Awards
PMJA Awards 2026 — Video storytelling entry
Mermaid camp — July 10, 2025 Officials skip town hall — March 24, 2025 Birmingham pride march — June 16, 2025 Historic lodge to be restored — Aug. 13, 2025 Transgender rights rally — Feb. 6, 2025
PMJA Awards 2026 — Continuing Coverage entry
Alabama congressman pushes to block federal funding from NPR — Feb. 10, 2025 Trump’s efforts to defund NPR and PBS playing out in Congress and the courts — June 12, 2025 No more Elmo? APT could cut ties with PBS — Nov. 11, 2025 Alabama Public Television meeting draws protestors in Birmingham over discussion of disaffiliating from PBS — […]
2026 ABBY Award Entry — News Reporter, Vahini Shori
Montage of stories from Vahini Shori including: Islamic school’s effort to expand draws anti-Muslim backlash — Dec. 19, 2025 Birmingham youth choir returns to the stage after golden buzzer moment — Sept. 9, 2025 Over rocky terrain, Birmingham’s Muslim women find sisterhood — Sept. 24, 2025 Sounds of the season: John Rutter’s ‘Magnificat’ — Dec. […]
2026 ABBY Award Entry — News Reporter, Richard Banks
Montage of stories from Richard Banks including: Are UAB officials mum about grant cuts because they fear a spiteful president? — April 7, 2025 HB 445 passes — May 8, 2025 Alabama farmers vulnerable to drought — Feb. 12, 2025 No more Elmo? APT could cut ties with PBS — Nov. 7, 2025
2026 ABBY Award Entry — Newscast
WBHM’s morning newscast from June 10, 2025
Murrow Awards 2026 — Overall Excellence Entry
00:00 — Islamic school’s effort to expand draws anti-Muslim backlash 05:21 — Birmingham mayoral debate 07:53 — Woodfin wins third term as Birmingham mayor 10:20 — Morning newscast from May 2, 2025 12:50 — Snow blankets Birmingham 16:12 — Alabama Public Television meeting draws protesters in Birmingham over discussion of disaffiliating from PBS 18:29 — […]
Murrow Awards 2026 — Newscast
Local newscast from 7:30 a.m. on May 2, 2025
Murrow Awards 2026 — Continuing Coverage entry
Alabama congressman pushes to block federal funding from NPR — Feb. 10, 2025 Trump’s efforts to defund NPR and PBS playing out in Congress and the courts — June 12, 2025 No more Elmo? APT could cut ties with PBS — Nov. 11, 2025 Alabama Public Television meeting draws protestors in Birmingham over discussion of […]
2025 Murrow Awards — Overall Excellence Entry
00:00 — Pro-Palestinian demonstration draws counter-protest at University of Alabama 1:52 — Morning newscast from Sept. 23, 2025 4:23 — Broken sticks and lots of laundry: what it takes to keep the Birmingham Bulls on the ice 8:54 — Excerpt from WBHM’s Election Night 2024 coverage 13:55 — What happens when a rural hospital shuts […]
2025 Murrow Award Entry — Newscast
WBHM’s morning newscast from Sept. 23, 2024
2025 Murrow Award Entry — Continuing Coverage
The following are stories that were part of WBHM’s coverage of the closing of Birmingham-Southern College. BSC’s Daniel Coleman talks about his years-long effort to save the school and what happens next — March 28, 2024 ‘A bad day to be a panther’: Students react to BSC’s closure — April 5, 2024 Birmingham-Southern baseball team […]
2025 ABBY Award Entry — Newscast
WBHM’s morning newscast from Dec. 18, 2024
2025 ABBY Award Entry — News Reporter, Richard Banks
Montage of stories from Richard Banks including: Barely Legal: Some officials in Alabama want to outlaw delta-8. Others want to make it safer — Dec. 18, 2024 Understaffed, the Birmingham Police Department is trying to rebuild trust and its ranks — Aug. 1, 2024 One thing about unspeakable tragedy … you have to speak about […]
2025 ABBY Award Entry — News Reporter, Noelle Annonen
Montage of stories from Noelle Annonen including: ‘Five Points South is so much more than that’: residents reflect one month after mass shooting — Oct. 21, 2024 ‘Iced Cherries’: Joe D. Nelson’s take on modern folk and age old tropes — Nov. 22, 2024 Alabama wants to lower recidivism rates by 2030. What are the […]
2025 ABBY Award Entry — News Reporter, Kelsey Shelton
Montage of stories from Kelsey Shelton including: Pro-Palestinian demonstration draws counter-protest at University of Alabama — May 2, 2024 New opera delves into less familiar part of Helen Keller’s story — Jan. 19, 2024 Anti-DEI bill faces opposition from students across Alabama — March 18, 2024 From scrap to sculpture: Joe Minter’s art reflects Birmingham’s […]
WBHM 90.3, Gulf States Newsroom win National Murrow Awards
Presented by the Radio Television Digital News Association since 1971, Edward R. Murrow Awards honor outstanding achievements in electronic journalism.
