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Cookeville, TN – Roll out the red carpet! It’s time to celebrate! The Cookeville-Putnam County Christmas Parade, a long-standing local tradition, returns this year. The parade will be live on Saturday, December 11 starting at 6 p.m. on WCTE PBS, YouTube TV, WCTE PBS App and Facebook with hosts Amy New, president and CEO of the Cookeville-Putnam County Chamber of Commerce, and Cindy Putman, WCTE PBS’s Ready to Learn Champion for Children.
We honor our hometown heroes as this year’s grand marshals, consisting of representatives from Cookeville Police, Cookeville Fire Department, Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Putnam County EMA and Rescue, Putnam County Fire Department, Putnam County 9-1-1, Putnam County Sheriff, Putnam County EMS and the Putnam County Health Department. The parade route kicks off at the corner of Sixth Street and Washington Avenue and continues to the square at Broad Street and on to the Cookeville Depot Museum.
“The Cookeville-Putnam County Christmas Parade is one of the community’s most beloved traditions. It will be great to once again see Cookeville residents and local families enjoying this annual extravaganza,” said Brent Clark, Director of Content & Digital Media.
You can support local shows like this one and others by becoming an annual WCTE PBS member. It's this support that helps WCTE PBS be sustainable year after year and now with your annual $60 membership or $5 a month sustainer membership you will receive access to PBS Passport, an on-demand library of all your favorite PBS shows and you will receive the beloved members magazine mailed right to your home. If you want to become a WCTE PBS member or make a designated gift to WCTE’s Production fund, call or email Susan Luna-Hazlewood at 931-528-2222 or sluna@wcte.org.
WCTE Central TN PBS has served the Upper Cumberland 40+ years as the region’s premier storyteller and is the only television station in a 75-mile radius of Cookeville, TN., making it a strategic partner in education, health services, government, arts and music. WCTE is a 501(c) 3, and is owned and operated by the Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council. WCTE Central TN PBS is one of only 350 PBS member stations nationwide. ###
