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April 2011

WUOT Budget Update

170 Million Join Us The issue of federal funding for public broadcasting is currently being debated in the halls of the U.S. Senate. Three amendments to the Small Business Act Reauthorization bill (S.493) have been introduced that would ELIMINATE ALL FUNDING for public broadcasting.

Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution bill for defense (H.R.1) that also would have eliminated funding for public broadcasting. H.R.1 died in the Senate, but now Senators from Oklahoma, South Carolina and Kentucky have done something similar with S.493.

The public broadcasting system continues to be targeted. Eliminating funding for public broadcasting is showing up in "reauthorization" and "regular" bills in both the House and Senate.

Although there has been a lot of discussion about "defunding NPR," the reality is that very little federal funding goes to NPR. The vast majority of federal funding for public broadcasting goes to LOCAL public radio and television stations like WUOT and ETPBS.

We hope you will continue to let your U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators hear from you about this issue. For more information, visit www.170MillionAmericans.org.

In state budget news, WUOT management has been notified by University of Tennessee officials that the Tennessee General Assembly is expected to grant state employees, including UT employees, a 1.6% pay increase in Fiscal Year 2012. As an "auxiliary" UT unit, WUOT will not receive state or university funding to cover this pay increase, so WUOT's FY12 budget will have to absorb these costs.

We will keep you informed as state and federal budget developments occur. While these budgets certainly impact WUOT, our biggest funding source continues to be the financial support we receive from our listeners and underwriters. We simply would not be here without you, and we thank you for your support.

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Don't Wait - Pledge Now for the Spring Fund Drive!

WUOT's Spring Fund Drive is Monday, April 11, through Saturday, April 16, but there's no need to wait until the drive to show your support. Please pledge now and help WUOT continue to air all of your favorite programs.

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PROGRAMMING

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New Music Series Begins This Month

America's Music Festivals, a new two-hour radio series featuring live performances from the leading music festivals in North America includingthe Seattle Chamber Music Society and the Colorado Music Festival. Hosted by Marin Alsop.
Tuesday evenings at 8, beginning April 5

"Lost and Found" - In this episode, Radiolab steers its way through a series of stories about getting lost, and asks how our brains, and our hearts, help us find our way back home.

Friday, April 22 at noon

On-going Monthly Specials

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

Our seventh president redefined the role of the common man in American politics and nearly two centuries later, Andrew Jackson is still one of the most enigmatic, revered and despised of our presidents. On our next Dialogue, we'll discuss the man and his legacy with Dan Feller, Director of the Papers of Andrew Jackson Project at the University of Tennessee.
Wednesday, April 6 at 1 p.m.

STUDIO 865/Flipside - WUOT's monthly program featuring music and musicians from the East Tennessee area. Host: Todd Steed.

Vacationist League, the ultra-creative duo of John Tilson and Brandon Beavers, is featured.
On the Flipside, RB Morris discusses the University of Tennessee's National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) project as well as Marianne Faithfull's cover of one of his best-known songs.

Wednesday, April 6 at 8 p.m.

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We Have a Winnter!

Congratulations to our March CD prize winner, Harry O. of Madisonville, Tenn.! He won a compilation of George Enescu's Octet op. 7 and Quintet, op. 29. Each month, we'll randomly draw a name from our list of valued members* and the winner will receive a CD. It's just another way for us to say "thanks" for your support. Click here for more information about the prize drawing.

* You do not need to make a donation to enter this drawing. To enter without making a gift to the station, e-mail your name and address to Lisa Beckman at lbeckma1@utk.edu or mail the information to her attention to WUOT, 209 Communications Bldg., Knoxville, TN 37996-0322. You must re-enter each month to be included in the next month's drawing.

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WUOT News Feature

Nimbios graphic Matt Shafer Powell recently spent some time at the National Institute for Mathematics and Biological Synthesis (pronounced NIM-biss) to learn how the combination of science and music can help us understand our natural world--- and each other.
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WUOT Welcomes New and Renewing Underwriters

The following organizations became new underwriters or renewed their support of WUOT programming in March. 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!

Appalachian Arts Craft Center

Appalachian Ballet Company

Arts & Education Council of Chattanooga

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Blue Ridge Mountain Sports

Dogwood Arts Festival

East Tennessee Farmers Association for Retail Marketing (FARM)

Historic Rugby

Knoxville Christian Youth Bands

Knoxville Montessori School

Little River Watershed Association

National Shows 2

Pride Land Landscaping

Tennessee Economic Council on Women

Tennessee Valley Earth Partnership

Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church

University of Tennessee School of Art / UT Gallery

University of Tennessee School of Music Opera Theatre

U T Gardens

All Underwriters

WUOT-Sponsored Events in April

FROM THE NATIONAL DESK

For Gauguin, Naked Was A State Of Mind
Nineteenth century impressionist Paul Gauguin created a vision of Tahiti that included sensuous depictions of bare-breasted, voluptuous native women. But a new exhibition at the National Gallery explains that Gauguin's paintings depict the Tahiti he'd left France hoping to find, not the one that actually existed.

Photo: Gauguin often titled his works in Tahitian - or broken Tahitian. He gave one painting from 1896 the mysterious title "No te aha oe riri," or "Why Are You Angry?" Photo credit: Art Institute of Chicago

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/15/134537646/gauguins-nude-tahitians-give-the-wrong-impression

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Ramy Essam's Songs of Revolution

Putting his fellow Egyptians' protest chants to music has brought Ramy Essam all kinds of attention. Videos of the young guitarist's performances have made him a hit on YouTube, but his celebrity didn't protect him from being arrested and beaten by the Egyptian army. Essam shares his story and his songs with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Photo Credit: Steve Inskeep

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/15/134538629/ramy-esam-the-singer-of-the-egyptian-revolution

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Hit The Pavement
It turns out that running actually won't destroy your already-healthy knees. In fact, it may prompt your cartilage to heal -- and help you live longer.
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/28/134861448/put-those-shoes-on-running-wont-kill-your-knees