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 E-Notes  
February 2011   

     
 
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We'll be tweaking the "new" E-Notes over the next couple of months.  Your comments and suggestions are always welcome.
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WUOT Welcomes New and Renewing Underwriters
 

The following organizations became new underwriters or renewed their support of WUOT programming in January. You can find a complete list of our sponsors with links to their websites on our Underwriters webpage. If you have the opportunity, please thank them for supporting WUOT Public Radio!

 

Agito, Inc.

Bass, Berry and Sims, PLC

Beaver Productions

Bijou Theatre

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University

Edward Jones Investments Financial Advisors Linda Gay Blanc and Steve Obermann

First Tennessee

Friends of the Knox County Public Library

Glowing Body Yoga Studio and Apparel

Go! Contemporary Dance Works

Hanson Gallery

High Places Community Church

Historic Tennessee Theatre Foundation

Morris Creative Group

New Horizon Montessori School

Nissan LEAF

Resource Advisory Services

Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee

Sustainable Future

Thackston School

University of Tennessee Department of Religious Studies

W & C Grant Trust


All Underwriters 

http://wuot.org/h/underwriting/index.html

 

WUOT-Sponsored Events in February

http://www.wuot.org/h/Media_Sponsorships.html 


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House Bills Propose Funding Cuts

  

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Three bills have recently been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to cut or eliminate federal funding for public broadcasting. Currently there are no companion bills in the Senate and no action has been scheduled on the House bills, but their introduction highlights a very real threat to public broadcasting funding.

  

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http://wuot.org/h/E-Notes_170million.html

 


 

News About Membership

 

Volunteers had a great time at our annual volunteer potluck party held recently at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church on Kingston Pike.  
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http://wuot.org/h/E-NotesLisaFeb2011.html



 
Todd Steed Promoted to New Role at WUOT

Todd SteedTodd Steed has been promoted to jazz/radio operations coordinator at WUOT.

Steed has served as the station's jazz coordinator and has hosted Improvisations on Tuesdays and Thursdays since 2007. His role has expanded to include operations related to the station's second digital channel, WUOT-2. Steed also hosts WUOT's Studio 865/Flipside and is a local fill-in host for NPR's All Things Considered.
>>read more
 http://wuot.org/h/Todd_promotion.html
 

 

PROGRAMMING


February 2011 "AIRNOTES" and program grid ...
http://wuot.org/h/programming/airnotes0211.html
 

http://wuot.org/h/programming/grid.html 


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Maya Angelou's Black History Month Special


Maya AngelouMaya Angelou defines Black History as it is embraced in our popular culture. The roots of comedy, along with the common adage, that 'Blacks laughed to keep from crying' is explored. Comedian Chris Rock also takes listeners on a journey from his beginnings in Brooklyn to Saturday Night Live and beyond. As Chris Rock defines the comedy of our times, Maya Angelou gives us the historical perspective from the 30's and 40's. You'll hear about Dusty Fletcher's "Open the Door, Richard" and the brilliance of early comedians who literally set the stage for African American comedy

Friday, February 11 at 12 p.m.

 

 

Black History Month Specials From American RadioWorks...
 
Say It Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity

Friday, February 4 at 12 p.m.


Back of the Bus: Mass Transit, Race and Inequality

Friday, February 18 at 12 p.m.

 

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Radiolab this month presents "Fate and Fortune" - In this hour of Radiolab, we question what decides the trajectory of our lives--individual force of will, or fate?
Friday, February 25 at 12 p.m.
 

 

 

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On-going Monthly Specials...
 

 
 

DIALOGUE - WUOT's monthly live call-in program. Hosts: Matt Shafer Powell and Chrissy Keuper

 Wednesday, Feb. 2 at 1 p.m. 
 

STUDIO 865/Flipside - WUOT's monthly program featuring local music and musicians. Host: Todd Steed

Wednesday, Feb. 2 at 8 p.m.
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get MORE Met!


Get More MetIf opera is your passion, the Metropolitan Opera offers a variety of ways you can watch and listen to its performances. For example, did you know that The Met: Live in HD features 12 live showings of this season's performances in movie theaters? You can even sign up to have cast information and plot synopses e-mailed to you prior to each presentation.

The Met also offers free live audio streams of each week's performance on its website. If you don't want to be tied down to your computer, you can listen on your own mobile device. The next streamed performance is Nixon in China on Feb. 2 at 8 p.m.

And, for the true opera fanatic, the Met Player is a new online subscription streaming service that puts more than 300 full-length operas at your fingertips. The service includes performances from recent Live in HD transmissions as well as historic television and radio broadcasts.

Visit the Metropolitan Opera's Watch & Listen page for details.
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/on_air.aspx