Welcome to Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale's webcast. These are short (five-minute) addresses by the Mayor, who is sometimes joined by community leaders, to discuss issues of significance in Knox County. Topics covered in 2009 are available here. Addresses from 2008 and beyond can also be accessed from this page:
Current Address
Upcoming: Conversation with Sheriff J.J. Jones regarding our community heroes.
June: Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale and Doug Bataille talk about Knox County's
Parks and Recreation
MP3 (transcript)
May: Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale and Drew Thurman talk about Knox County's
Green Movement
MP3 (transcript)
April: State of the Community Address
MP3 (transcript)
March: Mayor Ragsdale talks with School Superintendent Dr. James McIntyre
MP3 (transcript)
February: Mayor Ragsdale discusses black history month
MP3 (transcript)
January: Where We've Been and Where We're Going—No Senior Left Behind
MP3 (transcript)
Archive of older webcastsYou can subscribe to the Mayor's webcast below, or check back here to listen as addresses are posted. New webcasts will also be announced on Knox County Happenings, the County’s Facebook page.
The address is available as a webcast and as an MP3 file. Webcasts are radio shows automatically delivered over the Internet to your computer. Subscribe for free, and you'll always be up-to-date. An Apple iPod is not required - you can listen anytime on your computer; and anywhere, just by syncing with your portable MP3 player.
Subscribe to the Mayor's webcast
Copy and paste either of the following webcast subscription links into your webcast software. (HELP?!)
iTunes EnhancedListen to the MP3 file
Don't want to subscribe to the Webcast, but do want to listen to Mayor Ragsdale's address? In addition to the 2009 files above, we have an archive of MP3 files of previous addresses, categorized by month and year. All you have to do is download the file to your computer.
What do I need to listen?
The basic requirements for podcasting are a computer (PC or Mac) and podcasting software. Recommended software includes one of the following:
How to add the webcast to iTunes?
Right-click on the "iTunes Enhanced" link above and select "Copy Shortcut" (Win) or "Copy Link" (OS X) from the menu. Launch iTunes 4.9. Select "Subscribe to Podcast" from the "Advanced" menu. Paste the copied link into the URL field, click OK. You are now subscribed.
Other MP3 players
For software other than iTunes 4.9, copy the "Standard webcast" link above and refer to your player's Help documentation to learn how to add a webcast link.
