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.
— press release Oxford, NC, February 7, 2018 – At the Granville Athletic Park, 4615 Belltown Road, Oxford, on March 10, 2018, Meet the Leadership Granville 2017-2018 Class for a day of community awareness of the Granville County Animal Control and Shelter and the ACIM Food Bank of Granville County. Bring your family and your […]
— submitted by Rick Kenner, M.A.A.Ed., Oxford Prep School Athletic Director and Golf Coach The NCAC opened the regular season (March 5th) at South Granville Country Club with Oxford Prep, Roxboro Community School, Franklin Academy, Vance Charter, Voyager Academy, Falls Lake Academy, and East Wake Academy all competing. Franklin Academy took the top spot with a […]
— press release from Franklin County Sheriff Kent Winstead On March 6, 2018, the Franklin County Sheriffs Office Drug Unit and Community Action Team arrested Milton Ray Reid, a Franklin County resident on 29 Felony Drug charges. Milton Ray Reid was charged with the following: one (1) count of Trafficking in Cocaine by Delivery, one (1) count […]
— courtesy VGCC The Culinary Arts program at Vance-Granville Community College is inviting the public to enjoy a gourmet lunch prepared by students on Thursday, March 15, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The luncheon will be held at the Masonic Home for Children on College Street in Oxford, where the Culinary program is based. […]
— Dean Smith (left) and Woody Durham (right), photo courtesy of UNC Sports Information — story courtesy of UNC Sports Information Carolina’s Woody Durham Dies at the Age of 76 CHAPEL HILL –– Woody Durham, the beloved and iconic Hall of Fame voice of Carolina Basketball and Football for 40 years, died peacefully at […]
You may be eligible for assistance with your home heating costs. An additional grant of funding has made it possible to apply for home heat payment assistance through the Vance County Department of Social Services and a program called Low Income Energy Assistance. Please follow this link for LIEP. Please check out the Vance County […]
— submitted information from Granville County Public Schools Career and College Promise Information Session: Parents and Community Members – Plan to come out March 13, 2018 at 6:00 pm at the Oxford Housing Authority to learn about FREE college courses for students in our high schools. The address of the OHA facility is 101 Hillside […]
The Henderson Police Department, in cooperation with H-V Crime Stoppers, wants to re-run the following February Crimes of the Month. New March Crimes of the Month will also be available soon. Press Release – Tuesday, February 12, 2018 On Wednesday, February 7, 2018 around 10:20 PM members of the Henderson Police Department responded to Temco […]
— submitted by Granville County Public Schools NOTICE TO PUBLIC AND PRESS The Granville County Board of Education will meet in Regular Session on Monday, March 5, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. at the Board of Education Administrative Offices, 101 Delacroix Street, Oxford, North Carolina, North Carolina. The Board will meet in Closed Session for Personnel/Attorney […]
