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 Triangle North Healthcare Foundation’s Grant Awards Top $1 Million By Val Short, Executive Director Triangle North Healthcare Foundation Triangle North Healthcare Foundation has achieved a new milestone with the recent approval by the Board of Directors of $300,000 in grant awards to local organizations in the Foundation’s fifth grant cycle. The 2017 […]
It’s the big game, the Optimist Bowl, and you need to be there in person at Southern Vance High School. Like and share on Facebook, Tweet your friends, bring a neighbor. And, if you can’t make it to the game, be sure to listen live on 1450 AM WIZS and online at wizs.com. Click on […]
Press Release – November 1, 2017 For the 2017 Holiday Season, the Henderson Police Department and the Vance County Sheriff’s Office have partnered with the Vance County Department of Social Services to assist children and families in the City of Henderson and Vance County during the holiday season through the “Shop with a Cop” program. […]
Mark Ferri is a local volunteer at The Vance County Animal Shelter. He joined WIZS for TownTalk Today at about the 11:40 a.m. Mark in the show. He is also a veteran. It turns out that walking a dog is both good for the animal and good for the person, especially as it can help […]
WIZS has been asked to announce: The First United Methodist Church of Henderson will host its annual United Methodist Women’s Fall Bazaar on Saturday, November 4th, 2017. The bazaar is from 7 a.m. until noon at First United Methodist Church, corner of Garnett and Church Streets in downtown Henderson. Full Southern country breakfast served 7 […]
— courtesy VGCC Vance-Granville Community College, in partnership with the Project Life Movement, held a three-day, three-campus bone marrow registration drive in October. The service project was led by students and faculty in the VGCC Radiography program. The result was that 40 people joined the national registry of potential bone marrow donors. Students, faculty and […]
— Courtesy DEA RALEIGH, NC – The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the establishment of six new enforcement teams focused on combatting the flow of heroin and illicit fentanyl. “At a time when overdose deaths are at catastrophic levels, the DEA’s top priority is addressing the opioid epidemic and pursuing the criminal organizations that distribute […]
— courtesy Oxford Prep Oxford Preparatory School Readies for 2017/2018 Enrollment and 6th Grade Expansion Applications for new 6th – 12th grade student enrollments for the 2018 – 2019 school year will be available at oxfordprep.org and available in the school office when Open Enrollment begins on Monday, November 6th. Oxford Preparatory School (OPS) is […]
— press release from HomeCare Elite Maria Parham Regional Home Health named as a top agency of the 2017 ABILITY | HomeCare Elite HENDERSON, N.C. – Maria Parham Regional Home Health today announced that it has been named a top agency of the 2017 HomeCare Elite®, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the […]
— courtesy VGCC Vance-Granville Community College held a “Manufacturing Day” celebration on Thursday, Oct. 5, in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. Nearly 200 high school students from Franklin, Granville, Vance and Warren counties attended, along with VGCC students, educators and other members of the community. They learned about how […]
