Dispatch Explained

Dispatch or dispatches may refer to:

Arts, media and entertainment

Newspapers

• The Columbus Dispatch, daily newspaper of Columbus, Ohio
• Daily Dispatch, a South African newspaper
• The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus, daily newspaper of East Moline, Illinois
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch, daily newspaper of St. Louis, Missouri
• Richmond Times-Dispatch, daily newspaper of Richmond, Virginia
• Alaska Dispatch News, daily newspaper of Anchorage, Alaska
• Observer-Dispatch, daily newspaper of Utica, New York

Radio and television

• Dispatches (radio program), a Canadian radio program aired on CBC Radio One
• Dispatches (TV programme) (since 1987), a British documentary show broadcast on Channel 4
• Dispatches from Elsewhere, an American drama television series

Bands

• Dispatch (band), an American jam band
  • Dispatch (EP), their 2011 extended-play release
• Dispatched, a Swedish death-metal band

Other

• Dispatches (book), a 1977 book by Michael Herr about the Vietnam War
• Dispatches (magazine), a defunct 2008 political magazine
• The Dispatch, a political online magazine
• Dispatch News Service, a news agency

Vehicles

• Citroën Dispatch, a small van
• Dispatch (sternwheeler), an early 20th century steamboat in Oregon, US
• Dispatcher Jeep, a postal Jeep used by the US Postal Service; see List of Jeep vehicles#DJ

Other uses

• Dispatch, Kansas, an unincorporated community in the US
• Dispatch (logistics), a procedure in logistics
• Dynamic dispatch, a computer-programming technique
• Dispatched labor, an employment relationship
• Dispatcher, communications personnel
• Instruction dispatch, in a CPU

See also

• • Despatch (disambiguation)
• The Dispatch (disambiguation)
• Mentioned in dispatches, an official military recognition (in various countries) for gallantry or commendable service