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I know we fall back this time of year, but someone set September and October to warp speed, of this I am certain.

Those two months found our staff scrambling to cover many bases. On the DCTV side of the house, we produced a batch of candidate statements, covering races from the local school board to Congress. We co-sponsored and recorded several election forums around town, and aired more than 180 hours of election-related programming. Programming was encoded and shared online, both on candidates’ sites and on dctv.davismedia.org. Tip of the hat to Alex Silva-Sadder, Diane Dedoshka, Jeff Shaw and Cliff Gamble for their extra efforts here.

DMA works with many community partners and is involved with much that happens here in town. Here's a look at some upcoming events:

Every First Thursday
The Davis Odd Fellows are a fine bunch of folks who support many good things in our town. Every First Thursday of the month, they offer up free music starting at 7:30 p.m. at their hall, located at 415 Second Street. The shows are all ages, and the music varies but is always outstanding. You may see jazz one month, Latin the next, rock the next. For dates and details, visit http://davislodge.org. KDRT volunteers Jim Buchanan and Diane Crumley routinely work with the Odd Fellows to record and promote these shows. You can hear many of the bands Jim's recorded on his show 'Live Tracks."

Davis citizens are a mobile bunch, and this means we sometimes have to say good-bye. We offer a fond farewell to DJ AA and Vincent with “Empire Radio,” who have moved on to the Bay Area. Ted and Josh of “The Recollection” are on hiatus at present but rumor has it they plan to return in January. Congratulations to Ted, who welcomed his first son this summer.

Davis Media Access (DMA) has recorded many of the Parent University presentations over the past few years, and thanks to the efforts of Programming Manager Alex Silva-Sadder, we are now proud to host all their information and videos in one easy-to-access place: http://dctv.davismedia.org/dpu

By Autumn Labbe-Renault, Executive Director

Published originally in The Davis Enterprise, Sept. 30, 2012

Seems just yesterday it was June and I was writing about election coverage. Though the importance of Nov. 6 is known nationally, I’m focused closer to home.

I’ve just finished fielding several comments regarding a post I made recently on a national listserve, wherein I talked about the connection between local election coverage and community development. By focusing on voter education programming, Davis Media Access (DMA) strives to illuminate community issues and provide access to non-partisan information.

Getting information out about campaigns and ballot issues shouldn't be fraught with barriers. However, air time is expensive and barring sensationialism, local politics are largely ignored by commercial broadcast media. DMA takes seriously our role in providing access to candidates, information for voters, and in documenting our community's history around local campaigns

Young filmmakers Eli Weiss, Dylan Starsinic and Dave Meddin are up for a regional award for a PSA they produced on cell phone cramming titled "Cramming 101."

The WAVE Awards ceremony will be held from 6-8 PM on Saturday October 20 as the concluding event to the Alliance for Community Western Region Conference in Sacramento. Attendees will have a panoramic view of beautiful Downtown Sacramento from the 16th floor "John Q Room" overlooking the State Capitol and the Sacramento River. The special ceremony will honor the memory of George Stoney, considered the father of community television and highlight samples of several award winning programs. New this year, category winners present will be encouraged to address the audience with a short statement. Join us for a wonderful celebration of community television's "Best" in 2012. 

Let's hear it for the young media makers!

What would Dr. Paul, your classical music programmer, choose to listen to by the fire in the intimacy of his own living room? Tune in to today's show to find out what a person who has loved classical music for more than 40 years listens to, when he listens for his own pleasure. Today's program includes beautiful arias, a violin and viola duet, a piano concerto, Spanish dances, piano solos, and more.

The various candidates statements for the June 5th, 2012 elections.  Each candidate was invited to make a presentation in the DMA studios under identical conditions. Statements are up to 5 minutes in length, not edited & presented in random order.

Davis City Council Candidates

Yolo County Supervisor District 5

Yolo Superior Court Judge

Assembly 4th District

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