Scenic Roots with Ray Bassett
Mondays - Thursdays / 3 PM - 4 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 Tues 1/06/26) For Mark Craven at the Tennessee Aquarium, diving is more than a job. It’s the natural result of a lifelong curiosity about the underwater world. -
(Aired Tues 1/06/26) Rich Stichler is stirring the spirit of jazz here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - and in our community. -
(Aired Tues 1/06/26) Since EPB launched its fiber optic network and automated electric grid here in Chattanooga in 2010, those investments have generated 5.3 billion dollars of economic gains for this region. -
(Aired Tues 1/06/26) Chattanooga is the birthplace of the Medal of Honor, this nation’s highest military award for valor. Last fall, this city for the first time hosted the National Medal of Honor Celebration Convention. -
(Aired Tues 1/06/26) In another corner of Chattanooga, there’s a park in the making. A piece of land in Brainerd, a few blocks west of Missionary Ridge, will become Provence Street Park. -
(Aired Tues 1/06/26) Last month, a groundbreaking was held in South Chattanooga to begin construction of the first phase of the Alton Park Connector. -
The Alton Park Connector. Provence Street Park. Rewind: Voices of Chattanooga’s Medal of Honor Celebration. And more. On this episode of “Scenic Roots.” -
“Bombshell” is a new documentary - premiering Tuesday night on PBS’ “American Experience” - that explores how the U.S. Government tried to minimize the human toll of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World War II, and a handful of reporters who sought to tell the full story. -
Last fall, Linor Shirinov arrived here in Chattanooga from Israel - just in time for the Jewish High Holy Days. For the next few years, she is serving as the latest cultural emissary from Israel at the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga. -
Craig Havighurst is an author, a music journalist - and a public radio broadcaster. He’s the editorial director at WMOT - the American roots radio station in Tennessee - and his recent book is “Musicality for Modern Humans: How to Listen Like an Artist."
