New Voices Coming to WABE

Weekly Radio Show Hosted by Atlanta Dream Co-Owner Renee Montgomery Among Four New Series Coming to WABE Summer 2023

Atlanta (August 1, 2023) — WABE, Atlanta’s choice for NPR and PBS, continues to strengthen its investment in local journalism and amplifying Atlanta’s creative voices. This summer, under its WABE Studios banner, the 90%-community-funded station is rolling out a slate of four new original programs and shows. 

Renee Montgomery, WNBA champion and part-owner of the Atlanta Dream, is bringing her acclaimed weekly talk show, Montgomery & Co, to the WABE 90.1 radio lineup Saturdays, beginning August 12. Also this summer, WABE Studios is adding three new podcasts — The Boom, Calls for Justice, and Wake Up and Create — to its podcast network and premiering three Season 4 bonus episodes of the Peabody Award-winning podcast Buried Truths. 

The Boom is hosted by Atlanta native Jewel Wicker, an award-winning journalist whose profiles have run in GQ, Billboard, NBC News, The New York Times and Teen Vogue, where she served as interim managing editor. Podcast fans will recognize Wicker from her AMBIE and Webby award-winning turn as  co-host and writer on the Crooked Media/Tenderfoot TV podcast “Gaining Ground: The New Georgia.” 

“We are thrilled notable Atlanta voices like Renee Montgomery and Jewel Wicker see the value of partnering with WABE and our mission to inform, inspire, reflect, and empower our community,” says Jennifer Dorian, President/CEO of WABE. “In our 75th year serving Atlanta, WABE remains dedicated to amplifying Atlanta’s diverse narratives and talented creators. This slate of new shows is a taste of the inclusive, informative — and entertaining — programming the Greater Atlanta community can expect from WABE in the years to come.”

“I firmly believe that moments pave the way for momentum, and this particular moment fills me with immense gratitude,” says Montgomery. “It is an honor to join the esteemed ranks of WABE contributors. My hope is to bring compelling stories that inspire and ignite meaningful conversations while providing some fun along the way!” 

A complete listing of new shows available this summer includes:

WABE RADIO 90.1FM:

  • MONTGOMERY & CO

[6 p.m.,  Saturdays on WABE 90.1 and wabe.org, beginning 8/12]

Join WNBA star and community activist Renee Montgomery, her mother Bertlela Montgomery, her sister Nicole Young and her wife Sirena Grace each Saturday on WABE 90.1 for an insightful and compelling, one-of-a-kind talk show that combines interviews and culture conversations with some of the world’s top innovators and entrepreneurs with a splash of lighthearted family fun.

Guests include Ray Allen, Cari Champion, Ryan Coogler, Rhyne Howard CC Sabathia, Mike Evans, A’mare Stoudemire, Claressa Shields, Rosalyn Gold-Onwude, Lisa Borders, Stephen Jackson, Steve Nash, Vivica A. Fox, Pam Oliver, Matt Barnes, Stacey Abrams, Pete Buttigieg, Shea Serrano, Grant Gustin and more.

WABE STUDIOS PODCAST NETWORK WABE.ORG + PODCAST PLATFORMS:

  • BONUS EPISODES–BURIED TRUTHS, SEASON 4: RACE & RAGE IN TERRIBLE TERRELL

[Premieres 8/2 and 8/9 on wabe.org & all podcast platforms.]

In its fourth season, the Peabody Award-winning podcast Buried Truths investigates the 1958 police beating and death of James Brazier — a young Black father — in Terrell County, Georgia. In these previously unreleased bonus episodes, hear from Brazier’s daughters and  Kelley Stinson, granddaughter of the police officer who killed him. Additionally, singer/songwriter and scholar of the South Carolina Herring discusses the song she created for Buried Truths. Journalist, professor and Pulitzer-prize-winning author Hank Klibanoff hosts the podcast.

  • THE BOOM HOSTED BY JEWEL WICKER 

[Premieres 8/18 on wabe.org & all podcast platforms.]

The Boom is a weekly look at Atlanta’s growing film and television industry, through trending topics and origin stories of local filmmakers, cast, and crew. Entertainment and culture reporter Jewel Wicker hosts. 

  • CALLS FOR JUSTICE

[Premieres 8/28 on wabe.org & all podcast platforms.]

As part of Science Gallery’s JUSTICE exhibition, an interrogation of justice in media through democratized voice and ownership: each episode is constructed from contributors who leave reflections on justice using a phone booth installed in Science Gallery. Those who contribute to the podcast share ownership of the show, re-exploring the intent of public media and disrupting traditional podcast frameworks.

  • WAKE UP AND CREATE

[Premieres 8/28 on wabe.org & all podcast platforms.]

For over 10 years, CreativeMornings Atlanta has been a gathering place for Atlanta’s creative community, featuring over 100 creative leaders and arts practitioners sharing their best practices, worst mistakes, and how failure and experimentation inspired their creative process. Each episode features curated excerpts from the CreativeMornings Atlanta speaker archives, diving into a short selection of the most powerful, insightful, and light-hearted stories from our speakers. Listen in for inspiration and a jumpstart to your day from Atlanta-based creatives, entrepreneurs, doers, and thinkers.

Subscribe to BURIED TRUTHS, THE BOOM, CALLS FOR JUSTICE, and WAKE UP AND CREATE on wabe.org and other popular podcast networks. 

ABOUT WABE 

WABE, formerly Public Broadcasting Atlanta (PBA), operates public media stations WABE (90.1FM) and WABE TV (Channel 30), Atlanta’s original, independent, non-profit sources for news and local stories and choice for NPR and PBS. 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. In addition, WABE’s programs, podcasts, and events make Atlanta’s stories and storytellers accessible and relevant across various platforms for our diverse audience of listeners, viewers, visitors, and members. Go to www.wabe.org for additional information.