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 total number of Covid cases in Vance County since the pandemic began equals 2,406 as of today, December 22, 2020, and that means 5.4 percent of the population of Vance County has been diagnosed with the virus. The 883 active cases of Covid-19 right now in Vance County represents 1.98 percent of the population […]
— press release courtesy of Granville County Public Schools by Dr. Stan Winborne As the holiday season approaches, GCPS continues to support families and children during this challenging time. As the pandemic surges and the district temporarily shifts to Plan C, the Board of Education and Superintendent McLean took the unique steps of providing surplus […]
The Hon. Henry L. Gupton, clerk of court in Vance County, has informed WIZS News that criminal district court will resume just after Christmas. Gupton said, “I received a memorandum from our Chief District Court Judge John Davis on December 18th regarding the resumption of our District Courts schedule. “As of Tuesday, December 29, 2020 […]
WIZS SportsTalk (M-F at 1pm) with host Trey Snide and co-host Ron Noel recently featured the first-year head varsity football coach of the Vance County Vipers, Hunter Jenks. Jenks said the first year has been a lot of good. He said, “The whole world is dealing with changes, and with changes, you just have to […]
Vance County Management, on behalf of the Vance County EMS Department, has reached out to the state to ask for a strike team. The problem is positive COVID cases. Vance County Manager Jordan McMillen told WIZS News, “We are working through a number of positive COVID cases in our EMS department as is the case […]
The S-Line rail corridor goes straight through downtown Henderson. The future of the route from Petersburg, Virginia down to the Virginia line and then the NC Department of Transportation’s portion from Virginia to South Carolina could spawn additional economic development for the local Henderson area. Being a mainline portion of the Southeast Corridor and possibly […]
(Please Note – This is the second version of this story to be posted on WIZS.com. The first version had omissions which were unknown to WIZS at the time. WIZS apologizes to the parties who were originally left out. It was strictly unintentional on our part but was our responsibility to know nonetheless. This version […]
For the seven day period December 10 to December 16 in Vance County, there were a total of 182 positive test results for Covid-19. For the same time period, 96 people in Vance County were released from isolation. Those figures equal a net increase of 86 in a week or about 12 people per day […]
Covid news for member businesses is out from the Henderson Vance Chamber of Commerce and President Michelle Burgess. An email this week from Burgess to Chamber members asks for area businesses to “Help Keep Our Economy Open!” Burgess wrote: The Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce has been alerted to the surging COVID-19 cases here in […]
Gang Free, Inc. here in Henderson will be giving toys to over 600 children for Christmas. At the present time, the organization still needs about 100 to 120 more toys to match with the number of youngsters already signed up. Gang Free founder Melissa Elliott said, “Gang Free has over 600 children for Christmas. Toys […]
