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.
— submitted by Terry Garrison for the Henderson-Vance Black Leadership Caucus A FORUM FOR VANCE COUNTY CANDIDATES WITH OPPOSITION FOR THE UPCOMING PRIMARY ELECTION WILL BE HELD SUNDAY, APRIL 15TH AT 4:00 PM AT THE ELKS LODGE, 326 W. ROCK SPRING STREET, HENDERSON. THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND. THE FORUM IS SPONSORED BY […]
— submitted by Catherine Abbott on behalf of North Henderson Baptist Church Yard Sale, Bake Sale, Country Breakfast North Henderson Baptist Church Fellowship Hall Saturday, April 7, 2018, 7:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. All Proceeds go to Relay for Life/American Cancer Society Please submit your qualifying public service announcements online at https://wizs.com/psas/ and view our complete […]
— submitted by Dywanda Pettaway, Clerk to Board of Education NOTICE TO PUBLIC AND PRESS The Granville County Board of Education will meet in regular session Monday, April 9, 2018 at the Granville County Public Central Office, 101 Delcroix Street, Oxford, North Carolina. The board will also meet in a Closed Session for Personnel/Attorney Client Privilege in accordance with […]
— press release Mother Nature Not Kind To South Boston Speedway; Opening Race Postponed To April 28 SOUTH BOSTON, Va. – For the second time this spring, Mother Nature has frowned on South Boston Speedway forcing the postponement of Saturday night’s season-opening Danville Toyota Twin 100s. Because of a 100 percent chance of rain on […]
— submitted by OPS Softball Coach Tommy Anstead Thursday the Oxford Prep Griffins defeated East Wake Academy 7 – 2 . Griffins scored first from a single from Kaci Roberson plating Jordan Dunn. Oxford Prep scored 6 in the third. With singles by Hannah Brewer and Jordan Dunn, walks by Bree Harris and Emily Faucette […]
HPD Press Release – Wednesday April 4, 2018 On April 3, 2018 around 10:30 p.m., officers with the Henderson Police Department responded to a call of a missing 13 year old teenager. According to the grandmother, the teen has autism and this was the first time he had left the residence. She told officers the teen had […]
— press release Two All-Star Southern Gospel Groups Join Forces On McGregor Hall Stage The Talleys Along With Tribute To Make Gospel Music Headlines On Saturday, April 7 HENDERSON, N.C. — One of the nation’s most beloved groups in Christian Music today, The Talleys, join forces with Tribute, one of the country’s most dynamic male quartets […]
— submitted by Paul McKenzie COMMUNITY WATCH MEETING ON 4/9 The next meeting of the Carver Community Watch group will be on Monday, 4/9/2018, 7 pm at Carver Elementary School. For our program, we have invited each of the Democratic candidates for Sheriff to to come and share a few words in advance of the […]
— press release from the Downtown Development Commission in Henderson, NC The Downtown Development Commission is hosting four interns through the NCWorks NextGen Program this Summer, providing support to downtown merchants, events and city and county departments. The program provides a respectable wage to new bachelor’s degree graduates for an internship placement of up to […]
(Picture taken April 2, 2018 at 1:15 p.m. – WIZS Photo) (Text republished from a January 8, 2018 WIZS.com story) In the respective Vance County Commissioners and Henderson City Council meetings Monday night, January 8, 2018, the boards each voted to demolish the former Abagayles Books property on Garnett Street and that the effort would be […]
