How WDTN Turned A TV Football Game Into A Free Community Event In Dayton
October 6th, 2023 by Paul GreeleyAn Ohio State at Notre Dame football watch party at a minor league baseball park turned into a blast for thousands of fans. “I’ve always wanted to host a big Ohio State watch party,” says Jason Doyle, WDTN’s creative services director. So Doyle came up with WDTN’s Buckeye Blast.
WDTN And WBDT Dayton Give Away 600,000 Coats For Kids
September 15th, 2023 by Paul GreeleySo for the past 40 years, WDTN, Nexstar’s NBC, and WBDT, Dayton’s CW, have been collecting and distributing coats to less fortunate children and adults throughout the Miami Valley. Since the inception of the campaign, Coats for Kids has collected and distributed over 600,000 coats and winter accessories.
WDTN’s Daily Lifestyle Show Celebrates 10th Anniversary
February 16th, 2022 by Paul GreeleyWhy does WDTN continue to do an hour-long lifestyle show about Dayton? “The passion the Living Dayton team has to showcase what’s great about our community is so contagious,” says Joe Abouzeid, WDTN’s general manager.
Mark Allan Retiring After 25 Years Anchoring At WDTN Dayton
September 2nd, 2021 by Paul Greeley“I have been in people’s living rooms for the past 25 years,” Mark Allan says. “That is an honor, to be their trusted source of what is happening in their city, a responsibility I have taken very seriously and I have done my best.”
Helping Their Communities: It’s What TV Stations Do
November 30th, 2020 by Paul GreeleyTV stations help their local communities countless ways, year after year. These days, the need for food, warm clothes, toys, and Thanksgiving turkeys is much greater because of the pandemic. And stations are responding to the need.
WDTN’s 39th Year Helping Dayton’s Hungry
November 18th, 2020 by Paul GreeleyNot many TV stations can point to a community project they’ve sponsored for 39 years. And even though this year’s Food for Friends will be slightly different due to COVID-19, kudos to WDTN for keeping a needed tradition like this going for such a long time.
Dayton Kids Have Gotten 500K Coats Thanks To WDTN’s 37-Year Campaign
October 16th, 2020 by Paul GreeleyThe one constant about local television is change. But for the past 37 years, the one constant that hasn’t changed at WDTN is a community campaign called Coats for Kids.
Local TV Stations Push For Racial Equality
August 20th, 2020 by Paul GreeleyPerhaps a significant step toward real equality could begin with televised dialogues, conversations, interactions and discussions so racial inequality gets exposed to thousands of people in communities all over the U.S., and a path to equality begins to emerge.
During A Tragic Year, WDTN’s Message Is ‘Stay Strong Dayton’
March 28th, 2020 by Paul Greeley“In less than a calendar year, we’ve had more than a dozen tornadoes in May, a mass shooting in August and a worldwide pandemic in March,” said Jason Doyle, the creative services director at WDTN, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Dayton, Ohio.
Nexstar Helping Victims Of Tornadoes And Mass Shootings
January 3rd, 2020 by Paul GreeleyThe Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation donated $190,000 to help victims in three markets: Dallas, Dayton, and El Paso, recover from tornadoes and mass shootings.