Although so many people use public media and believe the federal government’s investment is a wise one, there’s a chance that this funding may be reduced or eliminated in 2011. Find out more at 170 Million Americans for Public Broadcasting, a collaboration of public radio and television stations, national distributors, producers, viewers, listeners, and others who support strong public media in the United States.
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Todd Steed Promoted to New Role at WUOT

Todd Steed has been promoted to jazz/radio operations coordinator at WUOT. Steed has served as the station’s jazz coordinator and has hosted Improvisations on Tuesdays and Thursdays since 2007. His role has expanded to include operations related to the station’s second digital channel, WUOT-2.
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Next on the Toll Brothers–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network

Verid's "Simon Boccanegra" - Barbara Frittoli as Amelia, Ramón Vargas as Gabriele Adorno, Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Simon Boccanegra, Ferruccio Furlanetto as Jacopo Fiesco, and James Levine, conductor
Saturday, Feb. 5 at 1 p.m.
The Metropolitan Opera: More Ways to Watch and Listen

Employment Opportunity

WUOT is looking for a full-time producer to create news content that focuses on the evolving state of education in the Southeast. Funding for this position comes from a two-year Corporation for Public Broadcasting grant and is subject to available funds when the grant expires.
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WUOT Features Local StoryCorps® Conversations

WUOT was proud to host StoryCorps’ MobileBooth on Historic Market Square from Oct. 4-Nov. 15, 2010, as part of the station’s 60th anniversary celebrations. It was WUOT’s gift not only to listeners but also to the entire East Tennessee community.

WUOT thanks StoryCorps’ local corporate sponsors—The City of Knoxville, Jupiter Entertainment, and Pilot Corporation—for their support of this wonderful community outreach initiative.

You can hear excerpts from some of the conversations recorded while StoryCorps was in Knoxville on WUOT during NPR’s Morning Edition each Monday at 5:35 and 7:35 a.m. After they air, we’ll post links to the excerpts and photos of the participants here on our website:
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WUOT's iPhone Application

Listening to WUOT and WUOT-2 is as easy as turning on your iPhone, thanks to a FREE new iPhone app launched by the station.
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DIALOGUE

WUOT's Monthly Call-In Program, first Wednesday of each month

Dialogue is WUOT's monthly, call-in program that features issues and guests of interest from East Tennessee. The show is hosted by Matt Shafer Powell and Chrissy Keuper and airs the first Wednesday of every month at 1:00 p.m. The call-in number is 865-974-5050.

Click here to listen to Dialogue programs, as well as news features, on our Podcast page.