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.
— by Velvet (WIZS Announcer and Account Representative) The Methodist Men of Union Chapel United Methodist Church, 6535 Raleigh Road, are having their fall Stew Sale, Saturday, September 30. $7.00 per quart. Orders are pre-sell only and you can place your order by phoning John Frazier at 252-438-7788. Stew orders will be ready for pickup […]
The Town of Warrenton is proud to announce its first ever Family Movie Night on the historic courthouse square. The event begins about 7 p.m. Saturday. The feature film will be the 2016 Disney feature “The Jungle Book.” In an email to WIZS News, Mike Coffman, Town of Warrenton Commissioner, said the town recently bought […]
If you visit the Henderson YMCA webpage, you’ll learn that flu shots are being offered on Monday, Oct 2nd from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. at the Henderson Family YMCA. Flu shots at the YMCA are with Granville-Vance Public Health. Your health matters, and you should fight influenza. The cost is $25 or you can […]
Full Vance County Friday Night Football and Team Schedules are below. — by Jeff Jenkins SV at Webb Preview After last Friday’s trip to Stem, to dish out a serious 50-19 beat-down on 1A conference-mate Granville Central, 2-3 Southern Vance continues its 3-week tour of Granville County tonight (Friday) with a short trip to J. […]
WIZS News has been asked to announce the following as a public service: VGCC invites community to Manufacturing Day Are you looking for a career in manufacturing? There are job opportunities in our region right now! Find out more by attending “Manufacturing Day” at the Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center on Thursday, October 5, from […]
— information courtesy Vance County Regional Farmers Market OPEN September 16 & 20 from 7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FARMERS AND CRAFTSMEN We need your support! While summer officially ends next week (the first day of Fall is September 21st!), we continue to have a nice variety of summer produce available at […]
— courtesy Vance County Schools Vance County Schools has begun a “We Inspire 2.0” initiative for the 2017-2018 school year as the district’s second year in training local educators on how to effectively use technology to enhance daily classroom instruction with students. The district hosted a “Draft Day” event for this year’s initiative in the […]
— news release courtesy of VGCC A group of students from Vance-Granville Community College recently received scholarships through the Golden LEAF Scholarship program for the North Carolina Community College System. The scholarship program, designed to help North Carolinians attend the state’s community colleges, is funded through a $750,000 grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. The […]
— information courtesy of NC and Vance County Cooperative Extension Service Community agencies and the faith-based community have joined forces to help feed Vance County! On Thursday, September 14, 2017 the NC Central/Eastern Food Bank will be distributing bags of food to community members who are in need of food at the Vance County Regional Farmers Market. […]
— courtesy Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce The third and final concert of the season will feature Liquid Pleasure. After more than two decades of bringing audiences to their feet, this band has become a multi-cultural icon. Veteran member Melvin Farrington says, “We love being in touch with people like us, who love a variety of […]
