Unlike many midwestern cities of its age, Dayton Ohio has very broad and straight downtown streets (generally two full lanes in each direction), facilitating access to the downtown even after the automobile became popular.

The principal general-circulation daily newspaper in the region is the Dayton Daily News, which is owned by Cox Communications.

Christian Citizen USA (currently doing business as Citizen USA, which claims to uphold "traditional values" and distances itself from secular media, is a newspaper with circulation in greater Dayton and its surrounding suburban communities.

The Dayton City Paper is a free weekly circulation newspaper. The Kettering-Oakwood Times is a weekly with circulation primarily in the south suburban communities.

Nationally syndicated morning talk show The Daily Buzz originated from WBDT-TV, the Acme property in Miamisburg, Ohio before moving to its current home in Florida.

DAYTON DAILY NEWS

Skydiver continues recovery from accident
MIDDLETOWN - A professional skydiver remains in critical condition after crashing to the ground during a jump. Justin Hammons, 29, of Lexington, Ky., is listed in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:38:38 GMT
Man flees after crashing, flipping on I-75; lane closed near Ohio 73
FRANKLIN TWP., Warren County - A 22-year-old Middletown man fled the scene after hitting a guardrail and flipping the car he was driving on northbound Interstate 75 just north of Ohio 73 this morning.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:14:45 GMT

The main reason for the broad streets was that Dayton was a marketing and shipping center from its beginning: streets were broad to enable wagons drawn by teams of three to four pairs of oxen to turn around. In addition, some of today's streets were once barge canals flanked by draw-paths.

The nickname "Birthplace of Aviation" is also frequently seen due to Dayton being the hometown of the Wright Brothers. In their bicycle shop in Dayton, the Wrights developed the principles of aerodynamics, and designed and constructed a number of gliders and portions of their first airplane. After their first manned flights in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wrights continued testing at nearby Huffman Prairie.

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