Awards

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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” […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 — 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 […]

2022 PMJA Awards — Spot News

Newscast spot aired July 29, 2021 Intro: The rise in COVID cases is on the minds of many as Birmingham City Schools students return to the classroom Monday. But on […]

PMJA Awards — Breaking News, Part 2

Newscasts from March 26, 2021, the morning after a tornado outbreak in Alabama

PMJA Awards — Breaking News, Part 1

Newscasts from March 25, 2021 during a tornado outbreak in Alabama