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.
The Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce continues to work to bind the business community and the community at large together through human resource efforts, economic development efforts and through its own participation. When an entity like a chamber can boast that only a handful of its board members ever miss meetings, it provides evidence to others […]
Businesses and employers of 100 or more people face a quickly approaching vaccine deadline. The federal mandate which was on, then off, then back on again starts to take effect in a week. The Vance Charter School board of directors met last Wednesday night in a special meeting. Board Chair Johnny Yount wrote in correspondence […]
WIZS LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS COURT – The Vance County Clerk of Superior Court, Henry Gupton, says “the courthouse and clerk’s office will open Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. Magistrate court will start at 10:30 a.m. and superior court will resume at 11 a.m.” SCHOOL – Vance County Schools – asynchronous remote learning day January 4 for […]
The Vance County public school system has announced an asynchronous remote learning day for January 4. Aarika Sandlin, director of communication and marketing, said in an information release the asynchronous remote learning day will be “for all students and school-based instructional staff. All other staff will operate with an optional workday with buildings opening at […]
Audio Only Click Play WIZS Radio · TownTalk: The End Of The Year, Desmond Tutu Remembered and Covid
According to the North Carolina State High Patrol, a single-vehicle accident Sunday afternoon in Granville County claimed the life of a 16 year old from Vance County. Gabriel Lee Pitchford, 16, of Bobbitt Road, died Sunday, December 19. The highway patrol told WIZS “speed was a factor and no seatbelt.” His 16-year-old passenger was transported […]
Local meeting minutes are like a system of checks and balances. You get a recap of news, a chance to double check anything that may have been missed and the words written as the entity in question saw it. Click Play Plain and simple, I love reading meeting minutes for the locally elected boards, commissions […]
— Submitted by Dr. Ronald Stahl, Chief Medical Officer, Maria Parham Health Have you been putting off your annual doctor’s visit? Or perhaps even a needed screening or procedure? If you’ve been putting off care – whether it’s a recommended surgery, screening or simply your annual check-up – now’s the time to do it. Your […]
While George Jones’ 1954 red Chevy truck has literally NOTHING to do with Sunday’s event in Henderson, NC, you can’t deny the image of the truck at the George Jones Entertainment Complex in Nashville, TN immediately conjures up in one’s mind the thought of a country Christmas! The George Jones Entertainment Complex is located at […]
A local doctor — Dr. Shauna Guthrie, a Henderson family physician — was installed as President-Elect of the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians (NCAFP) for a one-year term during the organization’s annual meeting in Asheville this weekend. Guthrie presently is the medical director at Granville Vance Public Health, the local district health department where […]
