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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...

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A Constant Grin

DJ Chris Mussen presents all things modern indie, from shoegaze to psychedelic, dream pop to space rock, lo-fi to indie folk. Whatever you prefer on your indie playlists, A Constant Grin is sure to keep you smiling.

Live Friday 2-2:30pm
Replays Monday 9-9:30pm, Saturday 11:30pm-Sunday 12am, Sunday 7-7:30pm
DJ(s): 
Chris Mussen
Homepage URL: 
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3rd Streaming

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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 Thursday 9-11pm, Saturday 7-9pm
DJ(s): 
Gary Chew
Homepage URL: 
Third Streaming
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Silver Nine Volt Heart

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Join your host Rodriguez as he swings the gate wide open for a cool musical trip featuring sounds from all points of the compass.  Being mindful that "everything connects to everything else," on Silver Nine Volt Heart  you will find the many colorful threads that make up the tapestry of recorded sound ... just click it on and let the music start. 

Live Thursday 4-6pm
Replays Friday 10am-12pm, Saturday 2-4pm
DJ(s): 
Rodriguez
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Meraki Radio

Meraki  [may-rah-kee] (adjective): This is a word that modern Greeks often use to describe doing something with soul, creativity, or love — when you put "something of yourself" into what you're doing, whatever it may be. Meraki Radio tries to live up to the definition of this interesting word. Anyone who wants to get behind the mic and talk about meraki in their own life — whether it be professional, historical, artistic, scientific, prolific, or otherwise — is encouraged to contact the show at kdrtmeraki@gmail.com.

 

Live Tuesday 12:30-1pm
Replays Friday 8-8:30am
DJ(s): 
Alison B
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Roots, Shoots and Leaves

Roots, Shoots and Leaves' DJ Tree has a theory of music that involves a tree. Suffice it to say that it involves a trinity — an exploration of themes and connections among recording artists — and otherwise very few boundaries. Listen for music old and new, known and unknown. And if you listen long enough, you may experience some musical enlightenment. 

Live Tuesday 6-8pm
Replays Saturday 12-2pm
DJ(s): 
Tree Kilpatrick
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Davis Garden Show, June 15, 2023

Thu, 06/15/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today: Why white roses sometimes turn pink, a problem with baptisia, why soils vary in our region, earthworms, stunted seedlings, flowers for drying, cork oaks, and more!

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Jazz After Dark, June 13, 2023

Tue, 06/13/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show: Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Ahmad Jamal, Gerry Mulligan, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Giuffre & Jim Hall, Zoot Sims & Bob Brookmeyer with Big Miller on vocals, Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges, Stuff Smith, Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald, Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete, and Abbey Lincoln.

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Davisville, June 12, 2023: As Genentech pulls back from the region, we get an updated look at biotech

Mon, 06/12/2023 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Biotech has a major presence in our lives, especially here in the Bay-to-Valley region, even if it isn't as visible as other big influences like housing, traffic, or lately artificial intelligence. Last week, giant biotech company Roche said it plans to pull out of its huge Genentech plant in Vacaville, west of Davis, and today’s Davisville uses the news of that change to update our conversation with Jim DeKloe about biotech: its inventions, careers, potentially enormous impact, potential, and risks.

That plant was a big story when it opened 25 years ago.

Dr. DeKloe, a biotech instructor with a long string of achievements and accolades, started the Industrial Biotech Program at Solano Community College. Stick around for the end, when he draws a lesson from 1970s films Soylent Green and King Kong — he was an extra in both to help pay for his studies at UCLA — on how to address the problems that technology presents.

Program note: You’ll hear barks from a friendly dog during this interview, a sound familiar to anyone conversing (or recording) online while working from home these past few years. The dog is happier, and quiet, starting halfway through.

