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.
Tuesday night at 6:00, the Henderson Optimist Club met at the Henderson Country Club and held it’s annual Respect for Law program. Henderson Police Captain Tony Pendergrass presented the Officer of the Year award to Sgt. Graham Woodlief. Pendergrass said, “Since January of 2018, through numerous arrest and search warrants, Sgt. Woodlief has seized $28,961 […]
Written and provided by Jean Bell, Parenting Education Coordinator, Vance County Cooperative Extension You can hear Jean Bell, Wayne Rowland and Paul McKenzie each M-Th on WIZS at 2:05 p.m. The following script will air Thursday, June 7, 2018. Summer Learning Kids work hard during the school year and look forward to summer break. Kids […]
Shown in the cover photo is Dennis Jarvis, II. He is the director of the Henderson-Vance County Economic Development Commission. In an email to the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce, which was subsequently forwarded to WIZS News, Jarvis explained that The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) is hosting an event for NC manufacturers to […]
The Vance County budget for 2018-2019 was adopted unanimously at Monday night’s Vance County Board of Commissioners meeting. When all the funds are added up, the budget equals $56,131,498. “The budget does not include any increase in the general fund tax rate (remains 89 cents per $100 value) and does not include any increase in […]
The Warren County Commissioners will meet tonight at 6:00 (June 4, 2018). The meeting will take place in the Armory Civic Center Meeting Room located at 501 US Hwy 158 Business East in Warrenton. A group of citizens in Warren County has reached out to WIZS News and asked that this meeting time and location […]
The Relay for Life of Vance County is just a little more than a month away, and fundraising, team formation and finalized logistics are just a few of the things being cared for by your local Vance County relay committee and planners. Tomorrow (Saturday, May 19th), there is a Vance County Relay for Life Auction. […]
The Awahili District, Occoneechee Council of the Boy Scouts of America honored longtime local public servant James (Jim) W. Crawford, Jr. Thursday night and named him the 2018 George Rose Watkins, Sr. Citizen of the Year. For the fifth time in as many years, a dinner was held at the Henderson Country Club, with Crawford […]
SHPHC Youth Fundraiser TODAY! The South Youth of the South Henderson Pentecostal Holiness Church at 905 Americal Road, Henderson are having a chicken plate sale TODAY. Grilled chicken, buttered boiled potatoes, green beans, bread, dessert and beverage for $8. All proceeds will go to support South Youth. The youth will travel to Kentucky in July […]
2018 National Day of Prayer Service held from 12 noon until 12:30 p.m. at Henderson City Hall.
