Why I Support WBHM: Tyler Richards
“My name is Tyler Richards. I live in Montevallo with my wife, and we’ve supported WBHM for about two years now. We love listening to Morning Edition and All Things Considered — it really drives our day.”
“In the climate that we live in, I think it’s so important that we have access to good, solid information. And we have found over the years that NPR, that public radio has been pretty much center-line in looking at both sides of an issue and delivering information that is unbiased and is accurate. And when you live in a generation or live in a time when the news that you get through Facebook is, you know, 90 percent of it or something is fake news, you really need to make sure that you have good, reliable information. That’s one of the big reasons we support public radio. The other thing is the quality of the programming that we get — not just the news, but also the fun stuff that happens on the weekends, like Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. It really enriches and enhances our life.”
“More people listen to public radio than are supporters. I think people assume that public radio is just something that’s going to be there, that they’ll swap over to WBHM and listen to the news reports one day, and the next day they’ll just be there, and that they don’t have to worry about supporting it. And that’s just not the case.”
“It’s a great radio station with a great mission. I can’t think of a reason why not to support it. Please call 1-800-444-9246 or go to wbhm.org to give your support to public radio.”
Why I Support WBHM: Christina Ochsenbauer
Dr. Christina Ochsenbauer says, “I’m originally from Germany and now I live in Homewood, for the past 20 years. I discovered WBHM when I came here from Europe, and I like to listen to it because it provides the in-depth coverage of national and world news that I was used to from home. I couldn’t […]
Why I Support WBHM: John Kappes
Dr. John Kappes says, “I’m originally from the Cincinnati, Ohio area and I’ve been in Birmingham for 30 years. I used to drive down 280, and there were a lot of choices up and down the radio. And it just came to be that I listened to a radio station, WBHM, supported and based here […]
Why I Support WBHM: Ryan Jones
Ryan Jones grew up in Hoover but he travels the world regularly, and he says, “I work a lot outside of Alabama … I’ve had to go to different places throughout the South and across the country, and really around the world. And one of the things that WBHM gives me is it gives me […]
Why I Support WBHM: Catherine Mayo
Catherine Mayo of Birmingham says, “I have three children, six, eight, and nine. I turn WBHM on around seven o’clock in the morning and it’s usually still playing until seven at night. Because WBHM is playing throughout our house all day, a lot of conversations are sparked that we normally would not have. And it […]
Why I Support WBHM: Brent Womble
“My name is Brent Womble. I support WBHM and I listen to it all day, every day.” “I started listening to WBHM either 2013 or 2014, and I decided to become a member in the fall fund drive of last year.” “You know, something that’s said a lot on the air during the fund drive […]
Why I Support WBHM: Josh Rutsky
“My name is Josh Rutsky. I am the coach of the Hoover High School Quiz Bowl team and I have been a member of WBHM for one year now.” “When one of my students on the high school quiz bowl team that I coach asked me, ‘Well how do you study current events? How do […]
