David Martin Davies

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David Martin Davies
David Martin Davies and Jarl Mohn.jpg
Davies (right) with Jarl Mohn
NationalityAmerican
Other namesDave Davies
Occupationjournalist
Employer(s)San Antonio Express-News,
Texas Public Radio
Known forvideo games
Notable workHost of:
U@play (TV),
Texas Matters (radio),
The Source (radio)

David Martin "Dave" Davies is an American print and broadcast journalist based in Texas.

As a newspaper columnist for the San Antonio Express-News, he writes about video games. In the mid-2000s, Davies was the host of a television show U@Play, produced in the San Antonio area, which covered home video games. [1] The 30-minute show was broadcast in Austin, San Antonio, and Laredo, in Texas, and Monterrey in northeastern Mexico.

Davies is also an award-winning journalist and the host of Texas Matters, a weekly radio news magazine show for Texas Public Radio, and The Source, a daily show that airs Monday through Thursday. [2]

Since becoming the news director for Texas Public Radio, Davies began using his full name "David Martin Davies" to avoid confusion with another Dave Davies who appears on National Public Radio.

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References

  1. Davies, Dave. Get in line -- no, not that one -- for 'Star Wars' stuff, San Antonio Express News (editorial note says "Dave Davies is the host of U@play, a TV show for video game fans at 1 pm Sundays on KBEJ")
  2. "Texas Matters". TPR.org. Texas Public Radio. Archived from the original on January 24, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2011.