You want your business on WDTN. Not on a coupon site, not in a directory listing, but on wdtn.com, the Dayton news site your customers across the Miami Valley already check every day. This page gives you the complete answer: whether it is possible, the proof that sponsored features already run on that site, what you actually get, how publishing works step by step, what decides the price, and the one email that starts it. By the end there should be no question left, only a decision.
The short answer: yes, a Miami Valley business can get featured on WDTN
Yes. A Miami Valley business can be published on WDTN through a paid article placement on wdtn.com. This is not pitching a story to 2 News journalists and hoping someone picks it up. It is a separate, legitimate route: a sponsored article about your business, reviewed by the outlet before it goes live, and permanent once published.
You do not have to take the existence of this route on faith. Sponsored business features already run on wdtn.com in clearly labelled form, attached to the station's Living Dayton strand, covering ordinary local businesses: a skincare product, a pet grooming franchise, a career tech school's salon and bistro, pharmacies and restaurants. The format is visible and public. What has been missing is a page that explains how a business like yours gets the written article version of it. This is that page, and the route runs through us. You do not need a PR firm, a media contact, or a news hook. You need a business worth writing about and one email. If you want to compare how different outlets handle paid placements first, our guide to which news outlets accept sponsored content lays out the landscape honestly.
Ready to get your business on WDTN?
Send us your business name, your website, and what the article should be about. You get a fit confirmation and your individual quote back by email.
uzairasad@pressfeature.orgOne email starts it. No form, no obligation.
What you actually get: your business in a 2 News headline
Picture the finished thing, because that is what you are buying. A live article page on wdtn.com carries your business name in the headline and your story in the text: what you do, why you are good at it, and where Miami Valley customers can find you. It sits on the same site, under the same 2 News name, that your customers check for news, weather and school closings.
Then the article starts doing work a social post never does. You send the link to the customer deciding between you and a competitor across town. You put it in the quote packet that needs one more proof point. You add WDTN to the "As Featured On" row of your own website, and visitors understand in one second that Dayton's own news station published a story about your business. Local businesses here already treat a WDTN feature as something worth bragging about publicly. A permanent article gives you that credential in a form that stays up, stays findable, and keeps working long after a broadcast moment would have passed.
Why WDTN carries weight in the Miami Valley
WDTN is Dayton television's foundation stone. Its construction permit was the first broadcast television licence the FCC granted to Dayton, and it went on air on 15 March 1949 as WLWD. A station that has been part of this region's daily life for more than seventy five years is not a name a business borrows lightly; that history is exactly what your article borrows when it runs on wdtn.com.
The station is Dayton's NBC affiliate, with newscasts branded 2 News, broadcasting from studios on South Dixie Drive in Moraine. Its investment in local news is visible in the schedule: when 2 News First at 4 launched in September 2017, it was the first and only 4 p.m. local newscast in the market, and the weekday morning show, 2 News Today, has started at 4:30 a.m. since November 2011. This is a newsroom built around the Miami Valley's day, and its website is where the region reads.
The numbers support the benefit, stated plainly. In our outlet directory, WDTN carries a Domain Authority of 76 and roughly 440.8K monthly organic visits. Those figures matter as proof, but the real reason WDTN works is simpler: for a business that sells to Dayton, Springfield and the wider Miami Valley, this is the local name your customers already trust before breakfast.
What a sponsored article on wdtn.com actually looks like
Let us be precise about the product, because precision is where vague offers fall apart.
The article is a full page on wdtn.com itself. It is labelled as paid content, the same way the sponsored features in the Living Dayton strand on the site are explicitly labelled as sponsored segment content. That labelling is not a weakness in the product. It is what makes the placement legitimate and durable, and it matches what readers of this site already see and understand.
The article is reviewed by the outlet before it is published, so what goes live has passed WDTN's own check. Once live, the placement is permanent. It does not disappear when a segment airs or a week passes, because no broadcast window is attached to it. The article links to your website, and those links carry sponsored attributes, as paid content rules require. Anyone who promises you a plain editorial dofollow link from a paid placement is describing something that does not exist, and you should walk away from that conversation. What you get is better: a permanent, credible page about your business on a site with real authority in your market, sending real local readers to you.
The Living Dayton segment and the article are two different buys
This distinction matters, because the two are easy to confuse. Living Dayton, on air since February 2012, is the station's lifestyle show. A business appearance there is a broadcast arrangement: it airs, it is seen, and then it is over, even though the show's write-ups live on the site afterwards. The station also runs a separate sponsored restaurant deal segment, which is another broadcast product again.
The article is different in kind. It is written from the start as a permanent page on wdtn.com, carrying your business's own story and your own link, designed to be found by customers searching for what you do months and years from now. This page sells the article. If a televised segment is what you want, that is bought a different way, through the station's broadcast operation. If what you want is a permanent written feature that people can find, read and share, you are in the right place.
