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Knoxville is home to a rich arts community and has many festivals throughout the year. Its contributions to old-time, bluegrass and country music are numerous, from Flatt & Scruggs and Homer & Jethro to the Everly Brothers. For the past several years an award-winning listener-funded radio station, WDVX[citation needed], has broadcast weekday lunchtime concerts of bluegrass music, old-time music and more from the Knoxville Visitor's Center on Gay Street, as well as streaming its music programming to the world over the Internet.[citation needed]
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra (KSO), established in 1935, is the oldest continuing orchestra in the South.[103] The KSO maintains a core of full-time professional musicians, and performs at more than 200 events per year. Its traditional venues include the Tennessee Theatre, the Bijou Theatre, and the Civic Auditorium, though it also performs at a number of non-traditional venues.
Knoxville also boasts the Knoxville Opera Company which has been guided by Don Townsend for over two decades. The KOC performs a season of opera every year with a talented chorus as the backbone of each production.[citation needed] The city is also known as a venue for Sergei Rachmaninoff's final concert in 1943.[104]
In its May 2003 "20 Most Rock & Roll towns in the U.S." feature, Blender ranked Knoxville the 17th best music scene in the United States.[citation needed]In the ’90s, noted alternative-music critic Ann Powers, author of Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America, referred to the city as "Austin without the hype".[citation needed]
The city also hosts numerous art festivals, including the 17-day Dogwood Arts Festival in April, which features art shows, crafts fairs, food and live music. Also in April is the Rossini Festival, which celebrates opera and Italian culture. June's Kuumba (meaning creativity in Swahili) Festival commemorates the region's African American heritage and showcases visual arts, folk arts, dance, games, music, storytelling, theater, and food. Autumn on the Square showcases national and local artists in outdoor concert series at historic Market Square, which has been revitalized with specialty shops and residences. Every Labor Day brings Boomsday, the largest Labor Day fireworks display in the United States, to the banks of the Tennessee River between Neyland Stadium and downtown.[citation needed]
The Knoxville News Sentinel is the local daily newspaper in Knoxville, with a daily circulation of 97,844 and a Sunday circulation of 124,225, as of 2011.[75] The city is home to 10 weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly publications, most notably Metro Pulse, a standard weekly publication covering popular culture, arts, and entertainment, which has a circulation of 37,500 and a readership of over 92,000.[105]
The Knoxville Daily Sun is a daily digital newspaper bringing news continually throughout the day from Knoxville and surrounding counties, including Sevier, Blount, Grainger, and Loudon. The Daily Sun primarily covers lifestyle, business, entertainment, education, and investigative reporting.
As of 2011, the Knoxville television market was the 61st largest in the U.S. with 527,790 homes, according to Nielsen Market Research.[106] The largest local television station is NBC affiliate WBIR, with 28,305 viewing households, followed by ABC affiliate WATE (23,559), CBS affiliate WVLT (20,052), Fox affiliate WTNZ (10,319), and CW affiliate WBXX (5,415).[107] Other local stations include WKNX-TV (RTV) and WPXK (Ion). East Tennessee PBS operates Knoxville's Public Broadcasting Service station at WKOP 17.
Locally headquartered Scripps Networks Interactive operates several cable television networks, including HGTV, DIY Network, Food Network, Cooking Channel, Travel Channel and Great American Country.[108] Jewelry Television, a home shopping channel, is also based in the city.
According to Arbitron's 2011 Radio Market Rankings, Knoxville had the nation's 72nd largest radio market, with 684,700 households.[109] In 2010, Country music station WIVK (107.7 FM) had the market's highest AQH Share at 16.3, followed by adult contemporary station WJXB (97.5 FM) at 10.1, and news/talk station WCYQ (100.3 FM) at 8.3.[110] Other stations include Rock music stations WIMZ (103.5 FM) and WNFZ (94.3), Rhythmic Top 40 station WKHT (104.5 FM), contemporary hit station WWST (102.1 FM), and National Public Radio station WUOT (91.9 FM). The University of Tennessee radio station operates under WUTK (90.3 FM). "East Tennessee's Own" listener supported radio station, WDVX, specializing in traditional country, bluegrass, Americana, and local favorites operates at 89.9FM, 102.9FM, and several other low-wattage frequencies in the area.
