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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.
March 18, 2019
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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...
March 18, 2019
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March 18, 2019
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Week of February 4, 2019
Stevens and Lavelle watch the General Assembly; county commissioners discuss I-40 widening and a future county jail; Hemminger talks parking; Lavelle talks immigration.
February 28, 2019: Emergencies
On Trump's "national emergency" declaration (unpopular), the Mueller investigation (popular), and a still-unanswered question: if Mueller's report finds impeachable offenses, will it be enough to change Republican voters' minds?
March 7, 2019: The Babe
Babe Ruth gets his start in Fayetteville, FDR is inaugurated, the telephone is patented, and a popular early PC is introduced. (Also, Scott and Aaron discuss the March of Dimes.)
March 12, 2019: The Achievement Gap
The NAACP is holding a town hall meeting Thursday, March 14, from 6:00-7:30 pm at the Chapel Hill Public Library, to discuss recent big issues - and upcoming big decisions - in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools.
March 15, 2019: Alexander Butterfield
In which Jean argues that Paul Manafort's sentencing might be a Thing - even if (as Aaron argues) it won't be much remembered.
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.)
March 6, 2019: Quilting
Susan and Aaron are joined by Patti Postage of the Durham-Orange Quilters Guild, discussing two upcoming events in Chapel Hill and recommending books about quilting. (No, not that one.)
March 16, 2019
Etaf Rum, the author of “A Woman Is No Man”, talks about her new book, her life in Brooklyn in the Palestinian immigrant community, and how her new life in North Carolina led a book set in Brooklyn and Palestine.
March 1, 2018
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February 27, 2019: Zion And The Full-Court Press
All the media attention on big-time college athletes: is it too much to handle? (And if not, what can be done about it?)
February 2018 Community Forum: Tackling Climate Change at the Local Level
Climate change has been a political topic for years, but what has been or can be done at the local level to make an impact? Members of governing bodies in Orange County are working on a joint committee now to work on that answer.
Weekend Water Cooler: March 16, 2019
Guest: Quinton Harper Topic: Political Organizing
March 15th – Misunderstood Villains – Click to Listen
Today Aaron was joined by Jean Bolduc, host of the Weekend Watercooler! KidsQ: Which villain from a movie or a book do you think is most misunderstood and why?
March 12, 2019: Light Rail
Ashley and Aaron dissect the light-rail issue - including questions of transparency, eminent domain, alternatives, and why light-rail opponents are letting Duke off the hook.
