WUOT's Open House Was a Lot of Fun!

WUOT's open house on Tuesday, July 26, was one big party! About 200 people came to listen to great live music by Todd Steed and Bob Deck, enjoy food from The Tomato Head and Magpies, play a Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! trivia game, get a tour and practice their best radio voice on mic.
Photo right: Doris Sklad gets her caricature drawn by Marlee Parnell.

Attendee Bev Gooch said, "We enjoyed everything! It looked like everybody was having a good time. There was good spirit everywhere and laughter. Seeing the station, listening to the music and meeting people was great. Everybody ought to go to open house events and see what public radio is all about. It was a lot of fun. If you do one next year, my wife and I will come again."

Check out some photos from the event 

Thanks for Your Help, WUOT Volunteers!

The open house was a great success thanks to many of WUOT's wonderful volunteers! Cynthia Hackney created and ran the Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! trivia game and Alissa Reeves and Kate Shaw helped facilitate the game. Chuck Cuthbertson and Julia Abbott sold WUOT mugs. Jan Bailey and Jennifer Lewis greeted guests. Caroline Wasmund recorded attendees who played "radio announcer" on the mic and Margie Cuthbertson helped organize and explain the activity. Maggie Barta made sure food was replenished and that tables were kept clean. They gave generously of their time to help keep everything running smoothly. We are so grateful for them and all of our volunteers and the tremendous work they do.

WUOT's Open House Prize Winners

Six lucky attendees won door prizes. 

• Christina Clouthier (right) of Knoxville was the grand prize winner! She won an Etón emergency portable radio, which is solar and hand-crank powered, as well as an HD Insignia™ radio. She just discovered WUOT-2 and is excited to have an HD Radio™ to check out the programming.

• Bev and Katy Gooch of Knoxville won the CD From the Top at the Pops featuring conductor Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. They also won The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music, which is a handy guide to terms, history, composers and more.

• Edie Carlson of Knoxvillewon some snazzy WUOT memorabilia including a white WUOT logo t-shirt and a blue WUOT logo umbrella to keep her dry or shaded on a hot day!

• Margaret Adams of Knoxville received Sunna Gunnlaug's Mindful CD and an NPR Cooks! cookbook with favorite recipes of NPR personalities such as Noah Adams and Susan Stamberg

• Dick Wirtz of Knoxville won This is NPR, a full-color book about the past 40 years of NPR's history, which included a CD of classic NPR broadcasts. He also won a Mozart Overtures CD featuring many favorite compositions.

• Charles Goan of Knoxvillewon a 2-CD set of conductor Herbert von Karajan's most celebrated performances as well as the book Listening is an Act of Love signed and edited by StoryCorps founder Dave Isay.

Congratulations to all the winners - we hope you enjoy your prizes!

If you want to share feedback about the event or have other suggestions for WUOT activities, please contact Lisa Beckman at lbeckma1@utk.edu or (865) 974-9558.

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