The 1999 film October Sky was filmed in Knoxville as well as several counties in east Tennessee,[111] and the 2000 film Road Trip was partially filmed at the University of Tennessee campus downtown.[112] The film Box of Moonlight, starring John Turturro and Sam Rockwell, was filmed and takes place in and around Knoxville.[113] The March 31, 1996 episode of The Simpsons, entitled Bart on the Road, features Bart and his friends renting a car and driving to Knoxville after finding a promotional brochure for the city's 1982 World's Fair, only to discover the fair has long ended, and its featured attraction, the Sunsphere, has fallen into decay.[114] Academy Award-winning director and producer, Quentin Tarantino was born in Knoxville, as well as actors Johnny Knoxville, David Keith, and Brad Renfro. Survivor: The Australian Outback winner Tina Wesson is also from Knoxville.[115]
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and playwright James Agee was born in Knoxville and spent his early years there. His novel A Death in the Family centers around the Fort Sanders neighborhood where his family lived and chronicles the death of his father.[116] Another Pulitzer recipient, Cormac McCarthy, spent most of his childhood in Knoxville. His novel Suttree revolves around life among the city's working class in the early 1950s.[117] Karl Edward Wagner, the award-winning poet, editor and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy, and particularly of his own creation Kane, the Mystic Swordsman, was born in Knoxville. Singer Ava Barber, famous for her tenure on The Lawrence Welk Show, was born and spent much of her early life in Knoxville. Entertainer Dolly Parton, a native of nearby Sevierville, Tennessee, traces her roots of fame to appearances on The Cas Walker Show on both WIVK Radio and WBIR-TV.[118]
Other references to Knoxville in literature and music include:
“Knoxville Courthouse Blues”, Hank Williams, Jr., 1984.
"The Ballad of Thunder Road", Robert Mitchum, 1957. Lyrics reference Knoxville's Bearden community.
"The Knoxville Girl", first recorded in 1924. traditional Appalachian ballad.
"Knoxville: Summer of 1915", Samuel Barber, 1947 voice & orchestra piece based on 1938 short prose by James Agee.
"Satan is Busy In Knoxville," song recorded in 1930 by jazz singer Leola Manning[119]
"Smoky Mountain Rain", Ronnie Milsap, 1980. Lyrics begin “Thumbed my way from LA back to Knoxville . . ."
"The Man in the Overstuffed Chair," a short story by playwright Tennessee Williams, gives a brief description of the death of Williams's father, Cornelius, at a Knoxville hospital, and his subsequent burial at Old Gray Cemetery.[120]
Swiss travel writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach visited Knoxville in the 1930s, and wrote an essay about the city, "Auf der Schattenseite von Knoxville," which appeared in the December 1937 edition of the Swiss magazine, National Zeitung.[121]
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor's last novel, In the Tennessee Country, makes numerous references to a "Knoxville cemetery" where the main character's grandfather (a fictitious politician) is buried. This is a possible allusion to Old Gray Cemetery, where Taylor's own grandfather, Governor Robert Love Taylor, was originally buried in 1912.[122]
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi, Chapter 40. Twain wrote about a gunfight in downtown Knoxville involving Joseph Mabry, Jr., owner of Knoxville’s antebellum Mabry-Hazen House.
Part of the 1915 Anne W. Armstrong novel, The Seas of God, takes place in a fictional town called "Kingsville," which was based on Knoxville.[123]
Van Ryan, Jane. The Seduction of Miss Evelyn Hazen. The book chronicles the sensational lawsuit between Knoxville socialite Evelyn Hazen, granddaughter of Joseph Mabry, Jr., and her fiancee.
"What I Need to Do", Kenny Chesney, 1999. Lyrics include the line ". . . maybe head up north to Knoxville, Tennessee . . ."
“Waitin’ on a Woman”, Brad Paisley, 2008. Lyrics reference Knoxville's West Town Mall.
Woman In Hiding, a 1949 film noir starring actress Ida Lupino, has multiple scenes that take place in Knoxville.[124]
In the short story "Just Another Perfect Day", by John Varley, aliens make it so that Knoxville never existed.[citation needed]
Steve Earle refers to Knoxville in his 1988 song, "Copperhead Road" from the eponymous album and referenced it in Oxycontin Blues from his Washington Square Serenade album, 2007.
The Felice Brothers refer to "fluttering a chinese fan in a "Knoxville Fashion" in their song Wonderful Life, from their Felice Brothers album (2008).
Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler recorded a song entitled, "Daddy's Gone to Knoxville," on his 2002 solo album, The Ragpicker's Dream.
David Madden's 1974 novel, Bijou, is set in a fictional city known as "Cherokee," which is based on Knoxville.[125]
The first part of James Herman Robinson's 1950 autobiography, The Road Without Turning, takes place in Knoxville.
"Knoxville Morning" are an Irish Folk Rock/Americana band. The Title track from their self-titled Debut album "On this Knoxville Morning" Is written about a day and night spent in Knoxville.
Sports[edit]The University of Tennessee's athletics programs, nicknamed the "Volunteers," or the "Vols," are immensely popular in Knoxville and the surrounding region. Neyland Stadium, where the Vols' football team plays, is one of the largest stadiums in the world, and Thompson-Boling Arena, home of the men's and women's basketball teams, is one of the nation's largest indoor basketball arenas. The telephone area code for Knox County and eight adjacent counties is 865 (VOL). Knoxville is also the home of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, almost entirely thanks to the success of Pat Summitt and the University of Tennessee women's basketball team.
