Press Releases

WABE Names Chris Escobar as Inaugural Recipient of the Lois Reitzes Leader of the Arts Award

WABE 90.1 Debuts “The Upside of Jazz with Joe Alterman” as Part of New Saturday Evening Music Block

WABE Launches Two New Donor Funds Honoring ATL Cultural Icons Lois Reitzes and Camille Russell Love

WABE to Launch The City Lights Collective with Hosts Kim Drobes and Jon Goode

Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Renews Support for WABE’s Coffee Conversations with Rose Scott

WABE Announces Equifax as National Sponsor of Financial Literacy Series My Money Mentors

WABE’s Lois Reitzes Announces June 2025 Retirement from Weekday Radio Hosting 

SCAD Partners with WABE on Original Student Series chefATL

WABE, Appen Media Group/Decaturish sign new partnership agreement

Atlanta History Center Announces New Podcast on WABE ‘1912: The Forsyth County Expulsion and Its Aftermath’

WABE Studios & NCCHR Honored as a 4th Annual Anthem Awards Finalist

WABE Unveils Slate of New Programming & Initiatives at Preview ’25 Event

WABE Celebrates #Spelhouse2024, October 19-26

WABE Amplifies Atlanta Voices with Original TV Shows, Partial PBS Model, and Revamped Radio Schedule

WABE Collaborates with Bitter Southerner Magazine for Special

WABE Wins Prestigious Overall Excellence Award at 2024 Southeast Emmy Awards

WABE Wins Four 2024 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

WABE Debuts MY MONEY MENTORS, New Financial Empowerment Reality Series Designed for Millennials and Gen-Z

WABE Nabs 5 Southeast Emmy Nominations

WABE Unveils Election 2024 Digital Hub & Ramps Up Politics Ahead of November Elections

Non-profit Leader Zachary Brown Joins WABE as Executive Vice President of Development

WABE Partners with Metro Atlanta Indie Bookstores and Libraries for “Read Across Atlanta” Event

WABE Studios Unveil Four New Podcasts

WABE Expands Political Programming and Unveils Dedicated Digital Hubs in Preparation for 2024 Election Coverage

SOUNDS LIKE ATL Premieres with Kodie Shane, Lowertown & More Across Multiple Platforms in January

WABE Studios to Premiere Thanksgiving Day Special of SOUNDS LIKE ATL Featuring World-Renowned Spelman Glee Club

NEXT, MARTA Artbound, and WABE Studios Premiere “The NEXT Movement Season 1” Concert Series on PBS Passport

WorkingNation, Ares Charitable Foundation, WABE to Examine Employing People with Disabilities on ‘Breaking Barriers: Embracing Disabilities in the Workforce,’ Airing Oct. 23

Iconic WABE Host H. Johnson to be Honored by National Black Radio Hall of Fame

Jazz and Blues Authority a Fixture in the Music Genres for Decades

WABE Launches New WABE Studios Arm at Preview ‘24 Upfront Event

New WABE Studios Documentary, (re)Defining History: Uncovering The 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre, Examines Dark Chapter in Atlanta’s History

Bill Nigut Returns to the Airwaves to Co-host Daily Radio Show in AJC and WABE 90.1FM Partnership

In an innovative collaboration, AJC and WABE 90.1, Atlanta’s choice for NPR and PBS, will partner to air “Politically Georgia,” live (weekdays at 10 a.m.) starting this fall.