E-Notes
May 2016
WUOT Spring Fund Drive Food Drive a Success!

Thanks to YOU, WUOT's spring fund drive reached the overall goal for the week!
 
If you haven't pledged yet, it's not too late: Visit WUOT's website to donate to the public radio station that gives you amazing programming every day of the year. It's also not too late to ask for a thank-you gift if your donation qualifies for one!
 
Elaine Streno, center, from Second Harvest joined Cindy Hassil and Brandon Hollingsworth in the studio on Community Partnership Day.
WUOT could not have successful drives without tremendous support from our members, volunteers and community partners. Thank you to the 116 volunteers who generously donated their time to help us with everything from answering phones, running tallies, and picking up food, as well as the volunteers who will help mail reminders and thank-you gifts in the weeks to come.
 
Thanks also go to our community partners:  Aubrey's, Bennett's Pit Bar-B-Que, Cruze Farm Dairy, Flow: A Brew Parlor, Good Golly Tamale, Holly's Eventful Dining, Mama's Farmhouse Restaurant, The Tomato Head and Three Rivers Market. And it just wouldn't be a fund drive without Access America, which donated a toll-free phone line to make it easier for listeners outside of the Knoxville area to call in. 
 
On Pet Pledge Day Wednesday, you exceeded the goal of 400 pledges! Mike from Knoxville had pledged to donate $1 to WUOT AND 1 pound of food to Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley (HSTV) in memory of his dog friends, Frankie and Sunny, if we reached our goal. But he didn't stop there. Because we met our goal, Mike will donate an extra 100 pounds of food to HSTV, and additional $100 to WUOT. That means WUOT will receive a total of $500 and HSTV gets 500 pounds of food! Thank you! In other news, cats almost won with 372 but the dogs slid into finish with 380. Better luck next drive, cat lovers.
 
You came through again on Friday, exceeding the 400-pledge goal on Community Partnership Day!  Thanks to YOU, Mast General Store will donate $5,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee to feed the hungry in our region! Also thanks to your support, WUOT was able to send 193 pounds of donated food to Second Harvest!
 
Thanks to you this fund drive we were able to feed both our animal and human neighbors. YOU are the best!
 
Thanks to you, WUOT collected and donated 193 pounds of food!
We also were fortunate to have generous challenges from members Jeff Mellor and Doris Gove, Colby McLemore from Colby's Photography, Francis and Denise Cummings, Sara Orellana at Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, and the WUOT 91.9 Inc. Board. We also had a generous challenge during the drive from our underwriter, Carson Newman University.

Each time WUOT has a fund drive, we are humbled by and so thankful for the generous individuals and organizations that make this station possible. We are proud to serve you. Thank you, everyone!
Calling All Composers

Morning Edition is inviting listeners to create their own versions of the program's longtime theme music. ME staff will review the submissions and favorites will make it on the air in the coming weeks. (Note: this is not a replacement for the current theme.) Post submissions on SoundCloud with the #morningeditiontheme tag, then submit the link using the form on this page.
WUOT Recognizes New and Renewing Underwriters
 

If you'd like to raise awareness for your organization or a special event by becoming a WUOT underwriter, contact Dawn Goodall or call 865-974-5378.
 
LOC Returns This Month

The Lyric Opera of Chicago Broadcasts return on May 14 with opening night productions, following the end of the Metropolitan Opera season. This year, LOC presents nine operas, including Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (May 14), Rossini's Cinderella/La Cenerentola (May 28), Lehár's The Merry Widow with Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson, Verdi's Nabucco and more. Of special note is the world premiere presentation of López's Bel Canto (May 21), based on the novel by Ann Patchett, that debuted to outstanding critical and popular acclaim (and sold-out houses).
Saturday at 1 p.m.
Dialogue

WUOT's monthly live call-in program; hosted by a member of WUOT's News Staff 
America's National Parks turn 100 years old this year and on our next Dialogue, we're going to take an historical trip in time to celebrate our favorite national park-The Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Author Courtney Lix will join us to discuss some of the people who have contributed to the park's legacy.  And she'll discuss her book Women of the Smokies.  If you're a fan of the park, you won't want to miss this one. Get your questions ready and join us for Dialogue.

We'll take your calls at 865-974-5050; tweet us @WUOTFM or submit your question on WUOT's Facebook page. 
Wednesday, May 4, at 1 p.m.
Studio 865/Flipside

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WUOT's monthly program featuring regional music and musicians; hosted by Todd Steed

Flatpicking champion Steven Kaufman is the guest on this month's Studio 865, with Will Carter on Flipside. Tune in!

Wednesday, May 4, 8 p.m.
Changing Course, on WUOT-2

"What impact does the work and study being done at the University of Tennessee have on humanity?" Changing Course features discussions with UT professors, staff and students about the innovative projects they conduct at the Big Orange and what drives them to strive for Big Ideas. On latest program,  Senior Lecturer Megan Fields discusses how students can overcome public speaking anxiety. Listen

Airs Saturday at 1:04 p.m. during NPR's TED Radio Hour. You can hear longer versions of Changing Course on iTunes. 
From the National Desk

Prince in Paris in 2009 
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Whoever ends up running the late singer's estate will face  tough decisions about how to handle his musical legacy. What happens to the music in his vault? Will future concertgoers see him as a hologram? NPR's Laura Sydell reports for All Things Considered.
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered




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Alex Trebek
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Alex Trebek's Game Show Career
The longtime Jeopardy! host got his start in 1966 on a show for Canadian high schoolers called
Reach for the Top. Fifty years in, he tells Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin that spending time with smart people is the best part of his job.


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Mack, a 2-year-old yellow Lab, joined the Maryland Department of Agriculture last fall to help his mom, chief apiary inspector Cybil Preston, inspect beehives for American foulbrood.
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