During his recent job interview, Scout Hughes was fielding questions about his interests, abilities and long-term goals, but he was also gathering information about his prospective place of business.
Just three days in, Hughes said what he was told during that recent interview is absolutely true: WIZS is a hometown radio station, and his new co-workers are a close-knit bunch.
And although the young broadcaster is not from Henderson, he does have family here, he said during an introductory interview on Wednesday’s TownTalk. His grandfather is Howard Hughes, and his dad is Joe, Hughes’s younger son.
He graduated from Liberty University with a degree in sports journalism, and he worked at the school’s radio station there for 3 ½ years.
“I knew that I wanted to get into broadcasting,” Hughes said, and figured sports would be the way to pursue that goal.
As a new college graduate, Hughes landed a part-time job at radio stations WPAQ and WSYD in his hometown of Mt. Airy.
There, he covered high school football for nearby Galax, VA, whose team won the 1A championship, and also covered Wake Forest University and UNC football for the two stations.
This year, he’ll be in the booth as the primary play-by-play broadcaster for Vance County High School Friday Night Football, a role he’s looking forward to.
Other duties have been described to him as administrative, which Hughes explains as a “big ‘umbrella’ word for EVERYTHING.”
Welcome to Henderson and to WIZS, Scout!
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