Transmission
WCHL's 5,000-watt non-directional daytime signal cuts back to 1,000 watts directional toward the southeast at sunset. Even with all the changes in recent years, the station has continuously broadcast from its two-tower array on Franklin Street, noticeable for being emblazoned with metal call letters on one and frequency on the other.
In 2012, WCHL expanded to the FM band by acquiring a translator station from Liberty University in Virginia. The station, previously licensed to Creedmoor, North Carolina at 98.5 FM, moved to Chapel Hill and to 97.9 FM under the callsign W250BP. The new signal is intended to improve nighttime coverage of the station. Starting in the fall of 2012, WCHL rebranded itself as 97.9 WCHL, even though AM 1360 is still the station's main signal.
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