the web
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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 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
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Jazz After Dark, Sept. 3, 2024

Tue, 09/03/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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New Orleans jazz and more tonight:

  • Louis Armstrong, Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
  • Pete Johnson And Albert Ammons, Boogie Woogie Man
  • Will Bradley, Basin Street Boogie
  • Tommy Dorsey, Swing Low, Swing Chariot
  • Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver, Basin Street Blues
  • Artie Shaw, Imagination
  • Woody Herman Sextet, Princess M
  • Jim Robinson's New Orleans Band, Ice Cream
  • Pete Fountain, Lazy River
  • Louis Armstrong, Bourbon Street Parade
  • Billie & DeDe Pierce, Algiers Hoodoo Blues
  • Percy Humphrey's Crescent City Joymakers, Rip 'Em Up, Joe, and We Shall Walk Through the Streets of the City
  • New Orleans' Own The Dukes of Dixieland, Just a Little While to Stay Here
  • Piano Connection, Hit That Nail
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Electric Compost Heap -- Aug. 30, 2024

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 5:10pm | Dug Deep

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Tonight at 6 p.m. Pacific time on the Electric Compost Heap, DJ Dug Deep will feature a few songs from the powerful new album from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, "Wild God," which was just released today. Loads of other musical detritus for a lovely late summer's evening, so please join us at KDRT.org. Oh, and the official color of tonight's program is Coral! See you in the heap!

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Nat Lefkoff interviewed on Listening Lyrics, Aug. 30, 2024

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Nat Lefkoff is 29 and has a cat named Sweetie who is just the best. Nat likes going on long walks and listening to books about history. He also likes bugs, birds, and especially roller blading. The Central Valley that dominates the interior of California is his home. Big open skies and fields with swampy spots and woods scattered throughout. Family and friends are super important, but so is the music he makes.

In his own words, "I'm so grateful to be able to call this my life. Best job I ever had. I'm a happy person but I get real down sometimes and these songs are the product of that. The pearls of my pain, the rainbows of my rain, the Ernie to my Bert, the worm in my dirt."  

Natt will appear for his latest album release event at the Davis Odd Fellows on Sept. 14, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. Check out ticket availability here

This show is streamed at KDRT.ORG and available on most podcast apps under Listening Lyrics.

Weekly Playlist These are selected songs from Listening Lyrics, songs talked about but not necessarily played. Enjoy. Updated weekly.

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The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour – Aug. 30, 2024

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 4:00pm | Russ Tolman

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Join us at 5 p.m. Pacific as your favorite host Russ Tolman chats with his long-time compadre Steve Wynn about Davis in the '70s plus Steve's brand new album and memoir! Listen here on KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org (and wherever fine podcasts are downloaded).

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Davis Garden Show, Aug. 29, 2024

Thu, 08/29/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today’s topics: house plants for novices, protecting a young bougainvillea from cold, time for summer pruning of fruit trees, one funny sunflower planting technique, plants that can grow with Alstroemeria, mutated dwarf spruce and thornless berries, and more.

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IMPLOSION – 28 Aug. 2024

Wed, 08/28/2024 - 4:30pm | Nick Saloman

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Join your host Nick Saloman at 5p Pacific for a brand new edition of IMPLOSION! Hear groovy sounds from Devo, Guided by Voices, the Moving Sidewalks, and more, right here on KDRT 95.7 fm | KDRT.org!

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Join Us for Suds & Sounds – Aug. 28!

Wed, 08/28/2024 - 3:23pm | Jess Goddésse

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Come socialize with KDRT DJs, friends, and fans; pick some vinyl to spin; and sip a beverage at our monthly Suds & Sounds event starting at 4p at Armadillo Music in beautiful downtown Davis! (Yes, of course the air conditioning is ON!)

This event happens on the last Wednesday over every month — mark your calendars!

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In the Key of Folk for Aug. 28, 2024

Wed, 08/28/2024 - 12:30pm | Karen Leyse

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This afternoon at 2PM, on In the Key of Folk, we have a variety of songs related to the upcoming holiday, Labor Day. The songs variously touch on the subjects of migration, jobs, settlement of the country, and the workers' sacrifices. Selections are by musicians including Tim O'Brian, Dick Gaughan, Woody Guthrie, Lady Maisery, Nanci Griffith, Los Cenzontles, Jez Lowe, Gordon Lightfoot, and the Harris-Parton-Ronstadt trio.  Again, tune in at 2PM Wednesday on KDRT.org I hope that you'll join us.

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Jazz After Dark, Aug. 27, 2024

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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1950s jazz tonight:

  • Pearl Bailey, They Didn't Believe Me
  • Earl Bostic, Bostic's Boogie Blues
  • Don Elliott and the Cool Jazz Stars, Muskrat Ramble
  • Terry Pollard, Where or When (2015 - Remaster)
  • Ethel Ennis, Blue Prelude
  • Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce, Social Call
  • Art Pepper/Sonny Redd, Deep Purple
  • Earl "Fatha" Hines, 'S Wonderful
  • Cal Tjader, Summertime1Clarinet
  • Ruby Braff, But Not For Me
  • Helen Humes, When I Grow Too Old To Dream
  • Ella Fitzgerald, All of Me
  • Mose Allison, Creek Bank
  • Wynton Kelly, Softly As In a Morning Sunrise
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Davisville, Aug. 26, 2024: Got an additional $25 to $49 for the library?

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Davis has two local tax measures on the ballot this fall and today we talk about the one for the library, Measure T. (We looked at the other one, sales tax increase Measure Q, last month.) Measure T would raise about $1.1 million a year to pay for operations at what will eventually be Davis’ two public libraries — the existing one in north central Davis, and the new one in south Davis due to open in 2026.

Measure T would raise an existing property tax by about $49 per house or $24.50 per apartment, to $172 or $86 respectively per year. Today on Davisville we talk with Jim Provenza, a Davis member of the county Board of Supervisors, and Katie Caceres, a student at the University of California at Davis and an intern in Provenza’s office. They’re both part of the campaign. We talk about what the money would buy, how the county calculated the amount needed, libraries as town squares for speech and information, and how people use libraries as print gives way to digital.

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