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WUOT Launches New Website
 A few weeks ago, WUOT launched a new website, featuring a sharp, clean design, new functionality...the whole nine yards. The new WUOT.org has a fresh look and navigation that are consistent not only with NPR.org but also with many of the websites of other public radio stations, which will make it easier to find things on the various site you visit.
But wait, there's more: The new site lets us deliver the content you are hungry for. WUOT.org connects you with stories you've heard on NPR and WUOT News, as well as interviews from Fresh Air, World Café and more. And those stories and interviews feature a built-in audio player-with one click on the same page, you can listen to the audio that accompanies the text.
For our locally produced music programs such as Morning Concert, Improvisations and Last Set at Birdland, playlist information can be found on the pages for our program offerings. As a program is airing, the work being played will be listed in the "Now Playing" block on the right side of our home page and throughout the site.
We continue to offer multiple streaming options for WUOT and WUOT-2 on your computer or mobile device, so no matter how or where you listen, an audio stream is available.
We're continuing to update the site, and we invite your comments, questions and suggestions. Just call (865) 974-5375 or email wuot@utk.edu. We hope that you will be as excited about the new WUOT.org as we are.
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Spring Drive Successful, Thanks to You
Thank you to everyone who supported WUOT Public Radio during our Spring Fund Drive! We are proud to bring you exceptional local, national and international programming. Your support has allowed us to do that for decades, and we thank you.
Here are some fund drive results:
- We met our
 goal! WUOT raised about $185,000, which will help us cover programming and operations costs. - 2,110 people donated via mail, web or phone to our overall spring campaign, and 19% of those were new members!
- Special guest BJ Leiderman (right), public radio composer and musician, entertained listeners with music and giveaways.
- On Pet Pledge Day, we made our goal, so Dr. Susan Dodd's medical office donated $1,000 to Young-Williams' SAVES Fund
 to provide emergency healthcare to animals that otherwise probably would not get it. Donald the dachshund received help thanks to our donors. His teeth were so rotten he could no longer eat; SAVES provided critical dental care. - Dogs beat cats on Pet Pledge Day yet again, 429 pledges to 355.
- Community Partnership Day was a success! Cherokee Distributing Company donated $10,000 to Knox Heritage for historic preservation efforts. Knox Heritage is trying to preserve the Cal Johnson building and many other sites around the area.
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 a little added fun, we offered special donation incentives such as Aubrey's Dinner for Two certificates, a $500 gift card, public radio temporary tattoos, adorable Carl Kasell dolls, tickets to the Wait, Wait cinecast and more. - To celebrate our fundraising success, WUOT's Chrissy Keuper and Todd Steed, along with special guest musician Bob Deck, sang the song Rain or Shine on the air during Improvisations.
- Check out photos of our volunteers hard at work during the drive.
Thank you for making this public radio station such a successful and vibrant part of our community!
Meant to make a donation but didn't? Now is the perfect time! You can donate online or mail a check to WUOT 209 Communications Bldg Knoxville, TN 37996-0322.
Questions about your donation? Contact Lisa Beckman at lbeckma1@utk.edu or (854) 974-9558. Thank you so very much for your continued support.
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Annual Awards Season Brings WUOT Top Honors
In broadcast journalism circles, this can be a particularly exciting and anxiety-producing time of year. Between March and July, media outlets are learning how they've fared in various journalism competitions. Stations submit their best work from 2012 to see how it stacks up against that of their colleagues, and with only a few organizations left to announce their results, we feel as if this has already been a successful year.
 Christine Jessel received well-deserved accolades for education reporting in 2012. She recently traveled to Palo Alto, Calif., to pick up a national Second Prize Broadcast Beat Writing award from the Education Writers Association. She also was honored by the Tennessee Education Association with a School Bell Award, which is given each year to an individual reporter for "coverage of education news and issues, as well as the tremendous role they play in shaping public opinion."
 WUOT's monthly call-in program, Dialogue, was awarded Best Public Affairs program in the Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters awards, which also recognized Chrissy Keuper with first place in the Best Interview category for "Mulch Fire Results in Fish Kill." The series Without a Net: Voices of the Working Poor received a first-place award for Best Enterprise.
 Without a Net also received first-place recognition for Best Public Affairs/Documentary program from the East Tennessee  Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The society also awarded Chrissy first place for Feature Reporting for "Doomtowns: The Art of Doug Waterfield," and Matt Shafer Powell's series Mother and Child took top honors for General Reporting. Mother and Child also earned a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Writing from the Radio-Television Digital News Association.
It's a lot of fun to be recognized by your peers. However, it's important for every newsroom to keep awards in perspective. In the process of deciding which stories to cover and how to cover them, the desire to win awards should never take priority over our journalistic and ethical responsibility to our listeners. We like to think of our awards simply as a by-product of the hard work we do every day.
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WUOT's monthly live call-in program. Hosted by a member of WUOT's News Staff.
WUOT's monthly program featuring local music and musicians, hosted by Todd Steed. 
Congratulations to June's CD winners, Bill and Joan M. of Crossville, Tenn.! The couple enjoys a wide variety of WUOT programming including A Prairie Home Companion, jazz and Weekend Edition. They won Lenny Marcus' energetic jazz album Waterdrops. Enjoy! 
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