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E-Notes
July 2012
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WUOT Celebrates a Happy New Year July 1, Thanks to YOU!
 One sure sign of summer is that WUOT ends a fiscal year and begins another. FY12 officially ended June 30, and, thanks to generous financial support from our listener-members, underwriters, the University of Tennessee and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, we're VERY thankful to say that the station begins FY13 on solid financial ground.
Membership revenue continues to be the largest source of funding for the station. While underwriting revenue was down over the past FY, growth in membership more than offset the decrease. We don't have final year-end figures, but FY12 membership revenue increased from FY11, which was a record-setting year, so we know we're in a great place! That's thanks to YOU.
Your financial support allows WUOT Public Radio to broadcast a variety of high-quality local, national and international programming on both analog and digital frequencies. Your dollars also make it possible to offer additional programming and services on wuot.org, including internet streaming of both signals and podcasts from "Studio 865" and WUOT's award-winning newsroom.
Thank you SO MUCH for your ongoing support. We look forward to serving you in FY13!
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CD Winner
 Congratulations to June's CD winner, Henry L. of Oak Ridge, Tenn.! Henry enjoys classical music, so we're sending him Volume 1 of "The Piano Music of Arnold Bax" featuring pianist Eric Parkin
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.
Details about the prize drawing.
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WUOT Recognizes New and Renewing Underwriters
The following organizations became new underwriters or renewed their support of WUOT programming in June. There's a complete list of WUOT's sponsors with links to their websites on the Underwriters page of our website. Please thank them for supporting WUOT Public Radio!
All Underwriters
If you'd like to raise awareness for your organization or a special event by becoming a WUOT underwriter, contact Cindy Hassil at (865) 974-6167.
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WUOT Open House Scheduled for Aug. 9
Mark your calendars! WUOT's annual open house will be Thursday, Aug. 9, from 4 to 7 p.m. It's a great opportunity to hang out with staff and fellow public radio fans, tour the station, play games and more! We'll provide more details soon, so stay tuned!
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SED Survey: What Makes a Good Teacher?
 The Southern Education Desk (SED) recently aired a weeklong series on "What is good teaching?" Now the public media partners of the SED want to know what YOU think makes a good teacher. Please fill out this short questionnaire on the SED website. Want to stay up-to-date? Follow SED on Facebook and Twitter to get the latest education news across the southeast.
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Next on "Radiolab"
 Escape - The walls are closing in, you've got no way out... and then, suddenly, you escape! This hour, stories about traps, getaways, perpetual cycles, and staggering breakthroughs.
Friday, July 6, at noon
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Later This Month on "JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater"
 For his uncompromising, serious music, the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival was eager to present Charles Lloyd. He could bring any group, they told him. Charles said he would bring Sangam (means "confluence"), his east-west trio with Zakir Hussain on tablas, Eric Harland on drums, and Lloyd on saxophone. Join three musical spirits, flowing together.Photo: Charles Lloyd and Eric Harland
Photo Credit:Erik Jacobs for NPR
Friday, July 27, at 8 p.m.
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"Studio 865/Flipside"
WUOT's monthly program featuring local music and musicians. Host: Todd Steed
 July features a "Best of Studio 865/Flipside" from Feb. 1, 2012! The show features folk duo Valley Young (pictured). Update: According to their website, self-proclaimed "fringe folksters" Artemus James and Annabelle Lafoy are on track to release their debut album "Upright in the Sunlight" in late Summer 2012. Former Sun Records recording artist and Knoxville resident Dick Penner spins his favorites on the Flipside.
Wednesday, July 4, at 8 p.m.
Studio 865 on Facebook
Listen to Flipside on iTunes
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"LA Opera on Air" debuts this month
 Broadcast productions from the Los Angeles Opera 2011-12 season begin this month. The radio broadcast season starts off with Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, with Dalibor Jenis in the title role. Upcoming productions include Mozart's Cosi fan tutte and Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
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FROM THE NATIONAL DESKS
 Coming Of Age In Amelia's World: It's A Total Zoo
Only at a Robin Schwartz exhibit would guests like Thistle the rabbit and Brownie the Pomeranian be the center of attention. Schwartz had just given a presentation of her work at the Look3 photo festival. And afterward, well, if you can't imagine what a bunch of photographers and animals crammed into a small gallery space looks like, I'll tell you: a total zoo. http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2012/06/18/155271838/coming-of-age-in-amelias-world-its-a-total-zoo
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 Laws Of Unintended Consequence: A Warning To Policymakers
An all-too-common reaction to a given societal ill is to bellow - with righteous indignation, of course - that "There should be a law against that!" For drug abuse, internet bullying, bigotry, even rudeness, we have become a society conditioned to expect legal solutions to social problems.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/06/18/155278557/laws-of-unintended-consequence-a-warning-to-policy-makers
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 Cup Of Coffee And A Smile
East Liverpool, OH was once the "Pottery Capital of the Nation" -- but most of that business moved overseas. One of the last companies in town, though, has a new lease on life thanks to an unexpected large order from Starbucks.
http://www.npr.org/2012/06/12/154793475/starbucks-order-gives-ohio-mug-maker-a-jolt?hq_e=el&hq_m=1675329&hq_l=55&hq_v=843a370517
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