Davis Media Access

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: