Scenic Roots
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Scenic Roots offers conversations that matter in the heart of Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley.
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"Scenic Roots" offers conversations that matter in the heart of Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley.
From the mountains to the river, our conversations are rooted deep within every corner of our community - reflecting who we are, who we were and who we can become.
We engage with the news that affects our community, behind and beyond the headlines. We build bridges that span from creators and innovators to storytellers and the outdoors. We focus on our challenges as many communities in one - as we celebrate what inspires us. We resonate with countless voices - in words and spaces, sounds and songs.
We are "Scenic Roots."
- Ray Bassett hosts and produces "Scenic Roots" at WUTC.
Latest Episodes
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A year of celebration for Black arts and ideas in Chattanooga. “Illustrating a Point” through cartoons & comics at Stove Works. Le Gato: Next at Riverfront Nights in downtown Chattanooga. As you’ll hear - and more - on this episode of “Scenic Roots.” -
If you’ve ever seen free yoga classes at the Chattanooga River Market on the Tennessee Aquarium Plaza, the instructors come from across the city. Mellie DeAnna Harris, Loren Clifford and Ashley Snider are three of the practicing yogis who teach the classes. -
Ken Jones has worked at EPB here in Chattanooga for nearly twenty-five years - and he's no stranger to our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. This fall, Ken is suiting up for “Dare to Dance” for the Kidney Foundation of Greater Chattanooga. -
As the nonprofit that supports the arts here in Chattanooga and Hamilton County, ArtsBuild is now helping artists in three ways beyond the Periscope program. Melissa Astin is with ArtsBuild. -
Periscope is a business development program at ArtsBuild that connects artists with entrepreneurs in the Chattanooga area. Now in its third year, applications for a new cohort of artists are due by this Friday, August 1st. -
Early this year, ArtsBuild - the nonprofit that supports the arts here in Chattanooga and Hamilton County - announced a comprehensive feasibility study to assess the need for a community performing arts center. Six months in, what have we learned so far? -
Quantifying the need for a performing arts space in Chattanooga. In downtown Chattanooga, flow by the river at community yoga. As you’ll hear - and more - on this episode of “Scenic Roots.” -
(Aired Thu 7/24/25) You might think city garbage trucks here in Chattanooga haul the city’s trash to the city-owned landfill. But right now, there’s more to it than that - as William Newlin of Chattamatters tells us. -
Tony Hale has played some of the most beloved comedic characters on television. He's the guest for the season finale of "The A List with Alison Lebovitz" from our public media partner WTCI PBS - Thursday at 8:30 PM and available on the PBS app. -
Last year, the James A. Henry Community YMCA prepared, packaged and delivered 300,000 free healthy meals to kids in the Chattanooga area. Paula Irwin is executive director of the Henry YMCA, which is hosting a community open house on Thursday.
