{"id":14148,"date":"2015-10-16T14:28:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T18:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=14148"},"modified":"2015-10-29T14:45:43","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:45:43","slug":"wutc-raises-record-dollars-in-record-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2015\/10\/wutc-raises-record-dollars-in-record-time\/","title":{"rendered":"WUTC raises record dollars in record time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WUTC\u2019s Fall 2015 Membership Drive was a bit of an experiment\u2014that apparently worked BIG!<\/p>\n<p>The station raised $165,000 in just nine days\u2014breaking the station\u2019s highest pledge drive goal in the shortest time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so thankful to our listeners,\u201d said Chuck Cantrell, UTC associate vice chancellor for communication and marketing and WUTC acting station manager. \u201cWe have the greatest audience in the world and they have come through for their station in a very significant way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Listeners had asked for a shorter pledge drive with fewer breaks during the hour, and WUTC obliged. The fall pledge drive was scheduled to last only 10 days, and the goal for this pledge drive was $165,000 to pay for NPR programing and cover everyday expenses. The station also had to replace a significant amount of equipment after a recent lightning strike affected the station.<\/p>\n<p>WUTC is Chattanooga\u2019s National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate, the local source of some of the most popular radio news programing in the country, \u201cMorning Edition,\u201d \u201cFresh Air,\u201d and \u201cAll Things Considered.\u201d It also broadcasts local programing such as \u201cAround and About Chattanooga.\u201d Besides the informational offerings of NPR, WUTC also plays a unique mix of music that is selected from singer-songwriters, jazz, blues, and adult alternative musical formats.<\/p>\n<p>WUTC\u2019s studios are located on the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus in Cadek Hall. 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Donate at <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.nprstations.org\/wutc\/\">https:\/\/donate.nprstations.org\/wutc\/<\/a> or call 423-425-4756.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WUTC\u2019s Fall 2015 Membership Drive was a bit of an experiment\u2014that apparently worked BIG!<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2015\/10\/wutc-raises-record-dollars-in-record-time\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":757,"featured_media":14142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3,661,276],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus","8":"category-community","9":"category-students","10":"category-wutc","11":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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