97.9 The Hill WCHL (97.9 FM / 1360 AM) will begin airing hourly national updates from ABC News Radio in its broadcasts starting on Monday, May 4.
The Chapel Hill radio station’s affiliation change comes ahead of CBS News shuttering its radio division after nearly a century of broadcasting, which is set to happen on May 22 after being announced in March. It has been a CBS affiliate since 2002.
Starting on Monday, WCHL listeners will hear the ABC News radio team’s reports at the top of each hour during typical daily programming. The segment will be shorter than the CBS News updates, with all of WCHL’s shows starting at the four-minute mark of the hour instead of six minutes in — meaning the radio and streaming audience will get two additional minutes of their hometown radio station’s local shows every hour…