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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 13, 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 13, 2018
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December 13, 2018
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Week of December 10, 2018
Recovering from Winter Storm Diego. Also: Chapel Hill awaits a Board of Governors decision on Silent Sam; Lavelle attends a conference of LGBT elected officials.
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 13, 2018: You Can Ring My Bell
Scott organizes the annual Bill Of Rights Day bell-ringing, Saturday at noon in downtown Hillsborough.
December 11, 2018: Remembering Lynchings
Filling in for Anna, James Williams discusses the local effort (in conjunction with the Equal Justice Initiative) to erect a monument remembering local lynching victims - particularly one, Manley McCauley, who was lynched in Orange County in 1898.
December 7, 2018: 2020 Democrats
Which of the most-talked-about 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls are actually Things - and which are Not-A-Things?
December 13, 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 15, 2018
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December 15, 2018
Retired UNC-Chapel Hill professor Thomas Warburton explaining the power of Handel’s Messiah.
March 1, 2018
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December 12, 2018: LeBron And Dwyane
On the "bromance" of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade: how two people can be close friends and fierce rivals at the same time.
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 15, 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.
