WBHM-FM, 90.3, is a National Public Radio-affiliated station in Birmingham, Alabama. It primarily features classical music programming, except for several weekly feature shows from NPR, Public Radio International, and American Public Media on weekends. WBHM-FM serves a territory extending for about a 50-mile radius from Birmingham; a translator relay station, WSGN-FM, 91.5, broadcasts in and around the city of Gadsden, about 45 miles to the northeast (that particular callsign, coincidentally or not, had been used by a Birmingham AM station for many years). The station maintains studios in the city's Southside neighborhood near Interstate 65, close to the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, which is WBHM's licensee. Much of the listening area is also served by the Alabama Public Radio network (via its Tuscaloosa translator). NPR logo NPR redirects here. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam Official website: http://www. ... Classical music in its widest sense is held to refer to music deriving from learned traditions, taught through institutions either specifically devoted to music (e. ... Public Radio International, or PRI, is a not-for-profit corporation based in the United States founded in 1983 to develop non-commercial audio programming for public radio and other audio venues. ... American Public Media logo American Public Media is the brand under which Minnesota Public Radio distributes public radio programming outside of the state of Minnesota. ... Gadsden is a city located in northeastern Alabama. ... Interstate 65 (abbreviated I-65) is an Interstate Highway in the United States. ... University of Alabama at Birmingham (also known as UAB) is a public, coeducational university located in Birmingham, Alabama. ... // Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. ...

History

Even though Huntsville beat Birmingham, the state's largest city, in getting Alabama's first public radio station in October 1976, WBHM did not follow far behind, beginning operations just before Christmas that year. Several of the original announcers had hosted classical music programs on local commercial stations such as WAPI-AM in the 1960s and early 1970s. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...

Except for the expansion of nationally-distributed weekend feature shows like "Car Talk", "A Prairie Home Companion", "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me", and "This American Life", WBHM's schedule has largely remained constant over its nearly three decades of broadcasting. As with most other markets in the country, the drive-time NPR newscasts have become the most-listened-to programs on the station's daily lineup. WBHM augments the national coverage with frequent local features from its news staff. Some jazz and folk music programs aired on Saturday evenings during the 1980s, but only "Thistle and Shamrock", a Celtic folk music show, represents non-classical genres these days. Car Talk is a radio talk show broadcast weekly on National Public Radio stations throughout the United States and elsewhere. ... Prudence Johnson and Garrison Keillor live on-stage at Shelburne, Vermont as part of the 2005 Rhubarb tour A Prairie Home Companion is a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor. ... This American Life (TAL) is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by WBEZ in Chicago and distributed by Public Radio International. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the early 1920s in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the common people. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... The words Celt and Celtic can have a variety of meanings. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the common people. ...

Local Hosts

Steve Chiotakis--"Morning Edition"
Rosemary Pennington--"All Things Considered"; late afternoons
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WBHM no longer has local hosts for classical music; for about five years now, it has exclusively relied on the "Classical Public Radio Network" feed from KUSC-FM in Los Angeles to provide programming in the middle of the day, evenings, and overnight. This article is about the largest city in California. ...

Weekly Local Programs

Tapestry--heard Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m., the show spotlights aspects of Birmingham's local artistic and musical scene, with an emphasis on avant-garde and unusual expressions. Greg Bass hosts.

Miscellanea

On a sub-carrier channel, WBHM operates the Alabama Radio Reading Service, which broadcasts readings from the Birmingham News and popular magazines for blind and visually-impaired residents of the Birmingham area. The other public radio stations in Alabama also offer the service, provided through a grant by the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services. The Birmingham News is a the daily newspaper for Birmingham, Alabama, and the largest newspaper in Alabama. ...

Perhaps the station's most accomplished alumnus is John Lemley, who announced on WBHM in the mid-1990s. He now supplies the voice for afternoon drive-time on Atlanta's WABE-FM, that city's main NPR outlet. Lemley was further known an as amateur actor while residing in Birmingham. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... WABE FM (90. ...

External links

• WBHM
• Alabama Radio Reading Service
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WBHM