97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Thursday morning, local historian Scott Washington joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “History Matters,” a look back at notable events and significant figures from this week in history, ranging from pioneers to writers to inventors to civil rights champions and more, locally, nationally, and beyond.
Click here to listen back to the full History Matters archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Thursday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.
This week, Scott and Aaron celebrate the first pencil with an attached eraser, the famous yellow school bus (a North Carolina innovation!), the woman who wrote the words to “Happy Birthday,” and a Negro League pioneer who’s still the only female inductee into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Also, Scott discusses a local landmark: WCHL’s AM tower off East Franklin Street, which has a storied history of its own – not to mention some noteworthy measurements.
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