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From WUOT News

What does it mean to you to be able to vote? A new WUOT series, “My Life. My Vote.,” produced by News Director Matt Shafer Powell in collaboration with the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee poses that question to eight individuals. The series begins Oct. 7 and will air Tuesdays and Thursdays in October during NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
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"A Better Mousetrap" Stories about people trying to find new solutions to age-old problems—solutions that sometimes cause problems of their own.
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WUOT News Feature

Many films that end up in theatres have first been screened in film festivals around the country and the world. One of these festivals is close by and is growing larger and busier every year. The 5th Annual Secret City Film Festival takes place October 9 -12 in Oak Ridge. Chrissy Keuper spoke with Keith McDaniel, a filmmaker and the festival’s founder. McDaniel says he began the festival because independent filmmakers often don’t have another opportunity to show their work…
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Volunteer for WUOT's Fall Fund Drive!

YOUR help is needed for the fall fund drive, which is Sunday, Oct. 26, through Saturday, Nov. 1! We’re looking for friendly and enthusiastic people to talk with the many listeners calling in to make pledges. Interested? Please return the short sign-up form.

Photo: Steven Maynard, one of WUOT's valued volunteers.

WUOT Ranked in Top 30 Public Radio Stations

The results of the most recent audience ratings for public radio (Winter 2008 Arbitron) were released last month and WUOT ranked among the top 30 public radio stations in two different metrics! WUOT was ranked 17th in Metro Average Quarter Hour Share (the station’s percentage of persons listening to radio in the market), ahead of stations such as WABE in Atlanta. WUOT also ranked 24th in Metro Cume Rating, the percentage of the population in a station’s market that is listening to your station.
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DIALOGUE

WUOT's Monthly Call-In Program, first Wednesday of each month

Wednesday, October 1, 2008 --On Sunday morning July 27th, a man entered the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, pulled a rifle from a guitar case and began shooting. Several people were wounded and ultimately, two people died. On October's Dialogue, Chrissy Keuper spoke with Reverend Chris Buice of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and with Reverend Mitra Jafarzadeh of Westside Unitarian Universalist Church.
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