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 (he/him) 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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The National Weather Service confirms that Saturday night's storms dropped three tornadoes in Southwestern Ohio. -
A stormy night for Southwest Ohio on Aug. 1, 2026, with strong winds, heavy rain and several tornado warnings. -
The co-founder of the Oxford Free Press talks about the importance of local journalism as the Butler County paper celebrates it's two-year birthday. -
A credit card skimming device was found at a Brookville gas pump. The Montgomery County Auditor offers safety tips to prevent theft. -
The Dayton UFO Conference is being held at a hotel close to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which is ripe with stories about rumored alien activity. -
The National Weather Service said "dangerous to record setting heat will expand across the eastern two-thirds of the nation this week." -
A reporter from the nonprofit Haitian Times sees a lack of representation at forums meant to help Haitians in Springfield. -
A study is underway that looks at how microplastics can aggravate arterial plaque in people. -
A Miami University researcher says the videotape is why it's hard to repair consumer electronics. Now, the "right to repair" movement is pushing back. -
A hospital record 17 nurses who deliver babies for others at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton will soon have babies of their own.
