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 cover photo shows last year’s Oxford Prep Middle School softball team following an undefeated inaugural season. The following sports information entries were submitted by Oxford Prep coaches: Oxford Prep Softball Coach Tommy Anstead emailed WIZS News and said, “The Griffins defeated Falls Lake yesterday 6 – 2. It was a well played game by both […]
May 8th Primary To Have 3 Dems Running for Sheriff The filing deadline was noon Wednesday, February 28, 2018, and Faye Gill, the director of the Vance County Board of Elections, provided WIZS News with all the local filers for Vance County. Filing to run for Vance County Sheriff were Democrats Billy Gooch, Curtis Brame […]
Please note that the Granville County Chamber’s 1st Annual Casino Night event, DENIM AND DIAMONDS, has been postponed from this Saturday, March 3, to Friday, September 28th.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 2018 VGCC schedules tax seminar for small businesses The Vance-Granville Community College Small Business Center, in partnership with Woodforest National Bank and the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce, is offering a “Lunch Break to Educate” seminar on “Tax Planning & Reporting for a Small Business” on Wednesday, March 7, from […]
This is a special programming note for today. TownTalk will be replaced today only with a special edition of the “WIZS Beach Music Blast” from 11 a.m. until 11:55 a.m. with Trey Snide. Hope you can tune in at 1450 AM or online at wizs.com, click on listen live. Feedback welcome on Facebook, Twitter, or […]
(Congratulations to The Daily Dispatch!) — by Dispatch staff — republished with permission The Daily Dispatch received nine awards in its division in the annual North Carolina Press Association contest, which included entries from October 2016 to September 2017. “I am thrilled to see our staff’s work honored,” said Nancy Wykle, publisher and editor of […]
— information based on written submission of Claire Catherwood The West End Community Watch group met February 20, and the speaker was Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow. He began by recounting recent police activity which has been heavy over the last week, including an officer involved shooting, a shooting near a popular local establishment and […]
Two Vance County Committees to Meet Feb 26 and Feb 27 Please review two press releases from Kelly Grissom, clerk to the board and executive assistant, with Vance County and the board of commissioners. Please note that the County’s water committee (Wilder, Brummitt, Taylor) is scheduled to meet Monday, February 26 at 4:00 p.m. in […]
According to a press release from Franklin County, the convenient site on Highway 56, the Edward Best site, will be open today until 7 p.m. In the release, Franklin County apologized for “difficulties/inconveniences citizens have experienced over the last two business days.” The site is normally closed on Thursday, but, in light of the unusual […]
The following is a press release written by Paul McKenzie, Agricultural Extension Agent, Vance/Warren Counties: The theme for the annual Master Gardener(sm) Symposium, to be held on March 24th at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market, is “Backyard Gardening: Changing Times, Changing Conditions.” The keynote speaker will be Sam Pearsall, formerly of the North Carolina […]
