Established in 1808 and merged with the Journal Herald in 1988, the Dayton Daily News is the city's daily morning newspaper. More than 20 suburban newspapers plus local college and university publications circulate weekly. Special-interest magazines published in Dayton cover such subjects as religion, African American culture, and management.
Dayton is the primary center for television and radio north of Cincinnati in southwestern Ohio. Six television stations—four commercial affiliates and two public—broadcast from Dayton; cable service is available. Sixteen AM and FM radio stations schedule a variety of programs such as jazz, gospel, Celtic and folk, African American, contemporary, and classical music, educational features, and news.
Media Information: Dayton Daily News, Dayton Newspapers Inc., 45 South Ludlow Street, Dayton, OH 45402; telephone (937)222-5700
City of Dayton Home Page. Available www.ci.dayton.oh.us
Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce. Available www.daytonchamber.org
Dayton/Montgomery County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Available daytoncvb.com/index.php
Dayton Public Schools. Available www.dps.k12.oh.us
Dayton Public Schools, school district report card. Available www.ode.state.oh.us/reportcard/archives
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Available www.wpafb.af.mil/index.html
Bernstein, Mark, Grand Eccentrics: Turning the Century: Dayton and the Inventing of America (Orange Frazer Press, 1996)
Huffman, Dale, Andy Snow, et al. Dayton: The Cradle of Creativity (Urban Tapestry Series) (Towery, 1998)
Wright, Wilbur, and Orville Wright, Miracle at Kitty Hawk: The Letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright, Fred C. Kelly, ed. (Da Capo, 1996)