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Welcome to Chapel Hill-Carrboro’s News, Talk and Tar Heels station! For 63 years WCHL has been THE place for news, talk Tar Heel Sports and information for Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Orange County. For more than 40 years Ron Stutts has been waking up our community from 6am to 10am weekdays.
December 7, 2018
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Hometown Hero Awards
This week's Hometown Hero: Marin Lissy
Column: Making #MeToo Count
“Making #MeToo Count” By Rachel Valentine These past few days have been heavy for...
December 7, 2018
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December 7, 2018
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Week of December 3, 2018
Stevens discusses town-county relations, Hemminger preps for the season's first big winter storm - and Penny Rich comes in for her first appearance as the new county board chair.
December 6, 2018: NC-9
The latest in the rapidly-developing saga of election fraud in North Carolina's ninth Congressional district. Also, very early 2020 presidential polling from Ohio.
December 6, 2018: Krampus
Different countries, different Christmas traditions. Also: frozen vegetables are invented, saving everyone from the horror of eating pickles nonstop for five straight months.
December 4, 2018: Silent Sam
UNC's proposal for the future of Silent Sam leaves Anna dismayed.
December 7, 2018: 2020 Democrats
Which of the most-talked-about 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls are actually Things - and which are Not-A-Things?
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Focus Carolina: Shawn Hingtgen
At the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. Shawn Hingtgen and his team morph skin cells into stem cells that chase cancer and kill it.
December 7, 2018
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May 29, 2018: Goodbyeee
Meg's moving on to a new position (don't worry, still in Chapel Hill!), so this is her final Downtown Rundown. (We still have fun.)
December 5, 2018: Sipping & Shopping
It's time for the Friends of the Library's next Big Book Sale! Susan and Aaron are joined by Karen Curtin, to discuss the sale and recommend "sipping and shopping" books.
December 8, 2018
Guest: John Meacham, author of “DESTINY AND POWER: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush,” talks about Barbara Bush's visit to Chapel Hill when George HW Bush was in training in Chapel Hill during World War II
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Focus Carolina: Shawn Hingtgen
At the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dr. Shawn Hingtgen and his team morph skin cells into stem cells that chase cancer and kill it.
March 1, 2018
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December 7, 2018: Silent Sam And UNC Athletics
On the relationship between Silent Sam and UNC athletics: what it can be, what it should be, and what it will be.
October 2018 Community Forum: What to Watch in the Mid-Term Elections
Professor at Catawba College Michael Bitzer, Public Policy Polling director Tom Jensen and Meredith College professor David McLennan all spoke with WCHL about what they will be watching when results start coming in from the mid-term election.
December 5th – Big TVs and Little Toasters – Click to Listen
Today Aaron was joined by WCHL’s own AJ and Victor! https://chapelboroaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/2018/December/05/KIDS%20Q%20AJ%20VICTOR.mp3 Today’s KidsQ: “If you could make one item in your house bigger and one...
December 8, 2018
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December 4, 2018: West Hillsborough
Town officials are considering an "overlay district" governing development in West Hillsborough, but Ashley's not happy about the public survey they've released.
