April 11, 2026

This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is none other than 97.9 The Hill’s Ron Stutts. Stutts is heading into retirement after a legendary 43-year career of being the morning voice of 97.9 The Hill and waking up Chapel Hill. Stutts has been a familiar face in the local community, on stage at both […]

Your hometown radio station has once again been honored as the best in North Carolina. The North Carolina Association of Broadcasters named 97.9 The Hill WCHL as its 2025 Non-Metro Station of the Year Wednesday at its annual awards luncheon. The award is given to the top station outside of large and medium-sized markets in […]

The Hill WCHL has signed a new four-year contract with Learfield which will keep it as the flagship station for Tar Heel sports.

To reflect on the year, Chapelboro.com is re-publishing some of the top stories that impacted and defined our community’s experience in 2020. These stories and topics affected Chapel Hill, Carrboro and the rest of our region. Longtime 97.9 The Hill WCHL morning show host Ron Stutts announced his retirement after 43 years with the radio […]

After 43 years, Ron Stutts has signed off from his morning show on 97.9 The Hill for the final time. Listen to his entire show below and watch the final 20 minutes streamed live on Facebook: Click below to listen to Ron’s entire final show with 97.9 The Hill (December 18, 2020): https://chapelboroaudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2020/December/Ron%20Stutts%20Audio/RON%27S%20GRAND%20FINALE_FULL%20SHOW.mp3 For more […]

Welcome to the sixth edition of 97.9 The Hill’s Staff Picks. This time, read on as your favorite staffers discuss the following prompt: What job would I fulfill if I didn’t work at 97.9 The Hill? You got that right – if for some reason the universe didn’t lead all of us to our home here […]

Ron Stutts, a mainstay of the Chapel Hill community and longtime radio personality on 97.9 The Hill WCHL, has won the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters Personality of the Year Award. This is his fourth time winning the award. Stutts accepted the award at the NCAB annual awards lunch on June 14. For Radio Personality […]

The Town of Chapel Hill has officially proclaimed Monday, July 17, as “Ron Stutts Day”. The accolade marks the 40 year anniversary of Stutts hosting the Morning Show on WCHL. Stutts has also officiated weddings, acted as Master of Ceremonies and led Chapel Hill’s Holiday Parade as Grand Marshal on several occasions. Stutts’ work at […]

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This week, Dr. Deborah Stroman is joined by UNC professor Dr. Erianne Weight to discuss college athletics.