Local Programs
Our award-winning programs tell the stories of our community, our viewers and our history.

The Baking Journal
Join Stephanie as she bakes her way through The Baking Journal. Relish in the meditative process of measuring, mixing, and kneading while learning to create your own delicious baked goods in this charming baking series that offers step by step baking instructions for a multitude of scrumptious recipes.

Long Story Short
Long Story Short is a human interest program produced by the multi-Emmy winning team at Cincy Stories that features short documentaries focused on the many people who call the Cincinnati and Dayton region home. Season 1 aired in the spring of 2021. Production for Season 2 is underway now.

Yom HaShoah: Remembering for Tomorrow
Yom HaShoah ordinarily takes place in person but due to COVID-19 pandemic that was not possible this year. As such, CET and the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center partnered to bring these remembrances to a wide audience, one that is meaningful to the hundreds of survivors in the Greater Cincinnati area today.

20 Seconds of Courage
In 2016, Ohio farmer Roger Winemiller lost two of his three children to heroin overdoses. His one surviving child, a twenty-year user, was in recovery. Faced with overwhelmed and underfunded rural support services, Roger and others in his town began reaching out to addicts and their families.

Between Two Worlds: The Next Generation
They made enormous sacrifices to flee Vietnam. The Dayton, Ohio area became their new home. So after generations of Vietnamese culture, their children would grow up as Americans. What would become of their language, their culture, their identity? Because as the children of immigrants embrace their new world, some things are gained, some are lost.

The New Selling of America
In the 1960s, the United States dominated the world economy. Today our share of the pie has shrunk to less than 25 percent.

Erma Bombeck: A Legacy of Laughter
Erma Bombeck: A Legacy of Laughter, celebrates one of America’s best loved humorists.

Justice for All?
Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, hosts a discussion about the effect of the War on Drugs and Zero Tolerance policies, focusing on policing, sentencing and prisoner reentry.

Jim Kahle: Turning Fire Into Ice
Master glassblower Jim Kahle uses flaming ovens and molten glass to create his distinctive works of art.

The Teaching Chef: Dayton Cooks with Chef Edward Stanziano
Executive Chef Edward Stanziano shares recipes and cooking techniques as he transforms simple ingredients into an elegant meal.

The Wright Brothers’ Dayton
Executive Chef Edward Stanziano shares recipes and cooking techniques as he transforms simple ingredients into an elegant meal.

When Dayton Went to War: Memories of the Homefront
The bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 changed life in Dayton and throughout the world forever.

Let’s Go Down to Rikes
Old photographs, archival film footage, interviews with former employees and area residents who patronized the store, trace the history of the Rike-Kumler Department Store.

Our University on the Hill
ThinkTV chronicles the history of the school that would one day become one of the nation’s top universities.

Westcott House
The Westcott House, Frank Lloyd Wright’s only Prairie-style structure in Ohio. Neglected for years, the house, located in Springfield, Ohio, underwent a four year restoration project. Archival photos, film footage and an interview with the architect’s grandson – Eric Lloyd Wright – chronicle the restoration of this remarkable home.

Mrs. K: A Portrait of Virginia Kettering
A fond look at the life of Virginia Kettering, one of Dayton’s most beloved and influential citizens.

The Dragons: Dayton’s Home Run
The Dragons: Dayton’s Homerun is the story of how the Dragons came to Dayton and helped make the city a gathering place for everyone in the Miami Valley.
