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.
Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers Raises over $10,000 at Annual Golf Tournament Henderson, NC – The Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers raised over $10,000 during their 6th Annual Golf Tournament at Kerr Lake Country Club. The tournament took place on May 18th. Closest to the hole prizes were provided by Sams Furniture and Mattress Center, Carolina Carpet and Flooring […]
Corbitt trucks played a vital role in transportation around the world, all after being assembled right here in Henderson, NC. This role was especially evident during WWII. Now, Corbitt and The Corbitt Preservation Association will participate in the NC Transportation Museum’s Salute the Troops activities on July 1 and July 2. (Be sure to click […]
Free Concert Saturday, July 1, 2017 at Fox Pond
Robot call advises water users to boil water. The robot call to customers on Monday night said, “Kerr Lake Regional Water Plant is back producing water at this time. Normal system water pressure is expected sometime tomorrow (Tuesday). There may be fire hydrants flowing water to help in this process. Do not call 911 to […]
Monday night in closed session, the Vance Charter School board voted 9-4 to reinstate its principal, Sean Connolly. The closed session lasted 30 minutes, followed by the announcement that Connolly was reinstated as principal with stipulations until July 17th. Connolly was suspended in late April, and the news story from that date is linked here. […]
(Video at facebook.com/wizsradio) For the second time in 13 years, fire has destroyed the warehouse space of ETC in Henderson, a local manufacturer of floor pads, cleaning pads, mops, brushes and more. (https://www.etcpads.com/about-us/) As of this report at 2:15 p.m. Monday, no one has been injured. Henderson Fire Chief Steve Cordell said one member of […]
— by Susan Rose Thomas C. (Tom) Church Jr. was awarded the 2017 Citizen of the Year Award through the Awahili District, Occoneechee Council, of the Boy Scouts of America Thursday night at the Henderson Country Club. The award is named after George Rose Watkins Sr. Dinner was served and three testimonials followed. Rev. Donald […]
The Relay for Life of Vance County is scheduled to proceed as planned Friday, according to Jon Charest, a community manager with the American Cancer Society. He said this was a local decision made by the local committee. Rain will not be an issue. If there is lightning, that changes things for safety reasons. WIZS […]
The 2017 Embrace Henderson Family Spectacular was attended by 745 guests, 21 decisions for Christ and 130 volunteers worked the event this past Saturday. Another big day for the local Embrace event, which was the 7th annual gathering.
The principal of Vance Charter School, Sean Connolly, has been suspended until the charges against him are resolved. Monday night, appearing before the school’s board of directors, Connolly read from a prepared statement, which Vance Charter School has made available to WIZS News. In the statement, Connolly said, “…I believe that I will be exonerated…I […]
