Scenic Roots

(Aired Thu 6/11/26) Last summer, Cuatro Cinco became the first hip-hop artist to headline the Nightfall concert series in downtown Chattanooga. Ian-Alijah Bey of Chattamatters spoke with him.

(Aired Thu 6/11/26) Writer and commentator David Brooks is the next guest on “The A List with Alison Lebovitz” from our public media partner WTCI PBS.

(Aired Thu 6/11/26) As this country marks its 250th anniversary this summer, one destination for celebration is our national parks. Among them: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, home to the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District.

(Aired Thu 6/11/26) Lamar Alexander, East Tennessee's own, tells his story five years after leaving the U.S. Senate in his new book, “The Education of a Senator: From JFK to Trump."

(Aired Mon 6/08/26) This weekend, the Master Gardeners of Hamilton County hosts its annual garden tour with stops this Saturday and Sunday at five home gardens and a public arboretum.

(Aired Mon 6/08/26) Last week, Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp stopped by our studios here for this one-on-one conversation. Among the topics: the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027.

(Aired Thu 6/04/26) Ten-minute plays, one-act plays and staged readings. Original works in all these forms are on stage for The New Play Festival at Chattanooga Theatre Centre, in partnership with Next Exit Productions.

(Aired Thu 6/04/26) Here in Chattanooga, city officials have to approve exterior changes to certain old homes, which costs homeowners extra time and money. An update to Chattanooga’s historic guidelines aims to make the approval process a bit simpler - as William Newlin of Chattamatters tells us.

(Aired Thu 6/04/26) For thirty years here in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley, LaTrice Currie has been a familiar face and voice on TV's Local 3.

(Aired Weds 6/03/26) It’s a season of transition for farms and ranches across the country - including here in the Southeast. “Landed” is a new podcast series from the American Farmland Trust that tells that story - and what’s at stake.