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 Panthers drafted seven defensive players, and the general reports indicate it was a successful plan, including those from Matt Rhule, the new head coach, and from General Manager Marty Hurney. Mick Mixon, play by play announcer of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, joined WIZS TownTalk on Monday to discuss the latest NFL draft. Of the […]
WIZS, Henderson — Your Community Voice — 100.1 FM / 1450 AM Local News at 8a, Noon, 5p; M-F Noon News for 04/27/20 JR’s Restaurant 39 Reopens — Local Business NFL Draft and Season (Mick Mixon) — Global Business VGCC Small Business Center — Free ‘Business Resiliency’ Webinar Series wizsradio · Noon News 04/27/20
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click on Listen Live at wizs.com — Listen to WIZS Local News live M-F at 8 a.m., Noon and 5 p.m. wizsradio · Noon News 04/24/20
Audio Tribute to Tommy Dale, Jr. Link to obituary as well as link to view his funeral service Special News Report: Tribute to Tommy Dale, Jr. From our broadcast script: IT IS A TOUGH DAY FOR MR. DALE’S FAMILY, AND IT IS FOR US HERE AT WIZS TOO. OVER THE YEARS, MR. TOMMY DALE PROVIDED […]
As you go to lunch or finish up lunch and return to work, if you missed the noon news on WIZS, you can hear the audio here. 100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click on Listen Live at wizs.com — Listen to WIZS Local News live M-F at 8 a.m., Noon […]
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Listen to the news live each weekday on the air or online at 8 a.m., 12 noon and 5 p.m.
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Had a lot of fun on TownTalk Monday taking calls, talking about stimulus checks, Facebook and keeping up good spirits. WIZS Radio broadcasts Town Talk, a locally produced public affairs program, including local phone calls, each Monday through Thursday, except holidays, […]
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL — press release The Vance County Regional Farmers Market will open for the 2020 season on Saturday, April 25th, according to Tracy Madigan, Market Manager. Ms. Madigan reports that she has been carefully reviewing expert recommendations on procedures that minimize risk […]
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Brian Short, H-V Director of Emergency Operations, and Lisa Harrison, Director G-V District Health Department, provide email correspondence daily and include WIZS News. To quote a few lines from Short’s Sunday afternoon situation report: “As of now, the total number of […]
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL The threat of strong storms resulted in the Vance County Schools meal distribution being cancelled on Monday, April 13. However, according to Vance County Schools public information officer Aarika Sandlin, moving forward, meal distributions should be Monday through Thursday from 11 […]