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Sample the bands in this year's Davis Music Fest on this week's Divine Intervention

Sat, 06/10/2023 - 11:58am | kdrtradio

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The Davis Music Fest begins in less than a week. Tune into this week's Divine Intervention for a sampling of this year's bands and artists.

KDRT will be broadcasting live from two of the fest's events, Friday 6/16 night @sudwerkbrew and Saturday 6/17 @armadillomusic

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Davis Garden Show, June 8, 2023

Thu, 06/08/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program: Cool weather continues, fruit tree training problems and discussion, old-fashioned flowers, stinky cole crops, and more.

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Sounds So Sweet: Summer and Victoria Spivey, the 'belle of the blues'

Thu, 06/08/2023 - 8:19am | kdrtradio

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Summer doesn't officially start for another couple of weeks, but we live in Davis. We've always started our warm season early, so this week Sounds So Sweet celebrates summer. Join host Wayne Hagan for a show featuring summertime and Victoria Spivey, whom the Blues Foundation describes as "a belle of the blues with a head for business and a visceral gift as a songwriter."

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Jazz After Dark, June 6, 2023

Tue, 06/06/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: a retrospective of the career of jazz pianist Earl Hines. His career spanned 1920 to 1983 and bridged early jazz, swing, bebop, and more. In his later career resurgence he did many solo performances and duets, producing over a hundred albums in the 1960s and '70s.

We’ll hear selections from his early work with Louis Armstrong, some swing recordings from Chicago in the 1930s, some live performances solo and with his orchestra from the 1950s and '60s, and then duets with Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Rushing, and Paul Gonsalves. Then a bit of Gershwin and a live performance from 1973.

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This week on Celtic Songlines: Golden Bough and more

Tue, 06/06/2023 - 12:51pm | kdrtradio

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This week on Celtic Songlines we find NorCal's Golden Bough (pictured -- remember them from all their shows at the Palms?), Alasdair Fraser with Tony McManus and Natalie Haas, Capercaillie, Denmark's Myrkur, Lorkin O'Reilly, Kevin Crawford, from Northern Ireland the band Connla, the extraordinary fingerstyle guitar of Duck Baker, Paddy Tutty, trad band Open the Door for Three, Paddy Reynolds and friends, and Planxty.

You have lots of ways to listen to this great set of music, hosted by Dave Reynolds:

  • If you live in Davis within reach of our signal, tune in live on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at KDRT 95.7FM, with replays Monday 8-9 p.m. and Saturday 6-7 p.m.
  • Or stream at kdrt.org
  • Or subscribe to the Celtic Songlines podcast on Apple podcasts!
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The News Cycle's 2023 finale includes a look into the future

Mon, 06/05/2023 - 12:00am | md79922

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Today on The News Cycle, next year's podcast hosts, Noah Meyer and Rowan Reising, sit down with your current favorite podcast hosts, Maria Anderson and Naneh Grigor, to reminisce on this past year and our favorite memories. We also talk about goals for next year, what the new editors are hoping to accomplish, and go behind the scenes of creating this weekly show.

Producers are Maria Anderson and Naneh Grigor. Music by Daniel Ruiz-Jimenez.

The News Cycle is created by Davis Senior High School's Blue Devil Hub for the Davis community.

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Imagining Yolo Davis, June 2, 2023: The Davis Music Fest with Kyle Monhollen, executive director

Fri, 06/02/2023 - 6:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Kyle Monhollen reviews the 2023 Davis Music Fest and the role of volunteers.

The event's website says the Davis Music Festival (June 16-18 this year) is "a multi-venue multi-genre live music event showcasing local, regional and touring artists – all to benefit local arts nonprofits. It’s like our own version of SXSW in a single weekend, and for a great cause! This event is all ages. Anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. The festival takes place rain or shine. 

"DMF is a production of the Davis Live Music Collective and is presented with the generous support of our sponsors, members, individual producers and community partners. DMF is supported, in part, by a Sacramento Foundation Arts & Culture Grant and the City of Davis."

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