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.
UPDATE 12 NOON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17, 2021 THESE EVENTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED BECAUSE OF A SECOND ICE STORM FORECAST FOR THE AREA. THE EVENTS WILL BE RESCHEDULED, AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEY WILL BE ANNOUNED ON WIZS RADIO AND POSTED ONLINE. UPDATE 7:45 P.M. FRIDAY — The COVID-19 testing event scheduled for Saturday, 02/13 at […]
— from Vance County Animal Services
— submitted by Families Living Violence Free In honor of Black History Month, Families Living Violence Free would like to recognize Shamecka McNeil, CEO and Executive Director of Slice 325. (https://slice325.org/ and facebook.com/Slice325) Shamecka founded Slice 325 to educate low-income people on the many creative ways to serve healthy meals using affordable ingredients. Shamecka believes that […]
Click Play in the player below for today’s Local News Audio. WIZS Your Community Voice — 100.1 FM / 1450 AM PRESENTED IN PART BY OUR SPONSOR DRAKE DENTISTRY Local News Airs on WIZS M-F at 8 a.m., 12 Noon and 5 p.m. “TownTalk” Airs on WIZS M-F at 11 a.m. “The Local Skinny!” Airs […]
Each broadcast of “The Local Skinny!” on WIZS will feature your phone calls at 492-5594. The calls can be about anything on your mind as well as items you have for sale, or items you are looking for. Plus, there’ll be local news and information, guests, business spotlights and the latest from Vance County Cooperative […]
Each broadcast of “The Local Skinny!” on WIZS will feature your phone calls, local news and information, guests, business spotlights and items you have for sale, or that you’re looking for, called in and emailed as well as the latest from Vance County Cooperative Extension. Run down for Tuesday: 11:30 a.m. – Items to Buy […]
“The Local Skinny!” on WIZS will feature listener phone calls, local news and information, guests, business spotlights and items for sale called in and emailed by listeners as well as the latest from Vance County Cooperative Extension. Run down for Monday: Items for Sale and Looking For Explanation of “The Local Skinny!” Super Bowl Vance […]
The Granville County Board of Education Financial Committee will meet virtually on Wednesday, February 10, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss Consideration of Adjustment to Sub Pay, 2020-2021 Budget Update, Update on Covid Funding and Other Financial Topics. For more information or a link to the virtual meeting, please […]
In a blast email from McGregor Hall in downtown Henderson, WIZS News has learned that the February gospel music concert planned has now been postponed until later in the year. It’s because of covid. The concert featuring the Perrys and the Kingsmen will now be presented on September 11th, 2021 at 2 p.m. The email […]
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