David Ford
Before his arrival in the Triad, David had already established himself as a fixture in the Austin, Texas arts scene as a radio host for Classical 89.5 KMFA. During his tenure there, he produced and hosted hundreds of programs including Mind Your Music, The Basics and T.G.I.F. Thank Goodness, It's Familiar, which each won international awards in the Fine Arts Radio Competition.
As a radio journalist with 88.5 WFDD, his features have been recognized by the Associated Press, Public Radio News Directors Inc., Catholic Academy of Communication Professionals, and Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas. David has written and produced national stories for NPR, KUSC and CPRN in Los Angeles and conducted interviews for Minnesota Public Radio's Weekend America.
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The May 19 fire in Lexington destroyed iconic buildings and mainstay businesses downtown. Architects and engineers are assessing what may be salvageable. -
This year's Special Olympics North Carolina will feature nearly 1,700 Special Olympians and Unified partners competing in events ranging from basketball and gymnastics to swimming and volleyball. -
In Greensboro's RISE Infill program, the city partners with private lenders to close financing gaps for eligible projects in reinvestment areas and corridors. -
WFDD listener Craig Fansler recalls Winston-Salem being designated a USA Cycling Olympic training site several years ago: "I just want to know whatever happened to that project and why it seemingly just kind of vanished." We find out on this week's installment of Carolina Curious. -
As renovation on the North Carolina Museum of Art Winston-Salem continues, the organization will continue its community outreach blocks away from its earliest beginnings on 4th Street downtown. -
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation Chief Operations Officer Richard Emmett shares highlights from the past 25 years of summer concerts at the outdoor amphitheater, and a sneak preview of this weekend's season opener. -
In celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary, Guilford County and the Dolley Madison Woman's Club unveiled a monument to the country's fourth First Lady, and North Carolina native, in the Guilford County Bicentennial Garden. -
A Superior Court judge recently granted the request to release body camera footage of a fatal shooting last August that involved a Greensboro Police Officer. Monday, the department released that video. -
Greensboro's newly completed Downtown Greenway is a 4-mile loop that connects eight neighborhoods in the Gate City and joins local trails, like the Atlantic and Yadkin Greenway, and larger routes, including the East Coast Greenway and the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. -
La Niña climate pattern has brought extreme drought conditions to 67 of North Carolina's 100 counties. National Weather Service meteorologist Andrew Kren says there's a chance for a wetter end to the month of May.
