On Public Media In Chattanooga And The Tennessee Valley

Susan Lazenby and Bob Culkeen at WUTC.(Ray Bassett / WUTC)As Congress nears a final vote on rescinding Federal funding for public media, we have watched the story unfold here in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley.This station, WUTC - a service of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - is the NPR member station for this area, while the local PBS member station is WTCI PBS.Both of our stations receive part of their funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.Bob Culkeen is President and CEO of WTCI PBS.Susan Lazenby is our interim station manager here at WUTC.I spoke with them this morning.