Davis Media Access

Davis Media Access presents local voter education programming

Davis Media Access (DMA) is airing a variety of election-related programs now through Monday, June 2, 2008. Programs are available on DCTV, local cable channel 15 on the Comcast system, and on KDRT-LP 101.5 FM, DMA’s low-power community radio station. Select programs are also available online at www.davismedia.org.

As the community media center for Davis, DMA has provided coverage of local races for more than 20 years. “We are committed to local election coverage as a community service,” said Autumn Labbe-Renault, DMA’s executive director and producer of its election coverage. “This is one area in which citizen media makes a real difference in terms of sharing information and covering local races.”

Program highlights this season include “Meet the Candidates for Davis City Council” and  “Meet the Candidates: Assembly 8th and Supervisor 4th,” both of which were produced by DMA. Also airing is the Davis Chamber of Commerce’s City Council candidate forum, recorded April 1 at the Vet’s Memorial Theater. DMA is slated to record the May 13 DDBA candidates forum at The Varsity.

Additional programs will be scheduled as they are received, including forums submitted by the League of Women Voters of Davis and the Sierra Club Yolano Group/Davis Neighborhood Coalition.
 
DMA is also planning a live, election night program for the June 3 election. The show will begin at 8 p.m. and conclude as local results are finalized. Hosts for the evening are Lori Aldrete and Paulina Sanders. Results are provided to viewers thanks to a partnership between DMA, City Government Channel 16, Davis Community Network, Omsoft Technologies and the Yolo County Elections Office.

Currently, the voter education program lineup on DCTV through June 2 is as follows (Please check www.kdrt.org for air times there):
 
“Meet the Candidates for Davis City Council.” DMA invited the six candidates running for three open seats on the Davis City Council to make five-minute statements. These are presented in random order and have not been edited in any way. Run time is 30 minutes. Produced by DMA. This program airs on DCTV at the following times:
   
    Mondays         7:30 p.m.
    Tuesdays        7 p.m.
    Wednesdays    6:30 p.m.
    Fridays            8:30 p.m
    Sundays         4:30 & 7 p.m.

“Meet the Candidates for Assembly 8th and Supervisor 4th District.” DMA invited the candidates running for the 8th Assembly District and the 4th Yolo County Supervisor’s seat to make five-minute statements. The Cabaldon for Assembly campaign was invited but did not participate. These statements are presented in random order and have not been edited in any way. Run time is 30 minutes. Produced by DMA. This program airs at the following times:

    Tuesdays         6:30 p.m.
    Wednesdays     6 p.m.
    Thursdays        7:15 p.m.
    Fridays             8 p.m.
    Sundays           4 p.m.

“Davis Chamber of Commerce Candidates Forum.” DMA staff and volunteers taped this April 1 forum at the Veteran’s Memorial Center. The panel is moderated by Debbie Davis and features all six candidates. Run time approximately 1 hour. Produced by DMA. This program airs at the following times:

    Thursdays        6 p.m.
    Fridays            7 p.m.
    Tuesdays         7:30 p.m.    
    Wednesdays     5 p.m.
    Sundays           6:30 p.m.

In addition, the following programs have been or will be submitted by other organizations:

 “City Council Candidate Forum.” Sponsored by the Sierra Club Yolano Group & Davis Neighborhood Coalition. Taped April 30 in Community Chambers. Run time 2 hours, 45 minutes.  This program airs on DCTV at the following times:

    Sundays at 1 p.m.
    Wednesdays at 9 p.m.

“League of Women Voters.” City Council Forum & Assembly/Supervisor Forum, May 8 and 29, respectively. These programs will be scheduled when DMA receives them. 

For more information, please visit www.davismedia.org or call (530) 757-2419.

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Davis Media Access invited the six candidates running for three open seats on the City Council to record five-minute statements. These statements have not been edited in any way are presented in random order.

Sydney Vergis

Sue Greenwald

Don Saylor

Cecilia Greenwald

Rob Roy

Stephen Souza

Davis Media Access invited the three candidates running for 4th District county supervisor seat to record five-minute statements. These statements have not been edited in any way are presented in random order.

Jim Provenza

John Ferrera

Cathy Kennedy

Davis Media Access invited the two candidates running for the Assembly 8th District seat to record five-minute statements. The Cabaldon for Assembly campaign was invited but did not participate. 

Mariko Yamada

About Our Election Programming

Davis Media Access (DMA) has produced local election programming since 1986, from candidate profiles and forums to live election-night coverage. While other television and radio outlets may make passing reference to Davis politics, we provide in-depth coverage of the issues during local campaigns.

DMA is the only place in town to get such unique local coverage—on cable TV, radio and web. In a politically savvy town, people tune in in droves to watch this programming.

For the June 3, 2008 election, DMA is presenting en election-night show on local cable channel 15 & KDRT, 101.5, our low-power community radio station, as well as on the Internet. The show will feature clips from some of the evening’s election parties, interviews with candidates, campaign representatives and elected officials, and calls from community members.

Because results are not expected until the next morning, we are also producing a morning-after Election Results program on KDRT.

Why Underwrite?

Underwriting is a gift to your community. Underwriting:

• helps fund local programming that’s impossible to find elsewhere
• shows that you support an important community resource
• strengthens your image as a community partner
• is effective and affordable
• is appealing to intelligent listeners who think for themselves
• The number of election-related underwriters is limited in order to ensure that your information is seen and recognized.

