{"id":25048,"date":"2019-02-05T15:51:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T20:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=25048"},"modified":"2019-03-25T12:38:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T16:38:31","slug":"stories-from-the-big-9-debuts-today-in-honor-of-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2019\/02\/stories-from-the-big-9-debuts-today-in-honor-of-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Stories from The Big 9\u2019 debuts today in honor of Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" data-attachment-id=\"24782\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/utc-students-tell-stories-from-the-big-nine-in-new-podcast-series\/microphone\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/01\/microphone.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,399\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"microphone\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/01\/microphone.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-24782 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/01\/microphone.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/01\/microphone.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/01\/microphone-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/01\/microphone-580x386.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/01\/microphone-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"well span3 pull-right\">\n<h3>To listen<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong> <em>Stories from the Big 9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> WUTC-FM 88.1 or wutc.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> 6-10 a.m. weekdays on NPR&#8217;s <em>Morning Edition;<\/em> 4-7 p.m. weekdays on NPR&#8217;s <em>All Things Considered<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In honor of Black History Month,<em> Stories from The Big 9,\u00a0<\/em>a series of student-produced podcasts about M.L. King Boulevard in Chattanooga, begins airing today on WUTC-FM.<\/p>\n<p>Another new episode airs on Thursday, and new episodes continue each Tuesday and Thursday in February from the on-campus National Public Radio (NPR) outlet. The podcasts can be heard during NPR\u2019s <em>Morning Edition<\/em> from 6-10 a.m. and <em>All Things Considered<\/em> from 4-7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Stories from the Big 9\u00a0<\/em>is multi-character audio storytelling on local history.\u00a0The series is the first to both tell stories about the historic MLK Boulevard and to be the work of students at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>From the early 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century into the 1970s, the street, known then as East Ninth Street, was a hub of Chattanooga\u2019s black community. It was home to many black-owned businesses, including the Martin Hotel, which housed iconic performers including Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne and Nat \u201cKing\u201d Cole.<\/p>\n<p>Stars such as Bessie Smith and others played its nightclubs. Ray Charles, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Count Basie, Muddy Waters and B.B. King\u00a0were known to visit the street after finishing concerts at venues elsewhere in Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>It was renamed M.L. King Boulevard in 1981 to honor the slain civil rights leader.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Stories from The Big 9\u00a0<\/em>is produced and edited by Will Davis, outreach manager for WUTC-FM, \u00a0student interns Jackson Ver Mulm and Harper Beeland and UTC students in Davis\u2019 podcasting class. While learning how to produce stories through podcasting, the students also learned about and preserved some of the city\u2019s legacy, Davis said.<\/p>\n<p>Excerpts of the\u00a0podcasts debuted at a standing-room-only listening party in the Bessie Smith Cultural Center on MLK Boulevard.\u00a0 Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke attended the event, which featured students talking about what they learned from telling stories about the historic corridor and its important role in Chattanooga\u2019s past, present and future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important that we keep the spirit and history of the Big Nine alive,\u201d Berke said. \u201cThis is a great chance for young people to tell old stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James McKissic, chief operating officer at the Urban League of Chattanooga, said getting younger generations invested in the evolving story of MLK Boulevard keeps its history alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese podcasts turned out amazing,\u201d McKissic said. \u201cI am so grateful to the students and their professor for focusing on such an important piece of Chattanooga\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In learning how to produce stories through podcasting, Davis said the students also learned about and preserved some of the city\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy students had just 10 weeks to find and research their stories, interview their subjects, and produce final versions of their podcast episodes,\u201d Davis said. \u201cWe heard important stories and made new friends. This project is a great example of learning through experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to airing on WUTC-FM on Tuesdays and Thursdays in February, archived versions will be available at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wutc.org\">www.wutc.org<\/a> and, soon, on iTunes and Google Play.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Stories from The Big 9,&#8217;\u00a0a series of student-produced podcasts about M.L. 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