WABE
Jennifer Dorian
President and CEO
WABE
Inform, inspire, reflect, and empower our greater Atlanta community
Atlanta’s choice for public media operates WABE (90.1FM) and WABE TV (Channel 30), Atlanta’s original, independent, non-profit sources for news and local stories and offers NPR, PBS, BBC and more. Nearly 1 million people engage with WABE content across a variety of platforms each month.
Our stations deliver fact-based journalism and inclusive, engaging, cultural content that informs, inspires, reflects, and empowers the millions who call the Greater Atlanta area home. WABE’s programs, articles, podcasts, and events make Atlanta’s stories and storytellers accessible and relevant across a variety of platforms for our diverse audience of listeners, viewers, visitors, and members.
Reaching 34 counties and 54% of the state of Georgia’s population, WABE is available on the radio (90.1FM), television channel 30, on the web at www.wabe.org and APP.
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“My kids and I greatly enjoy listening to pretty much all the shows. What gives me the greatest pleasure is when my younger one will play WABE by herself to listen to the news. I love that your programs have sparked that interest in their young minds. Thank you!!”
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“Many thanks for the great job you are doing and adding such value to our community!”
“The wide variety of programs keep us engaged with topics and perspectives that affect our world, from the local to the global level. We learn, contemplate, talk, and feel more connected.”
“Thanks for the hard and consistent work of bringing us fact-based reporting and providing context for what’s going on in our community and the world around us every day. I appreciate y’all!”
OTHER 2022 HIGHLIGHTS
2,000: # of 2022 radio and online stories produced by WABE
150: # of WABE news stories picked up by NPR
6: # of 2022 WABE Newsroom hires
6: # of original TV shows in production and/or development
10: # of original podcasts produced in 2022
15+: # of community co-production partnerships
AWARDS
WABE City Light host Lois Reitzes honored as a Georgia Radio Legend by Friends of Georgia Radio
2022 Telly Awards:
General-Television- Silver: “Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms: The WABE Interview”
General-Online-Silver: “Meet the Innovators: Sammie Hasen”
2022 COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS
2022 Election Hub— Hundreds of thousands turned to WABE’s 2022 Election Hub as a digital resource for Georgia election news and resources in a year when—yet again—all eyes were on the Peach State. Online at wabe.org, Georgia voters checked their registration status, got to know candidates, kept up with important dates and got the latest political news from WABE’s award-winning newsroom.
“The Last Year at Forest Cove”—WABE housing reporter Stephannie Stokes’s deep investigation into Forest Cove, an Atlanta Section 8 housing complex where residents had lived for years in nearly uninhabitable units, had an immediate and extensive impact. Shortly after the five-part, documentary series debuted on WABE 90.1 and wabe.org, the City of Atlanta began steps to relocate residents and hold the property owners accountable.
“The Heat Effect” — Across the Southeast, temperatures are going up and heat waves are getting longer and more frequent. In a newsroom-wide project, WABE’s “The Heat Effect” reported on how Georgians are adapting and how people here are working to help others who are more vulnerable.
Nightlife in Atlanta— Nightlife is central to Atlanta’s cultural identity, yet it is not immune to larger forces such as gentrification and crime. “Nightlife in Atlanta” brought attention to the challenges the industry is facing and held city leaders accountable for decisions that largely go unreported.