Your Hometown Radio Station is among the many Orange County community members and places that suffered flood damage from Sunday night’s intense flooding. 97.9 The Hill WCHL’s AM operations (1360 AM) along East Franklin Street are among the businesses affected near Booker Creek as a historic amount of rain fell from the remnants of Tropical Depression Chantal. Founded in 1953, WCHL initially ran its AM radio operations out of 1720 East Franklin Street before moving across the street to 1721 East Franklin. The building — now owned and occupied by the Chapel Hill Dentistry Group — had never been reached by floodwaters until Sunday night, with water pooling and rising past four feet in the basement where WCHL kept and maintained vital equipment. “Tropical Storm Chantal brought severe flooding to our AM transmitter site, and the damage is significant,” said 97.9 The Hill General Manager Aubrey Williams. “But we’ve faced challenges before, and our team is already working toward repairs. We...