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Tune in for WCTE's Special Pledge Programming December 3rd - 18th, 2011

WCTE/PBS is donor-supported television. Everything we do - from educational outreach and community events to award-winning local productions and signature PBS programs - is possible because of viewers like you. Thank You for your generosity.

Catch the Tennessee High School Football Championships LIVE on WCTE, Thursday, Dec 1 through Saturday, Dec 3, 2011. Saturday's games will run as part of WCTE's December Membership Drive. Special TSSAA Thank-you gifts available when you pledge your financial support to WCTE, your Upper Cumberland Public Television Station. Call the number on your screen during the broadcast and make your pledge count.

Recorded Monday, Dec 12th - 7:00pm (Rescheduled due to rain)

Washington Ave and 7th Street to the Cookeville Depot, Downtown Cookeville
The theme for the 45th Annual Cookeville-Putnam County Christmas Parade is Angels of Christmas. The WCTE crew will be taping the Parade so you can relive the fun during the holiday season.

Premiere Broadcast October 2-4, 2011, 7:00pm

PROHIBITION is a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the entire era it encompassed. Check Listings for additional broadcasts times.

WCTE is Your Upper Cumberland Public Television station. We rely on your support to continue bringing you the best of our community through a variety of local programs and specials. Your contributions allow us to bring quality National and International series and documentaries into your living rooms for Free and without commercial interruptions. Four times a year we bring you a special schedule of unique and exclusive programs and ask you to please help support all of the important work we do in and for the community, both on and beyond your television screen.

Two Nights of LIVE Coverage!
Friday, July 1st at 8:00 pm,
Saturday, July 2nd at 5:00 pm.

LIVE from the 40th Annual Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree on the Square in Smithville, TN. Hear the sights and sounds of fiddle competitions, square dance competitions and much more. Enjoy clogging, buck dancing, and the bluegrass bands. The program culminates with the Junior - Senior Fiddle championship for the Barry C. Williams trophy. The Jamboree is one of the 20 top tourist attractions in the state of Tennessee.