‘Davisville’, a KDRT radio program produced and hosted by Bill Buchanan, has won a national award.
The radio show won a 2024 Hometown Media Award from the Foundation for the Alliance for Community Media (ACM). The award celebrates excellence and diversity of media on community channels around the country.
‘Davisville’ won the “Informational Talk Show, Single Episode, Community Radio” category. The episode “Integrating a traumatic week into Davis”, aired May 15, 2023 following a stabbing spree from April 27 to May 1 of that year that killed two and left a third wounded in Davis. On the episode, Buchanan spoke with Susan Cosio, a retired hospital chaplain, pastor and longtime resident of Davis who has spent most of her adult life helping people navigate crises.
“The Hometown Awards honor reportage and storytelling that informs and touches lives,” Autumn Labbé-Renault, executive director of Davis Media Access, which operates KDRT-LP 95.7 FM said in an email from DMA. “Helping people to make sense of traumatic events is really at the top of that list, and we’re thrilled to see Bill’s excellent work honored in this way.”
The honor is the third Hometown Media Award for KDRT this decade, following recognition for “Overall Excellence in Community Radio” in 2021, and student Rohan Baxi’s 2022 win for his ‘Timeout Radio’ show on KDRT.
ACM honored more than 100 winners from across the country at the organization’s national conference in San Jose this summer. ACM is a DC-metro area nonprofit association representing community media organizations like Davis Media Access.
