Davis has interesting people, ideas, connections, and events. On Davisville, host Bill Buchanan presents stories that have some connection to Davis. The program has won 14 Excellence in Journalism awards from the San Francisco Press Club since 2018, plus a national Hometown Media Award for excellence from the Alliance for Community Media in 2024. Contact: davisville @ dcn.org

Stories for the end of 2011, on DavisvilleMon, 12/19/2011 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan
I thank all three for helping Davisville end the year well—and I thank all of you for tuning in. Happy new year, and see you again in 2012. |
Year-end movies, Davis festivals, & tentpoles: A chat with critic Derrick BangMon, 12/05/2011 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan |
‘Hunt, Gather, Cook’ on DavisvilleMon, 11/21/2011 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan
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Occupy Davis, on DavisvilleMon, 11/07/2011 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan
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Zombies! The most American of monsters, on DavisvilleWed, 10/26/2011 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan
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Barry Melton, Yolo attorney and veteran of Monterey Pop, visits DavisvilleMon, 10/10/2011 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan![]() |
Build another parking garage downtown? Why?Mon, 09/26/2011 - 5:30pm | Bill BuchananA few weeks ago, Michael Bisch and Rosalie Paine wrote an article in the Enterprise that backs plans to build a parking garage and 12,000 square feet of new shopping space between E, F, 3rd and 4th streets. Today's show focuses on the idea. The basic question is why downtown needs another parking garage when it already has two; plus lots at the Amtrak station, behind the former Border’s, and next to the E Street Plaza; plus street parking; plus the tree-shaded lot that exists (see photo) where the new garage would be built. The answers lie in a discussion of where downtown is headed, in terms of growth (UC Davis’ plan to add 5,000 students in five years is a factor), civic policy, and other development ideas. Those other ideas include creating a new E Street promenade which, in one version, would close E to cars from 1st to the new garage. |
Engaging students with Twitter, plus a well-read 9/11 poem at the endMon, 09/12/2011 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan
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Veterans in Davis, on DavisvilleMon, 08/29/2011 - 5:30pm | Bill BuchananDavis isn’t known for its military connections, but 4,500 U.S. military veterans live in town, as do 2,000 more who currently serve. What do veterans want from Davis? Do they get it? On this edition we discuss those questions, plus broader ones involving all U.S. veterans, with Ted Puntillo and Rich Dryden. Puntillo, a former Davis postmaster and City Council member, became veterans service officer for Solano County on Aug. 1. He held the same job in Yolo County from 2003 to 2008. Dryden is executive director of the California Disabled Veteran Business Alliance – a group with a growing constituency, due to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to the advances in medicine that help combat veterans live through what would have once been fatal wounds. We cover a lot of ground in this interview. Among other points, Dryden explains why some vets are better employers than employees. Puntillo notes that he talks to every person he sees who holds a "homeless veteran" sign. |
Happy new school year! Ready to talk money again?Mon, 08/15/2011 - 5:30pm | Bill BuchananThe state’s budget problems continue to shape and degrade the education available to Davis students. The district is relatively OK for now, thanks to cuts and extra taxes repeatedly OK'd by Davis voters. But the schools face major financial decisions in the new instructional year that starts Aug. 23 – and a lot will depend on the state’s hopeful gamble that California’s economy is improving. On this Davisville, return guest Jeff Hudson – he writes about education for the Davis Enterprise -- discusses the budget and decisions facing the Davis school district in 2011-12. Two of the topics we covered had significant developments after KDRT recorded this interview. The federal government |
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You're a Davis icon, Bill. Keep up the good work of providing local, informative, and quality programming.
Bill, listen to the first 10 minutes of my show dated 7/7/2010. I hope you approve.
Paul Sheeran
Just wanted to say thanks for an outstanding interview with Freedom From Hunger's president, Chris Dunford.
Keep up the good work!
Sam Citron
thanks, Sam!
This is the program in question; it aired Jan. 25:
http://www.kdrt.org/node/2689
Bill
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