Scenic Roots
Mondays - Thursdays / 3 PM - 3:30 PM
"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.
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(Aired Thu 10/23/25) From Friday through Sunday, the Signal Mountain Songwriters Festival - hosted by musicians Jack and Jessie Endelouz - will present songwriters from this area and beyond in Walden and at Cherry Street Tavern in Chattanooga. -
(Aired Thu 10/23/25) Here in Chattanooga, it’s time to “Fire Up the Fields” at Sculpture Fields at Montague Park. This year’s sculpture burn at the park is Saturday, starting at 5:30 PM - with the burn set for after sundown. -
(Aired Thu 10/23/25) Here in Tennessee, baseball’s past stretches across the Volunteer State. “Home Runs & Home Teams” is a new exhibit on that past now on display at the downtown Chattanooga Public Library - with an opening reception on Friday. -
(Aired Thu 10/23/25) In 2004, Reginald Smith moved from Memphis to this city to attend classes here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. A few months ago, he stepped into a new role as President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga. -
(Aired Thu 10/23/25) A generation ago, the clock was ticking down to the year 2000 - Y2K. That’s the throughline for the “Junah at the End of the World,” the first novel by Dan Leach, published by Hub City Press. -
(Aired Weds 10/22/25) Chattanooga is on the cutting-edge map for tapping the potential of - and building the future for - quantum computing. This summer, our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - hosted its first international quantum workshop. -
(Aired Tues 10/21/25) The SMILE Fund is an investment account managed by students here at UTC. Here's the second episode of a podcast hosted by two students in the fund: Zane Warren and Justice Cardenas. -
(Aired Tues 10/21/25) Economic growth may seem abstract - but we feel its presence, and its absence, in everyday life. Dr. Claudia Kramer is UTC's Probasco Chair of Free Enterprise at the Gary W. Rollins College of Business. -
(Aired Tues 10/21/25) We’re speaking with Dr. Lori Mann Bruce, our Chancellor here at UTC - for our monthly series, “Chatting with the Chancellor.” -
(Aired Mon 10/20/25) Jazz is one of the many forms of music flowing through Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley for decades. On Sunday, the Chattanooga Jazz Fest - a new local celebration - comes to the Chattanooga Choo-Choo.
