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.
WIZS is an affiliate of the North Carolina News Network, and NCNN programming can be heard hourly, Monday-Friday from 5:55am until 4:55pm. NCN News is also available on WIZS Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon. A highly contagious canine flu virus that blanketed the Midwest in the spring made it’s way to North Carolina in July. […]
Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in 95 of North Carolina’s counties in June, decreased in four counties, and remained unchanged in one county. Graham County had the highest unemployment rate at 12.3 percent while Buncombe County had the lowest at 4.7 percent. All fifteen of the state’s metro areas experienced rate increases. Among the […]
The next regular meeting of the Vance County Board of Commissioners is scheduled for Monday, August 3 at 6:00pm. The Commissioners meet the first Monday of each month in the Commissioner’s Meeting Room, 122 Young Street, Henderson, NC. On the agenda: County-wide water planning committee reports including wrap up of Phase 1, information about five […]
The Ruin Creek Animal Protection Society is having a new volunteer orientation session on Sunday, August 2nd from 1:00pm until 3:00pm. (Event info) The event will take place at 165 US-158 Bypass in Henderson, a building owned by Charles Boyd Chevrolet. RCAPS is a group of volunteers who banded together in 2011 with a dedication to […]
The 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season continues until November 30th. Are you prepared? The Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1st of each year and ends on November 30th. The Vance County Office of Emergency Operations wants to make sure that you and your family are prepared for whatever this season brings our way. Tropical cyclones […]
Your help is needed to welcome new teachers to Vance County! The Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce is putting together new teacher welcome bags. Snacks, gum, candy, water bottles, notepads, pens, pencils, coupons etc. are just a few of the things needed to pack in the bags. The H-V Chamber is seeking enough items to pack 140 bags. These […]
Local Vance County high school football will return soon. The first game for both Northern Vance and Southern Vance is Friday, August 21. For more than 50 straight years, WIZS 1450 AM has broadcast high school football live. The games are also broadcast live on wizs.com. Northern Vance High School and Southern Vance High School […]
According to the Vance County Schools website, the new public school year for 2015-2016 will officially start with the beginning of classes for students on Thursday, August 6, at the Vance County Early College High School located on the campus of Vance-Granville Community College near Henderson. Teachers and other 10-month employees begin work for the […]
The Vance County Board of Education Tuesday night, July 21, 2015, voted unanimously to appoint Dr. Anthony “Tony” Jackson as the new superintendent of Vance County Schools. He will begin his duties as superintendent on August 1. Dr. Jackson’s career in public education spans 27 years in several districts in both North Carolina and Virginia. […]
The management and employees of the Staples Fulfillment Center on Poplar Creek Road in Vance County have donated approximately $12,000 worth of school supplies to Vance County Schools. Representatives of the school system and Staples are shown in the accompanying photo with the four pallets of items donated after they were delivered to the Vance […]
