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Cumberland Avenue streaking: Do you remember the '70s craze?

Sep 19, 202217 min
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When streaking came to Knoxville in 1974, a couple Knox News staffers were around to witness the craze that earned the city its streaking capital nickname from Walter Cronkite. Though teens at the time, they still remember (all too vividly) some of the best parts (all too literally).

There were bare-bottomed bikers and robe-less rooftop revelers. Sarah Frazier, now a Shopper News editor, tagged along wither her father to the Cumberland Avenue "Strip" show, while current Knox News office manager Donna Colburn brought along her 9-year-old sister she was babysitting. Listen to their stories.

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