Local Programs

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

Rodney Veal's Inspired By

Rodney Veal’s Inspired By

Our regional arts and cultural scene is vibrant and full of surprises. Let Rodney Veal, be your guide on a journey of exploration as he interviews artists and other creatives about what inspires them.

For the Love of Edtech

For the Love of Edtech

For the Love of EdTech is a podcast by educators for educators. The podcast explores how educational technology can be used to improve students’ learning experience and easy ways educators can implement EdTech in their classrooms.

The Baking Journal

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.

Hobby Hunting

Hobby Hunting

This exclusive interactive digital experience will cover a variety of hobbies that not only range from crafts to exercise but also range from season to season! Explore the latest Hobby Hunting posts and categories below!

Parent Hacks

The Art Show

It isn’t easy to be a parent or caregiver. Follow along with our new series, Parent Hacks, for fun tips, tricks and hacks designed to make your everyday life a bit less stressful.

Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield

Redlining: Mapping Inequality in Dayton & Springfield

The national and local story of redlining, a practice which embedded racial segregation and inequality into the development of American cities and suburbs.

The Dayton Arcade: Waking the Giant

The Dayton Arcade: Waking the Giant

A historic and cultural landmark, the Dayton Arcade is being renovated. After being shuttered for nearly 30 years, this is a massive project, central to the vitality of downtown Dayton.

Long Story Short

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.

Let Ohio Women Vote

Let Ohio Women Vote

Let Ohio Women Vote tells the story of the long fight for women’s suffrage in our state – a fight which created unpredictable alliances as well as surprising connections to national events. Stream the documentary now.

The Art Show

The Art Show

The Award-winning weekly series shines a spotlight on the vibrant art scene in southwest Ohio.

SHOWCASE with Barbara Kellar

SHOWCASE with Barbara Kellar

An arts and cultural series airing every Sunday on CET Arts. This series highlights the hottest theatrical shows; important artists, musicians and creative directors; and not-to-be missed exhibits at local museums and art galleries.

Memphis Belle: Her Final Mission

Memphis Belle: Her Final Mission

In 1943, the Memphis Belle was an American icon, but when the war was over, it moved to boneyard waiting to be recycled. Follow the plane’s story from its 25 missions through its 13-year restoration.

Yom HaShoah: Remembering for Tomorrow – Carrying our Stories Forward

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.

Wild Survival

Wild Survival

The conservationist mindset is strong in southwestern Ohio, whether we’re talking about animals or plants.

Traditions: Ohio Heritage Fellows

Traditions: Ohio Heritage Fellows

This series explores the work and life of Ohio traditional and folk musicians, folk artists and painters, and performance artists.

20 Seconds of Courage

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.

Memories of Vietnam

Stories of Service: Memories of Vietnam

Explore how people in Southwest Ohio were impacted by The Vietnam War.

Our Ohio

Our Ohio

Weekly series profiling the Buckeye State’s people, places and culture.

Between Two Worlds: The Next Generation

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.

As Ohio Goes

As Ohio Goes

Since 1896, the Buckeye state has picked the commander-in-chief 28 out of 30 times – a frequency unmatched by any other state in the union. But what has made Ohio the bellwether state in so many presidential elections?

Between Two Worlds

Between Two Worlds

Vietnamese immigrants in greater Dayton talk about where they were when Saigon fell, why they chose to escape South Vietnam and life in America.

The New Selling of America

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

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

Justice for All?

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

Jim Kahle: Turning Fire Into Ice

Master glassblower Jim Kahle uses flaming ovens and molten glass to create his distinctive works of art.

Goodbye, The Levee Has Broken

Goodbye, The Levee Has Broken

“Goodbye, the Levee Has Broken,” recounts the day-by-day events of the Great Flood of 1913, as experienced by its victims and survivors.

The Teaching Chef: Dayton Cooks with Chef Edward Stanziano

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

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

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 Rike's

When Dayton Went to War: Memories of the Homefront

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

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

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

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 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.

ThinkTV Archived Productions

Archived Productions

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