Who a WDTN article is right for, and who should skip it
This placement fits businesses whose customers live and buy in the Miami Valley. Look at the visible sponsored run on the site and you will see the fit mirrored back: franchises, a career tech school, pharmacies, restaurants, local services. Ordinary businesses, of ordinary size, whose customers are neighbours. It is especially strong for businesses that sell on trust: services people research before they buy, companies pitching larger local clients, anyone whose customer Googles them before signing.
It does not fit a business with no Miami Valley customers. If your buyers are all in Columbus or Cincinnati and a Dayton article would never be seen by anyone who matters to you, spend the money on the outlet your customers actually read. We would rather tell you that now than sell you the wrong placement. For a much larger stage, the PIX11 guide shows what a major market station article looks like, and the route is the same.
How publishing on WDTN works, step by step
Step 1: Email us. Write to uzairasad@pressfeature.org with your business name, your website, and what the article should be about. That email is the whole application. There is no form, no account to create, no retainer to sign.
Step 2: Fit confirmation and your quote. We confirm that your business and your topic fit the outlet, and you receive your individual quote for WDTN. What decides that quote is covered in the final section below.
Step 3: The article. You can supply the article yourself, or we arrange the writing for you. Either way, the draft goes to the outlet for review before anything is published.
Step 4: Review and go live. WDTN reviews the article. Once it is approved, it is published on wdtn.com, fast once the review is complete. Your exact timeline is confirmed in your quote before you pay anything.
Step 5: Your live link. You receive the live link to your article. It is yours to send to customers, add to your website, and use in every proposal from that day on.
Your protection is stated plainly, because it is part of the arrangement before you pay anything: payment is in full in advance, and if the article does not go live, you receive a full refund, in writing. There is no version of this where you pay and end up with nothing.
What decides the price, the honest limits, and how to start
There is no public price for a WDTN article, and this page is not hiding one to force you into a conversation. The price is set per placement because the deciding factors differ for every business: the scope of the article, whether you supply it or we arrange the writing, the placement specifics, and timing. Every placement is therefore quoted individually, by email, with no obligation to proceed. Our guide to how much a sponsored article costs explains the factor model in full.
The limits, stated the way we would want them stated to us. The article is paid content and is labelled as such; it is not editorial coverage and it is not the 2 News newsroom endorsing your business. No one can guarantee you search rankings, a traffic figure, or sales from a placement like this, and anyone who promises those numbers is selling something that does not exist. What the article does, permanently, is put a credible, findable page about your business on the news site the Miami Valley trusts.
If WDTN is the outlet your customers trust, the next step is a single email. Write to uzairasad@pressfeature.org with your business name, your website, and the story the article should tell. You will get a fit confirmation and your individual quote back. Our services page covers the wider picture of what we do, but the email is how a WDTN article actually begins.
Get your business on WDTN
One email with your business name, your website, and the story you want told. Your fit confirmation and individual quote come back by email.
uzairasad@pressfeature.orgFull refund in writing if your article does not go live.
Frequently asked questions
How can my business get featured on WDTN?
Email us with your business name, your website and your story. We confirm fit, quote individually, place a labelled article on wdtn.com after the outlet's review, and send you the live link.
How much does a WDTN sponsored article cost?
There is no public price, because each placement is quoted individually. The factors are the article's scope, whether you supply it or we arrange the writing, the placement specifics and timing. One email to uzairasad@pressfeature.org returns your exact quote, with no obligation.
How do I get on Living Dayton?
Living Dayton is the station's TV lifestyle show, and appearances on it are broadcast arrangements. The written route is a sponsored article on wdtn.com, which is what we arrange.
Does WDTN publish sponsored content on wdtn.com?
Yes, visibly. Business write-ups on wdtn.com carry explicit sponsored labelling in the Living Dayton strand, covering local businesses and franchises by name.
How do Dayton businesses get a sponsored segment on WDTN?
Segments run through the station's own broadcast operation. For a permanent written article rather than a segment, the route is the placement arranged through us.
Who do I contact at WDTN about a paid feature?
For the article, you contact us. We handle the placement, and you deal with one email address throughout.
How long does a sponsored article stay on wdtn.com?
The article placement is a permanent page. Unlike a segment write-up tied to a broadcast, your article does not end with an airing, and if it does not go live you receive a full refund in writing.
Can a small business in the Miami Valley buy a feature on WDTN?
Yes. The visible sponsored run on the site is full of ordinary local businesses and franchises. Market fit is the test, not size.
Disclosure: PressFeature sells article placements on WDTN, and this page is our own marketing content, published to explain the placement honestly. Figures cited are from our public outlet directory. Published October 2026. Last reviewed: October 2026.