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.
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 […]
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL — Press Release RALEIGH – In response to the unprecedented crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety today announced it is taking an extraordinary measure to help reduce the spread of the virus in prison […]
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL About 7:48 Monday morning, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Henderson and for portions of north and east Vance County. Shortly after 8 a.m., the warning for portions of Vance County was cancelled. However, the simultaneously warned areas […]
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Would Your Child Compete If Sports Resume Before End Of School Year? Answer on the WIZS Twitter Feed or Facebook Page Suppose stay at home and various restrictions are lifted soon enough for local and middle school and high school […]
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL The Second Thursday No Charge Food Distribution will not be possible this week. It is normally held at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market, off Beckford Drive in Henderson, on the second Thursday of the month, but the facility is not […]
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Shortly after 4 p.m. today, Franklin County amended its proclamation of a State of Emergency and issued a curfew. The Franklin County curfew is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. Sunday. (Click here for that news story.) Just after 5:15 p.m. […]
TownTalk for Monday, March 30, 2020 TownTalk airs M-F on WIZS, Henderson at 11 a.m. Listen at 100.1 FM / 1450 AM / streamed live at wizs.com and with Tunein and on smart connected devices and speakers. NC Gov. Roy Cooper; Covid-19; Executive Order 121; Where you can go; Stay at Home Henderson Mayor Eddie […]
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL — information from and written entirely by Brian Short, H-V Director of Emergency Operations Yesterday, Governor Cooper issued Executive Order 121, advising North Carolina residents to stay at home in an attempt to reduce the number of individuals being infected with […]