How Underwriting Promotes Your Business

We will credit you in the following ways:

• Five verbal thanks during the course of the election-night program. Our hosts recognize our underwriters at the top of each hour and at the close of the program. i.e. "We'd like to thank our underwriters for support of tonight's programming, William's Widgets, Davis Dry Cleaners, and Bob's Takeout. We could not present this programming without their support. For more information about our Underwriters visit davismedia.org."
• Credit in the television program’s closing graphics. Underwriting credits are formatted as follows: This program has been supported in part by Business name & logo Tag line or slogan Address Phone Email or web. Example graphic to the left.
  
• Credit (formatted as above) on our website, both prior to the election and for one month after.
• Thanks on the Channel 15 Community Bulletin Board, both prior to the election and for one month after (formatted as above). Our bulletin board is shown on channel 15, Monday - Friday from 2am-9am and Noon-4pm, all day Saturday and Sunday from Midnight-1pm. Your underwriting credit will show for 10 seconds every 10 minutes during these times.

The Deadline to sign up is May 23 and requires pre-payment. The cost for the above package is $250. Please contact Autumn Labbe- Renault at autumn@davismedia.org or (530) 757-2419 ext. 11 for more information.

You may also take a look at our Election Underwriting Contract linked below:

Two local filmmakers have had their work chosen for screening as part of the “Current Visions” segment of the Sacramento Film Festival. Both produced their projects at Davis Media Access.

The festival and Current TV—an international cable network created by Al Gore--created a partnership to promote local filmmaking. Documentaries chosen and premiered at the Festival will be uploaded to Current.com and
will also be considered for acquisition by the network.

Deborah J. Whitman is a documentary filmmaker who operates Whitman Productions and is currently founding an environmental non-profit called Environmental Voices. Two of her documentary shorts will be featured as part of Current Visions. “Sky Lines” explores the phenomenon of “chem trails” and attempts to bring public attention to the health affects of these chemicals, while “No Life on Earth” examines the consequences of clear cutting.

Martha Teeter is a retired biochemistry/biophysics professor from Boston College who moved to Davis with her family in 2001. Her documentary, “The Wiyot Language Story” tells the story of how the Wiyot people who settled Humboldt Bay around 400 AD were nearly destroyed by massacres in 1860 during the Gold Rush. The film also explores how Teeter’s brother, Karl Teeter, reconstructed their language from the last native speaker in the 1950s for his doctoral thesis from UC Berkeley. “My brother died in April 2007,” Teeter said. “At his funeral, there was a bouquet from the Wiyot Tribal Council offering condolences. That bouquet inspired me to uncover the connections and to tell their story.

“Today, the Wiyot are recovering their language and their culture against all odds, thanks in part to my brother's work and the UC Berkeley Linguistics Department,” Teeter added. “Here at home, DMA's support in honing my skills and in providing training and equipment has been invaluable, and I am very grateful.”

All three films air as part of the Sacramento Film Festival on Saturday, April 5 at 4 p.m. at the 24th Street Theater in Sacramento. They will also air on DCTV (channel 15 on the Comcast system) at a future date. All of us at DMA congratulate Deborah and Martha on their accomplishments!

For more information, visit sacramentofilmfestivalcom or call (916) 475-9616.

Working with DJUSD Climate Coordinator Mel Lewis, DMA recently produced three episodes of “School Climate Spotlight.” Students from all three junior high schools—Emerson, Harper and Holmes—as well as Davis High School students interviewed new DJUSD Superintendent James Hammond, and DJUSD Trustees Richard Harris and Susan Lovenburg.

The programs air on DCTV, local cable channel 15 on the Comcast system, at the following times: April 6 beginning at 6 p.m.; and April 8 at 5 p.m. (Hammond) and 6:30 p.m. (Harris, then Lovenburg). Streams of the programs are available below.

Episode 1: New DJUSD Superintendent James Hammond

Episode 2: DJUSD Board Trustee Susan Lovenberg

Episode 3: DJUSD Board Trustee Richard Harris

Davis Media Access (DMA) is accepting requests for coverage of candidate forums relating to the June 3, 2008 election.

The non-profit community media station will videotape a limited number of forums and air the programs on DMA public access channel 15 on the Comcast Cable system. The programs will also air on KDRT 101.5 FM, and will be available as video on demand from the organization's website.

DMA typically airs more than 80 hours of voter education programming in an election season, including forums, "Meet the Candidates" and a live election-night show.

According to Autumn Labbe-Renault, executive director of DMA, it's not uncommon for her to get requests for 13 or more forums in an election season. "We have limited reasources and cannot tape every forum, so we're trying to create a fair structure to help evaluate requests."

A simple application form is available below.  If a group us already taping its forum, they can simply submit a DVD or tape to DMA.

This year we are taking a different tack with our technical education. Instead of paying for scheduled workshops we are striving to help you accomplish your individual goals in media production over a longer course of time.

Do you want to become well-versed in capturing live events or lectures? Do you want to produce your own talk-show in our studio? Do you want to have a call-in radio show? Or maybe you simply want to learn the basics of computer editing. Whatever the case might be we'll help you network with other like-minded community members to learn in a collaborative project-based environment. We've found the best way to learn is alongside those that have done it before, even if that means tagging along with us on a taping or two.

Come to a General Orientation to learn more about how to get involved, take a tour of the facility to see our equipment, and see examples of what others have done. Then fill out a New Volunteer form so we can assess what you'd like to learn, and we'll work together from there.