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.
If you missed the noon prayer service today at Henderson City Hall, you can listen to that service below. WIZS will broadcast another service tonight at 7 o’clock from Southern Vance High School. You can listen tonight on WIZS 1450 AM or online at wizs.com/listennow.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016 CHAPEL HILL – University of North Carolina junior forward Kennedy Meeks will withdraw from the 2016 NBA Draft process and return to UNC for his senior season in 2016-17. The Charlotte, N.C., native has averaged 9.4 points and 6.5 rebounds and shot […]
Reminder to past participants and all who are interested, the Henderson Rec Players will be holding auditions this weekend for the upcoming summer productions. Auditions are this Saturday, May 7th at 2 P.M. at First Baptist Church. Please call 252-431-6091 with any questions or simply be at First Baptist at 2 P.M. this Saturday for […]
New Access Control System Begins May 16 at Six Schools Vance County Schools will pilot its new Access Control System at six schools beginning on Monday, May 16, 2016. The Access Control System, custom made by top locksmiths Arlington, involves having all school entrances locked during the school day and requires all visitors to identify […]
Vance County Schools is now conducting its annual “Give Five – Read Five” book donation campaign. The campaign, which will end on Friday, May 27, involves encouraging local residents to donate new or gently used books for students in our 10 elementary schools. Residents who want to donate books may simply take their donations to […]
Vance-Granville Community College’s 32nd Annual Endowment Fund Golf Tournament, presented by Union Bank, which was scheduled for Tuesday, May 3, 2016, has been postponed due to the forecast of inclement weather. The tournament, held at the Henderson Country Club, has been rescheduled for Monday, May 23, with a rain date of Monday, June 6. Morning […]
The 2016 NFL Draft kicks off tonight at 8 p.m. Check out these #ACCFootball draft notes supplied by @theACC. In last year’s NFL Draft, the Atlantic Coast Conference had nine players chosen in the first round, which tied for the highest total nationally. Over the past two years, the ACC has had 89 players chosen […]
For just shy of 30 years, WIZS Radio has presented Henderson-Vance Recreation and Parks Department Baseball and Softball. Through the years these broadcasts have been presented with various different special features in addition to the play by play call of the game. To compliment the games being heard on the radio at 1450 AM and […]
The Vance County Appearance Commission is sponsoring another Henderson-Vance Spring Litter Sweep Week, April 18-23, and a Henderson-Vance Recycling Day on Saturday, April 23, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the parking lot of the City Operations Center on Beckford Drive in Henderson. The Spring Litter Sweep Week is part of the North Carolina […]
The executive director of Franklin Granville Vance Smart Start, Inc., Carolyn Paylor, passed away on Saturday, April 16th. Garry Daeke, development coordinator, told WIZS that his Facebook post on Franklin Granville Vance Smart Start Inc.’s page were feelings expressed directly from the staff. He wrote, “It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that our […]
