Rob Waiz

Robert L. Waiz, Jr (born January 30, 1963) is a politician of Jeffersonville, Indiana. He works in real estate and has been on the city council and served as mayor. Waiz, a Democrat, was first elected mayor in 2003, defeating two-term incumbent Tom Galligan in the May Democratic primary and then defeating Republican Monty Snelling in the November general election. On May 8, 2007, he lost the Democrat primary against Galligan; who went on to win the general election in November 2007. Rob Waiz was the youngest mayor elected in the city's modern history.

Biography

Robert L. Waiz, Jr was born January 30, 1963 in Louisville, Kentucky to Bob and Barbara Waiz. He and his sister were raised in Jeffersonville. Waiz is a graduate of Our Lady of Providence High School class of 1981 in Clarksville, Indiana and Indiana University Southeast in 1986 with a Bachelors in Business Management. He and his wife, Susan, have two children Lena and Robert. On January 11, 2011, Waiz announced that he will seek the mayor's office again this year. He'll challenge current Mayor Tom Galligan — who ousted him in the May 2007 primary — and Clark County Commissioner Mike Moore for the Democratic Party's nod in May's primary.

WAIZ

WAIZ (630 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format to the Hickory, North Carolina, USA area. The station is currently owned by Newton-Conover Communications, Inc.

The format recreates a format resembling a 1960s Top 40 station by using the jingles and other airchecks from WAYS (which was the original "Big Ways"), a legendary Charlotte Top 40 station from the 1960s. Since the callsign and frequency of the original "Big Ways" was different, the jingles and airchecks used are those that feature the words "Big Ways" rather than the actual callsign or frequency.

WAIZ's music is drawn largely from the late 1950s and early 1960s, an era largely ignored by many oldies stations in their efforts to appeal to Baby Boomers. It often refers to its music as "Real Oldies".

The morning drive time is the only time that the station features live on-air announcers, when it simulcasts with its corporate sibling WNNC from nearby Newton, North Carolina. During this time, the music shifts to oldies from the '60s and '70s, which form the basis of WNNC's playlist. This portion of the broadcast day also features a filler segment called "Something You Should Know" at 8:30 AM. During the rest of the broadcast day, the station utilizes an automated format, with no live on-air personalities. Songs are played back-to-back, separated by various forms of the station's jingle, pre-recorded weather forecasts, or a filler segment from The History Channel called "This Week in History."