John is a graduate of Northern Vance High School & UNC-Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism. He has been a radio personality since 1989.
John is the Marketing Consultant, News, Sports, & Town Talk Broadcaster, Technician, & Treasurer for WIZS Radio.
He is the current On-site Radio Engineer for Duke Basketball and Football and has been their scoreboard announcer in the past as well.
Tuesday evening at approximately 6 o’clock, officers of the Henderson Police Department were dispatched to the area of Meadow Lane in response to a breaking and entering in progress. When officers arrived, neighbors throughout the area gave descriptions of three suspects. Police said officers were able to locate and detain the three individuals on Summit […]
Click Play and hear the full story from The Local Skinny! WIZS Radio · The Local Skinny! Magistrates in North Carolina According to nccourts.gov/learn/court-officials where you can click on the word magistrates, “A magistrate is an independent judicial officer, recognized by the North Carolina Constitution as an officer of the district court. Magistrates perform numerous […]
This Friday – June 24, 2022 – Watkins Volunteer Fire Department will serve you a homemade, take-out, family style BBQ plate. As it was explained to WIZS, each plate will feed three or four people. That’s enough for a family meal or food for one or two people with leftovers. $25 includes 2.5 pounds of […]
If you had needed to travel to the emergency room of Maria Parham Health on Friday night at 7:30, your estimated wait time would have been in the single digits as evidenced by the screen grab of mariaparham.com you clicked on for this article. Minutes matter when it comes to saving lives, and those minutes […]
The Granville County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. on Monday. The location will be the Granville County Expo Convention Center at 4185 Highway 15, Oxford. The notice of public hearing sent to local media states the purpose is to hear public comments about industrial expansion, matching grants and incentives. […]
The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with The Henderson Rotary Club, has announced a State of the City address and luncheon. According to a flyer out about the event, it will serve as the first in a series of informative, local agency meetings. The City’s vision, strategic plan, recent achievements and challenges will […]
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— information courtesy of NCDOT and NCDOT Now — The Federal Railroad Administration announced during the week of May 30th more than $368 million in Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grants. Of this, nearly $58 million will go to the development of the Raleigh to Richmond corridor. The grant will support surveys and preliminary […]
Gas Prices and Some of the Impacts. Click Play! WIZS Radio · TownTalk: Gas Prices
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