2024 Murrow Awards — Overall Excellence Entry
00:00 – ‘Ruffed’ up by school? These dogs help Birmingham students with stress 4:45 – Residents worry about unknown health impacts of toxic landfill fumes 9:10 – Morning newscast from Oct. 23, 2023 12:27 – Cahaba lily season draws crowds, inspires conservation efforts 18:05 – Tuberville defends hold on defense nominations, says Pentagon wrong to […]
2024 Murrow Award Entry — Newscast
WBHM’s morning newscast from Oct. 23, 2023
2024 ABBY Award Entry — Station of the Year
WBHM’s audio entry for station of the year includes excerpts from: “Residents worry about unknown health impacts of toxic landfill fumes” — Jan. 27, 2023 “Tuberville defends hold on defense nominations, says Pentagon wrong to screen out white nationalists” — May 8, 2023 “Runoff Tuesday in race for House District 55” — Oct. 23, 2024 “Birmingham residents […]
2024 ABBY Award Entry — News Reporter, Mary Scott Hodgin
Montage of stories from Mary Scott Hodgin including: “Cahaba lily season draws crowds, inspires conservation efforts” — May 19, 2023 “Residents worry about unknown health impacts of toxic landfill fumes” — Jan. 27, 2023 “After botched executions, Alabama will try lethal injection again” — April 3, 2023 “How hard is life after prison? This simulation […]
2024 ABBY Award Entry — Newscast
WBHM’s morning newscast from Oct. 23, 2023
2024 ABBY Award Entry — News Reporter, Richard Banks
Montage of stories from Richard Banks including: “An old school in Birmingham’s Bush Hills is now an urban farm. Residents are thinking bigger” — Jan. 6, 2023 “Tuberville defends hold on defense nominations, says Pentagon wrong to screen out white nationalists” — May 8, 2023 “From drought to heavy rain, climate change means more of […]
2023 PMJA Awards: Series Entry
Three-part series about the mental health treatment surround a new mental health crisis center opening in Birmingham, Alabama. The series aired Oct. 7, 8 and 9, 2022. Part one examines the difficulties of treating mental health crises in hospital emergency rooms, which is common in Birmingham. Part two looks at the pressures put on the […]
2023 PMJA Awards: Interview Entry
Interview with U.S. Senate candidate Mo Brooks aired on June 10, 2022
2023 Murrow Awards — Overall Excellence
Entry rundown: 00:00 “Some teachers and LGBTQ families feel censored by Alabama’s ‘Don’t Say Gay law” Story aired May 20, 2022 05:08 “Scottsboro is home to the largest gray bat summer cave. They’re leaving for the winter” Story aired Sept. 26, 2022 10:00 “Brooks leans into the ‘Big Lie’ in Republican Senate runoff” Interview with […]
2023 Murrow Awards — Podcast
Selections from WBHM’s 7-part podcast Deliberate Indifference. The podcast traces how Alabama’s prisons became among the most dangerous correctional systems in the nation, where incarcerated men face a near constant threat of violence in overcrowded, critically understaffed facilities. Excerpt from episode 1, “An Alabama Problem,” which introduces listeners to the Alabama prison crisis that’s been brewing […]
2023 Murrow Awards — Newscast
Afternoon newscast from Sept. 28, 2022
2023 Murrow Awards — News Series
Three-part series about the mental health treatment surround a new mental health crisis center opening in Birmingham, Alabama. The series aired Oct. 7, 8 and 9, 2022. Part one examines the difficulties of treating mental health crises in hospital emergency rooms, which is common in Birmingham. Part two looks at the pressures put on the […]
Sigma Delta Chi, Award for Narrative Podcast Excellence — Deliberate Indifference
Selections from WBHM’s 7-part podcast Deliberate Indifference. The podcast traces how Alabama’s prisons became among the most dangerous correctional systems in the nation, where incarcerated men face a near constant threat of violence in overcrowded, critically understaffed facilities. Excerpt from episode 1, “An Alabama Problem,” which introduces listeners to the Alabama prison crisis that’s been […]
2023 Dart Awards — Deliberate Indifference
Selections from WBHM’s 7-part podcast Deliberate Indifference. The podcast traces how Alabama’s prisons became among the most dangerous correctional systems in the nation, where incarcerated men face a near constant threat of violence in overcrowded, critically understaffed facilities. Episode 1, “An Alabama Problem,” which introduces listeners to the Alabama prison crisis that’s been brewing for […]
2023 ABBY Awards — Station of the Year
WBHM’s audio entry for station of the year Snippet of WBHM’s station of the year entry
2023 ABBY Awards — Regularly Scheduled Newscast, Miranda Fulmore
Morning newscast from June 22, 2022 by Miranda Fulmore
