"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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Matchmaking, the Sinai Desert and the man who found the Beatles all have their moments in this year’s Chattanooga Jewish Film Series. The series screens in person on Sundays at 4 PM from June 22nd through July 20th at the Jewish Cultural Center - paired with virtual screenings. -
A gathering in tech here in the Southeast is expanding to three days for its tenth year. The Scenic City Summit returns to downtown Chattanooga from Thursday, June 19th through Saturday, June 21st at various locations. -
Katherine Dunham was known as the “matriarch and queen of Black dance.” She was a dancer and choreographer, also an anthropologist and an activist. This Saturday, the Katherine Dunham Juba Dance Festival returns to Chattanooga - part of the Chattanooga Festivals of Black Arts and Ideas. -
This Friday and Saturday, the Bessie Smith Cultural Center and the Chattanooga Lookouts host this year’s Negro League Appreciation Weekend, in partnership with Food City, as the Lookouts play the Biloxi Shuckers at AT&T Field. -
A taste of Juneteenth arrives this weekend in Southside Chattanooga, a few days before next week’s holiday. The Bethlehem Center hosts its annual Southside Juneteenth Jubilee on Saturday. -
The Southside Juneteenth Jubilee at The Bethlehem Center. Movement amplified: The Katherine Dunham Juba Dance Festival. Ten years in tech: the Scenic City Summit in Chattanooga. As you’ll hear - and more - on this episode of “Scenic Roots.” -
A few miles from downtown Chattanooga, an observatory has reached for the stars for decades. This past semester, Miller Richardson - a student in UTC’s Department of Communication - paid a visit for a podcast series that she produced as an intern for "Scenic Roots" on WUTC. -
This weekend, the gardens are calling: five on Signal Mountain, one in Hixson. They are the destinations on the Annual Garden Tour - presented by the Master Gardeners of Hamilton County - on Saturday from 10 AM to 5 PM, and Sunday from 11 AM to 5 PM. -
Juneteenth is the holiday that marks the end of slavery - and the emancipation of African-Americans - after the end of the Civil War in 1865. Over the weekend, The Unity Group of Chattanooga began its Juneteenth Commemoration Week. -
If you stopped by the National Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburg this spring, maybe you saw him there. Bryan Roof is executive food editor for “Cook’s Country” - and an onscreen test cook for “America’s Test Kitchen," which airs on our public media partner WTCI PBS.