Other sports teams located in Knoxville include:
Knoxville Force (National Premier Soccer League, Southeast Division)
Knoxville Ice Bears (Southern Professional Hockey League)
Tennessee Smokies (Southern League, Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs)
Knoxville Nighthawks - Professional Indoor Football League
Government[edit]Knoxville Fire Department Engine 1
Knoxville is governed by a mayor and nine-member City Council. It uses the strong-mayor form of the mayor-council system.[126] The council consists of six members representing individual electoral districts and three at-large members. The council chooses from among its members the vice mayor (currently Nick Pavlis), the Beer Board chairperson (currently Brenda Palmer), and a representative to the Knoxville Transportation Authority (currently Daniel Brown).[127] The City Council meets every other Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Main Assembly Room of the City County Building.[128]
The current mayor is Madeline Rogero, who was sworn in as the city's first female mayor on December 17, 2011.[129] She replaces interim mayor Daniel Brown. Brown, the first African-American to hold the office, had been appointed in January 2011 following the resignation of Bill Haslam, who was elected Governor of Tennessee. Other recent mayors include Haslam's predecessor, Victor Ashe (1987−2003), Kyle Testerman (1972−1975, 1984−1987), and Randy Tyree (1976−1983).
The Knoxville Fire Department (KFD) provides Class 3 ISO service inside the city limits. The fire department operates 19 stations with 308 uniformed personnel.[130] KFD provides firefighting, first responder EMS response, vehicle extrication and HazMat response within the city limits.
The Knoxville Police Department serves the citizens of Knoxville with 378 officers and a total of 530 employees.[131]
911 ambulance service inside Knoxville is provided by Rural/Metro Ambulance under contract with Knox County.[132]
Knoxville is home to the Tennessee Supreme Court's courthouse for East Tennessee.
Education[edit]The University of Tennessee at Knoxville is the state's flagship public university.
Knoxville is home to the main campus of the University of Tennessee (UTK), which has operated in the city since the 1790s. As of 2011, UTK had an enrollment of over 27,000 and endowments of over $300 million.[133] The school employs over 1,300 instructional faculty, and offers more than 300 degree programs.[134]
Pellissippi State Community College is a two-year school governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents that offers transfer programs, two-year degrees, and certificate programs. Its main campus is located off Pellissippi Parkway in western Knox County. As of 2011, the school had a system-wide enrollment of over 11,000 students,[135]
Johnson University (formerly Johnson Bible College) is a Bible college affiliated with the Christian churches and churches of Christ. As of 2012, the school had an enrollment of 845. Johnson traditionally specializes in training preachers and ministers, but also offers degrees in counseling, teaching, and nonprofit management.[136]
South College (formerly Knoxville Business College) is a for-profit school located in West Knoxville that offers undergraduate and graduate programs in business, health care, criminal justice, and legal fields. The school had an enrollment of 717 as of 2010.[137]
Knoxville College is a historically black college that has operated in Knoxville since the 1870s. The school offers a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies and an Associate of Arts degree. Knoxville College had an enrollment of about 100 students as of 2010.[138]
Institutions with branch campuses in Knoxville include ITT Technical Institute, King College, Lincoln Memorial University (namely, the Duncan School of Law), National College of Business & Technology, Roane State Community College, Strayer University, Tennessee Wesleyan College, and Tusculum College. Virginia College offers career programs in Knoxville.[139] Huntington College of Health Sciences, which offers distance courses in nutrition and health, has its offices in Knoxville.
Primary and secondary education[edit]
Public schools in Knoxville are part of the Knox County Schools system, which oversees 89 schools (50 elementary, 14 middle, 14 high, and 11 adult centers) serving over 56,000 students. This system includes 5 magnet schools and a STEM academy.[75] Knox County high schools had a graduation rate of 86.6%, as of 2011.[140] The average classroom ratio is 14 students per teacher.[75]
Knox County is home to over 50 private and parochial schools,[75] the largest of which include the Christian Academy of Knoxville, the Webb School of Knoxville, Grace Christian Academy, Cedar Springs Weekday School, and Sacred Heart Cathedral School.[141]
Libraries[edit]
The Knox County Public Library system consists of the Lawson McGhee Library, located downtown, and 17 branch libraries, overseeing a collection of over 1.3 million volumes.[75]
Infrastructure[edit]
Health[edit]
Knox County's hospital system contains over 2,600 licensed beds in 7 general use hospitals and one children's hospital.[75] The city's largest hospital as of 2011 was the University of Tennessee Medical Center, which had 581 beds, followed by Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (541), Parkwest Medical Center (462), and Physicians Regional (370).[142] The city's largest ambulatory surgery center was the Parkwest Surgery Center, which employed 58 physicians and 35 nurses, followed by the Fort Sanders West Outpatient Surgery Center and the St. Mary's Ambulatory Surgery Center South.[143]
A 2009 study by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute found that Knox Countians had a life expectancy of 76 years.[144] The study also found that 22% of Knox County adults smoked, 28% were obese, 11% were binge drinkers, and 14% lacked health insurance.[144] In 2009, Knox County experienced 8 days of unhealthy air due to high levels of particulate matter, and 25 days due to high ozone levels.[144]
Utilities[edit]
The Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB) provides electricity, water, and wastewater management to Knoxville residents and businesses. KUB's service area covers 688 square miles and includes over 5,200 miles of power lines providing electricity to over 196,000 customers.[145] The average electric bill was just over $96 per month.[146] KUB purchases its electricity from the Tennessee Valley Authority.[145]

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