Mike Frazier
Host, Morning EditionExpertise: WYSO Morning Edition host
Contact: mfrazier@wyso.org
A chance meeting with a volunteer in a college computer lab in 1987 brought Mike Frazier to WYSO. He started filling in for various music shows, and performed various production, news, and on-air activities during the late 1980s and '90s, spinning vinyl and cutting tape before the digital evolution.
Mike hosted Morning Edition from 1999 to early 2001, and was asked to return in 2005 as the on-call substitute host for both Morning Edition and All Things Considered. He was hired as the permanent host in 2020.
He is a graduate of Wright State University with a Bachelor of Arts in mass communication. Mike has a background in video production, having worked at several Dayton-area cable access television channels. He has also worked as a long term substitute high school media arts teacher.
Mike is a lifelong Dayton-area native, born and raised in Riverside and currently residing in Kettering. In his spare time, he likes to work on vintage Volvo cars, observe the weather, cosplay as a Star Wars Stormtrooper, perform on stage in community theater, and annoy people as a member of a local comedy improvisational troupe.
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A graduate of Bowling Green State University worked on the new Superman movie, which opened in theaters Friday. -
A new exhibit at Clifton Gorge highlights the region's natural and geological history. -
Kettering Health said its essential services are back weeks after a cyber attack on its IT systems. The health network operates hospitals and medical centers in southwest Ohio. -
The Indiana and Ohio Departments of Transportation are testing an autonomous semi truck on Interstate 70 to see how well it works with the changing weather in the Midwest. -
Dayton artists are showing their creativity for the 30th Anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords and this weekend’s NATO Parliamentary Assembly. -
A power pole leaning over a major roadway is one of several incidents of damage from gusty thunderstorms that blew through the area. -
The weak tornado was recorded April 25, 2025, in Darke County, Ohio. -
The archdiocese, which includes the Dayton region, reacted to the death of Pope Francis. A memorial is set up in Cincinnati for mourners to visit. -
The Ohio Newsroom reporter Kendall Crawford talked with WYSO about how her team finds stories and what drives her motivation in public radio. -
Dayton, Miamisburg and other cities along the Great Miami River are protected from flooding by the Miami Conservancy District.
