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Town Talk 08/26/19: VGCC’s Continuing Education Provides Skilled Local Workforce
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm Dawn Michelle Tucker, Dean of Adult Basic Skills and Continuing Education at Vance-Granville Community College, was the guest of honor on Monday’s edition of WIZS’ Town Talk. Celebrating 50 years of serving and educating the community, Tucker said the college continues to
Town Talk 08/22/19: Short Discusses Changes to 911 Infrastructure, Hurricane Season
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm For Thursday’s edition of Town Talk, WIZS’ John Charles Rose took a “virtual radio tour” through the Henderson -Vance Emergency Operations Center with director Brian Short. The Emergency Operations Center includes both the 911 Center and Emergency Management, an entity typically activated
Town Talk 08/21/19: City of Henderson Names Walters Full-Time DDC Director
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm With the recent hiring of Kathy Walters as the full-time director of the Henderson-Vance Downtown Development Commission (DDC), the City of Henderson is one step closer to reestablishing its North Carolina Main Street Program status. After eleven years of employment with the
Town Talk 08/20/19: Vipers Kick Off Friday Night Football With Game Against Bunn
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm It’s officially football season, and WIZS has you covered locally with “Vance County Friday Night Football” live every Friday evening on 1450AM, 100.1 FM, and via live stream at www.wizs.com. Coverage begins at 6:45 p.m.; kickoff and play-by-play coverage begin at 7
Town Talk 08/19/19: Salvation Army Welcomes Derrick & Odessa Smith
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm Vance County’s Salvation Army recently welcomed new leaders Lts. Derrick and Odessa Smith, a husband-and-wife team last stationed in Alamance County. The Smiths take over for the recently retired Captain Rick Langley and wife Angie who headed the local Salvation Army operation
Town Talk 08/16/19
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm
Town Talk 08/15/19
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm
WIZS Celebrates FM Anniv., Announces Sat. Event at Ribeyes
Approximately one year ago today, WIZS quietly celebrated a big event in its now 64-year history – its first broadcast on an FM radio station. Since first flipping the switch to enter the airwaves on May 1, 1955, WIZS has broadcast on 1450AM. At exactly noon on August 17, 2018, after years of planning and
Town Talk 08/13/19: What You Need to Know About NC’s Medicaid Transformation
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm Vance County Department of Social Services’ Denita DeVega, director, and Goldie Davis, program administrator of economic services, were on Tuesday’s edition of WIZS’ Town Talk to discuss changes to Medicaid requirements. As part of the first phase of the Medicaid Transformation, Vance
Town Talk 08/09/19
100.1 FM / 1450 AM WIZS; Local News broadcasts M-F 8am, 12pm, 5pm
