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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.

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

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Reggae Cruise

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 Tuesday 7-9am

Replays Saturday 3-5pm

DJ(s):

Rodriguez

Cowboy Tracks

Join Nancy around the campfire to hear authentic Western roots music and cowboy poetry. Something deep in your soul will resonate to stories from the early wranglers, Mexican vaqueros, Old West adventurers, Silver Screen buckaroos, Western Swing bands, contemporary real cowboys, and all who appreciate wide open spaces, freedom, and the western lifestyle.

Live Wednesday 1-2pm

Replays Tuesday 11pm-Wednesday 12am

DJ(s):

Nancy Flagg

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Cowboy Tracks

Jazz After Dark

Join jazz aficionado Don Shor as he explores the diverse and fascinating world of jazz. Jazz After Dark spans the gamut, from roots in boogie-woogie, blues, and ragtime through traditional and straight-ahead jazz, soul jazz, bossa nova, and more.

Live Tuesday 8-9pm

Replays Wednesday 10-11pm

DJ(s):

Don Shor

Homepage URL:

Jazz After Dark on the Web (blog with playlists)

Blue Light Central

Every week, the big blue train we call the Blue Light Central rumbles out of the station for an hour-long ride through a landscape of blues, classic R&B, soul, gospel, zydeco, and low-down boogie. Mark Drnek is your ticket agent, porter, engineer, brakeman, and conductor on a weekly excursion through the vast music landscape.

Live Thursday 9-10pm

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Blue Light Central on the web

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The music of Minneapolis, on Listening Lyrics, Jan. 16, 2026

Fri, 01/16/2026 - 5:20pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Minneapolis keeps producing artists who are technically sharp, stylistically open, and community-rooted. That mix explains why musicians from the city move easily between funk, jazz, indie, and pop—and why the music feels both local and universal.

Listen in to an hour of music from the Twin Cities.

Dashboard Diaries -- Jan. 15, 2026

Thu, 01/15/2026 - 12:30pm | RayK

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This week on Dashboard Diaries, host RayK takes a ride up the road to visit the old neighborhood… it’s changed a bit but there are some old friends still hard at it: Tower of Power, Boz Scaggs, Cold Blood… let’s sit a spell and reminisce. Join us on Thursday, 3-4 p.m. on KDRT.org or anytime at Dashboard Diaries.

Davis Garden Show, Jan.15, 2026

Thu, 01/15/2026 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today we talk about edible plants for a coastal hedge, citrus for cooler climates, quick and simple rose pruning, and more.

Sonic Rehab premieres Monday, Jan. 26 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Wed, 01/14/2026 - 4:30pm | Jojo Johanssen

Join me, DJ Jojo Johanssen, for the premiere episode of Sonic Rehab! Relax and groove out to some tasty soul/funk/disco/house and everything in between. Only the choicest nuggets will be served! Watch for songs from Ashford & Simpson, Omni Trio, Steve Miller Band, Sade and more!

Davisville, Jan. 12, 2026: With research cuts, ‘this is what you’re giving up’

Wed, 01/14/2026 - 4:00pm | Bill Buchanan

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The Trump administration’s deep cuts to federal spending on university research have prompted Ed Kiggins, who leads communications for the UC Davis College of Letters and Science, to start the Minds Over Matters podcast highlighting research at UC Davis. Every two weeks, he talks with a different UC Davis faculty member about their work and why it matters.

“Think about reducing Alzheimer’s from a death sentence to basically an inconvenience. That’s the kind of work that’s going on here, and that’s what’s on the block right now,” he says today on Davisville. “Those are the things that … the federal government is intent on keeping from you. We don’t really understand why. No one’s really given us a clear answer as to that regard, but our job is not to engage in that battlefield, our job is to say, ‘this is what you’re giving up, if you choose to go down this path.’ “

Dashboard Diaries -- Jan. 8, 2026

Thu, 01/08/2026 - 12:30pm | RayK

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This week on Dashboard Diaries, host RayK refuses to ask for directions but finds his way home with a little help from Fleetwood Mac, Link Wray and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Come get lost for an hour this Thursday, 3-4 p.m., on KDRT.org or anytime at Dashboard Diaries.

Hello Davis!, Jan. 7, 2026: The creators of MyDavisCalifornia share their story

Wed, 01/07/2026 - 11:14am | Ned

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On today's edition of Hello Davis!, Richard Jia and Gray Eby of MyDavisCalifornia share their insights about the quirky little town we all love, Davis.

MyDavisCalifornia is a full-on content playground: stories, visuals, collaborations, insider tips—the works. Born in 2021 out of sheer enthusiasm (and possibly too much coffee), it’s become the digital buddy you didn’t know you needed for exploring Davis. Davis only has 65,000 residents, but some of its videos have been viewed well into the millions. How’s that for a statement?

The brains behind it? UC Davis alumni Richard Jia and Gray Eby, who somehow turned their Aggie pride into a website that makes the rest of us wonder, “Why didn’t I think of that?”

Jazz After Dark, Jan. 6, 2026

Tue, 01/06/2026 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight's show:

Benny Goodman, Oh! Look At Me Now (feat. Helen Forrest)
The Mills Brothers, Paper Doll (Single)
Art Farmer & Gigi Gryce, Blue Lights
Pérez Prado & His Orchestra, Maria Bonita
Teddy Wilson Trio & Gerry Mulligan with Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans, Airmail Special
Chet Baker, Moonlight Becomes You
Stan Getz, 'Tis Autumn
Clark Terry (Mary Osborne, guitar), Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)
Chico O'Farrill & Clark Terry, Spanish Rice
Clark Terry, Jam Session & Oscar Peterson, Misty
Paul Gonsalves, Clark's Bars
Paul Gonsalves, It's Something That You Ought To Know
Claude Bolling & Alexandre Lagoya, Afriçaine
Diana Krall, Only Trust Your Heart
Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz, Samba Triste