FALL 2008 ON-AIR CAMPAIGN October 13th through October 24th Walker Media and Polk Audio have teamed up with WUTC to offer you an incredible sweepstakes incentive.  Tune in to WUTC during the campaign to find out how you can win a Loaded 80GB iNews iPod with music and great public radio content or the Polk Audio I-Sonic Entertainment Systems 2 (IES2). Our goal this campaign is $150,000.  It is WUTC's hope to keep our on-air campaign as short as possible; however, we must meet our goal.  Our last campaign was three long weeks.  Help us cut this campaign in half by renewing your membership early.  The sooner we meet our goal the sooner we can return to regular programming. As a life-long learner, you value WUTC not only as a trusted source for news coverage, but also for unexpected stories that satisfy your curiosity and expose you to ideas you might never have sought out on your own.  WUTC is also where you turn to discover great new music. WUTC is dedicated to bringing you the whole story, beyond headlines and sound bites.  Consider the news from the campaign trail as the presidential race brings the country closer to the election.  As a WUTC listener you learn about the candidates, their positions on the economy and healthcare, and how they propose to deal with the war in Iraq. You learn about the important issues that affect you every day —and the issues that affect people a world away.   Listener support makes WUTC possible and gives NPR News a home on WUTC.  Your contribution funds programming and operational costs required to keep WUTC on the air.  Like you, WUTC is trying to tighten our budget to make ends meet.  This campaign we would like to give you, the donor, the option to make your gift premium free.   This ensures that your entire gift will go to support WUTC programming and operating expenses.  New this drive, WUTC is offering a Sustaining Member option so you can elect to make monthly donations via automatic bank draft or recurring credit card; i.e. $10 a month, in lieu of receiving monthly reminders in the mail.  I would like to encourage you to take advantage of this convenient way to help WUTC reduce costs and support our programming.   Thanks for listening to WUTC, and thanks in advance for your generous support.

About WUTC

WUTC is located in Southeast Tennessee in the state's fourth largest city. Often referred to as "the scenic city", Chattanooga has received national recognition for the renaissance of its beautiful downtown and redevelopment of its riverfront along the Tennessee River. As the famous site of three major civil war battles, Chattanooga is a growing metro area of over 400,000 people. Located equally between Knoxville, Birmingham, Nashville, and Atlanta, it is a commerce center. Among its outstanding offerings are its Tennessee Aquarium, Lookout Mountain, the famous Chattanooga Choo Choo, Rock City, and the mountain climbing Incline Railroad.  Tourists visit the area to enjoy events like the Riverbend Festival, Bessie Smith Strut, Fall Color Cruise, and the Creative Discovery Museum for children. WUTC's studios are located on the  University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus in Cadek Hall. The transmitter operates from atop Signal Mountain. The radio station operates 24 hours a day, reaching from Knoxville, Tennessee to Murphy, North Carolina to Gadsden, Alabama. It is an affiliate of National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI), and American Public Media (APM). Besides the informational offerings of NPR, PRI, and APM, WUTC also offers up a unique mix of music that is selected from singer/song-writers, jazz, blues, and adult alternative musical formats. WUTC is the area's source for Morning Edition, Day to Day, and All Things Considered. A Prairie Home Companion and Car Talk can also be heard. Other public radio favorites like Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me, This American Life, Whad'Ya Know, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz and Jazz With Bob Parlocha are offered. WUTC is a product of the generosity of its listeners. Each year, both individual and corporate gifts allow the radio station to continue to keep broadcasting quality programming. A favorite way to contribute to WUTC is as a DJ for an Hour. These patrons make a gift to the radio station and share their favorite music with our listening audience. WUTC is composed of a special mix of news, information, and music. It is a service of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and can be heard throughout the southeast at FM 88.1 and beyond at WUTC.org.

Board Meetings

WUTC is owned and operated by the University of Tennessee.  As a department of this university system, its oversight is determined by the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees.  The meetings are open to the public.  The times and locations are listed on their website https://san4.dii.utk.edu/pls/portal30/docs/FOLDER/BOTH/HTML/INDEX.HTML Upcoming Board Meetings Executive and Compensation Committee, January 31, 2008, in Nashville Trusteeship Committee, February 15, 2008, in Nashville Winter Meeting, March 11-12, 2008, in Chattanooga Audit Committee meeting, April 17, 2008, in Knoxville Annual Meeting, June 19-20, 2008, in Knoxville Fall Meeting, October 23-24, 2008, in Knoxville For additional information about the meetings listed above, contact the Office of the Board of Trustees. The Board determines the exact street location of each meeting at least five days before its occurrence.  The Board puts out a press release that is included on the UT website at http://www.tennessee.edu/ under the headlines section.  Or you can call the Board office at 865/974-6538.