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.
Warrenton Rural Volunteer Fire Chief and Mayor of Warrenton Walter Gardner spoke with WIZS News about 6 p.m. Friday. In the special audio report, he provided the following facts about the Milano’s Family Restaurant building fire. wizsradio · Warren Fire Chief Mayor Walter Gardner 05/29/20 No one was injured. Just before 5 a.m. the first […]
In short, a 14-day order that has allowed local churches to worship inside, if they so chose, will now lead into a preliminary injunction hearing on Friday, May 29. It was so ordered on May 16 by United State District Judge James C. Dever III. The hearing will take place at 11 a.m. in a […]
WIZS – YOUR COMMUNITY VOICE Local News at 8a, 12 Noon and 5p; M-F Noon Local News for May 18, 2020 VGCC to E-books Free Youth Meals on May 23 VCS Continues Food Distribution until June 9 Covid-19 Updated Figures in Vance-Granville
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL It’s a big weekend at South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church. Events Saturday and Sunday at SHPHC on Americal Road in Henderson include a potato giveaway Saturday morning and Frank Sossamon in concert Sunday evening, not to mention worship opportunities. At 6 […]
WIZS – YOUR COMMUNITY VOICE 1450 AM / 100.1 FM / Click on Listen Live on WIZS.com Local News at 8a, 12noon, 5p; M-F Today at Noon: City Budget County Budget Covid-19 in Granville-Vance VGCC Dr. Jeffery Allen, success of African-American Males
WIZS – YOUR COMMUNITY VOICE 1450AM / 100.1FM / Click on Listen Live at WIZS.com for local news at Noon, 5pm and 8am; M-F Noon News Audio for May 13, 2020 First Degree Murder Arrests Henderson Rec Players Shopping Angels
WIZS – YOUR COMMUNITY VOICE LOCAL NEWS FOR HENDERSON AND VANCE COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AT 12 NOON, ALSO 5 PM AND 8 AM; M-F MAJOR GIFT OF COMPUTERS AND RESOURCES TO VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS; OVER $150K WORTH DR. JERRY EDMONDS AT VANCE GRANVILLE EARNS HIS DOCTORATE IN EDUCATION “30 DAYS THROUGH A CRISIS” […]
— courtesy Granville Vance Public Health online at gvph.org As of May 11, 2020, there are 169 known cases in Granville County, 151 cases in Vance County, and 15,045 confirmed cases in North Carolina. There are three outbreaks at congregate living facilities in the district – one at Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, NC, one at Pelican Health in […]
From Brian Short, director of Emergency Services for Hend-Vance Co As of now, the total number of confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Vance County has increased to 152. A total of 24 individuals have now been released from isolation and 11 more remain hospitalized. Of those 152 cases, 90 are associated with community spread, […]
WIZS – YOUR COMMUNITY VOICE – 1450 AM / 100.1 FM / CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE — courtesy of Granville Vance Public Health online at GVPH.org The following is an update for COVID-19 spread and response in Granville and Vance County as of May 5, 2020. Our numbers correlate with the NC Electronic Disease Surveillance […]
