Ken Davis
Director of Programming and ContentBorn and raised in Champaign, Illinois, Ken hosted his first public radio air shift as a jazz host in September of 1988, leading to a lifetime love of public radio. As program director, Ken oversees the programming and operations in Garden City and Amarillo, joining HPPR in May of 2020 after previously acting as Assistant PD/Operations Manager/On-Air Fundraising Producer at St. Louis Public Radio until 2000.
In between, he co-designed a software system now used by NPR and hundreds of public radio member stations nationwide, consulted on recording studio design and acoustics, and engineered and produced a variety of musical and experimental recordings.
Ken was attracted to the blend of music and news programming at HPPR and Connect, and as a musician, to the vibrant arts communities in the High Plains region. When he’s not listening to or thinking about radio, he’s spending time with the family, playing bluegrass music or recording local musicians.
If you'd like to share feedback on HPPR programming on our main signal or HPPR Connect, or if you have questions, please reach out to Ken at kdavis@hppr.org.
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Southwest Kansas art lovers have just a few more days to catch the work of local artist Carol Salm, whose watercolors and collages are on featured display at the Carnegie Center for the Arts in Dodge City through Sept. 19. -
Burlington, Colorado is throwing its biggest party of the year as Old Town Pioneer Days celebrates its 10th anniversary on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Old Town Museum. -
A Fourth of July tradition that has defined summer in western Kansas for three decades is over. -
Amarillo's Día de Muertos tradition is getting a new showcase this fall. The Catrina Dress Exhibit opens at 5:30 p.m. Friday, September 4, at Arts in the Sunset, bringing together a collection of Catrina dresses and costumes drawn from the Adult and Kids Catrina Costume Contests held during the past three years of the Día de Muertos Festival of Amarillo. -
Amarillo's original neighborhood block party is coming home. Discover!, the beloved festival that filled John Ward Memorial Park with music, games, and community spirit from 1989 to 2004, returns this Saturday, September 5 — the Saturday of Labor Day weekend — as the Don Harrington Discovery Center celebrates its 50th anniversary. -
Amarillo's own cowboy troubadour launches his first new album in over a decade at Palo Duro Canyon -
A new Finney County Historical Museum exhibit honors 100 years of Garden City's beloved community tradition -
Pampa is getting a new gathering spot for live music, and it's celebrating with a fundraiser for a good cause. -
Amarillo Little Theatre Rolls Out the Red Carpet — or, the Passenger Seat — for "Driving Miss Daisy"Buckle up, Amarillo — Amarillo Little Theatre's Adventure Space is about to take audiences on a 25-year ride they won't forget! -
The Kansas Association of Broadcasters has awarded the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club second place in the Editorial/Commentary category, Medium Market division, for the piece — produced as part of this year's Spring Read, "Route 66: 100 Years on the Mother Road."
