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Olympics and Valentines Day!!

Today was a fun Who Knew Wednesday with lattes, new friends, Olympics, and Valentine’s Day! Here’s what we talked about:

National Latte Day:

A latte is a coffee drink made with espresso and steamed milk. The term as used in English is a shortened form of the Italian café latte, caffeate or Caffe latte, which means “milk coffee”. National Latte Day was created in celebration of the tastiness and wakefulness promoting qualities of coffee!

National Make A New Friend Day:

Friends serve a vital role in everyone’s lives. They are one of life’s most valuable assets. New friends can broaden our horizons by helping us to see new perspectives, challenging us to try something different, or connecting us to opportunities. Meeting new people can help sharpen our social skills and keep us from becoming lonely.

Valentine’s Day:

Chocolate Boxes: Richard Cadbury produced the first heart-shaped box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day in 1861. Roses by the Millions: Approximately 250 million roses are grown annually specifically for the holiday. Candy Hearts: Conversation hearts originally started as medical lozenges before a machine was invented to print messages on them in the late 1800s. Pet Love: The Bugbee Senior Center says Americans are estimated to spend over $700 million on Valentine’s Day gifts for their pets each year.

Olympics- Whats the difference between Milan and Cortina?

The 2026 Winter Olympics, officially named Milano Cortina 2026, are uniquely split between two primary, geographically distinct hubs, separating urban “ice” sports in Milan from mountain “snow” events in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Situated about 400 km (250 miles) apart, Milan hosts indoor sports like hockey and figure skating, while Cortina hosts Alpine skiing and sliding events, creating the most spread-out Winter Games in history.

You could win a fabulous prize from February 2nd through 12th! Each day of the contest, our DJs will select Valentine’s gifts to put in the WNZR Valentine’s box. During The Morning Thing and The Afternoon Drive, the DJs will give a cue to call 740-397-WNZR (9697). Caller #5 gets the chance to answer a Valentine’s question to win a prize. PLUS, every winner this year gets entered into a drawing for one of our 3 grand prizes! Congratulations to Cathy of Mount Vernon for participating and taking home a $10 gift card to Burrata Woodfired and to Grace of Mount Vernon for taking home two “you pick two” vouchers from Panera Bread!

Who am I?

I was born today, February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio. I passed away on October 18, 1931, in West Orange, New Jersey.

I had very little formal schooling, was homeschooled by my mother, and educated myself.

After countless failures prior to success, I am most famous for inventing the light bulb.

I am also known for inventing or improving major technologies like the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the carbon microphone.

I pioneered the first industrial research lab in Menlo, New Jersey, which coined my nickname, “The Wizard of Menlo Park”.

I am… Thomas Edison! Congratulations to Eric of Fredericktown for guessing our Who am I correctly and taking home a $5 gift card to Watts Restaurant in Utica!

Tune in Tomorrow for Praise Thursday with Joe, Brook Abella, and Gabriella!

Thanks so much for listening!

– Joe and Gabriella 🙂

February 11, 2026 0

Megan Woods Headlining Her FIRST Concert Series “The Truth Tour”

After joining Big Daddy Weave on their Let It Begin Tour in 2025, Megan Woods is headlining her first ever tour named after her breakout hit, titled The Truth Tour.

Joining Megan on these nights will be special guests Caleb & John and Jeremy Rosado. This tour will be all about worship, messages of identity in Jesus Christ, and songs full of God’s redeeming love.

This tour is coming to Ohio! Megan will be at the Celestia Theatre in Wadsworth, Ohio on Friday, April 24!

If you want to be a part of this night, ticket information can be found HERE!

You can read more about The Truth Tour HERE!

Amish Country is a beautiful place to take your spouse, your family, or your friends! If you’ve never been to a concert in there, what better way to experience one than with Cochren & Co. with his hits like Running Home, Church (Take Me Back), and One Day.

You can catch Cochren & Co. this month, on Saturday, February 21, at the Ohio Star Theatre in Sugarcreek, Ohio!

If you want to be a part of this evening, ticket information can be found HERE!

We had a new set of lyrics for Song Poetry this week!

Here were this week’s lyrics:

You’re pushing back the dark to get me closer to the light
Somebody tell my enemies there’s nowhere left to hide
You told me it’s Your battle, God, so I need You to fight
‘Cause if I’m going to live, then there’s some things that need to die

This week’s Song Poetry lyrics were from No Survivors by Jeremy Camp!

Congratulations to Nathan from Mount Vernon for correctly guessing the song title and artist, taking home a $5 gift card to Watts Restaurant in Utica!

Tune in on Wednesday with Joe Rinehart and Gabriella Stanley for fun facts on Who Knew Wednesday and a game of Who Am I?.

Thank you for listening!
– Joe and Ethan

February 10, 2026 0

Spread Love and Prayer!!

For ending relationships focus on spiritual well-being, alignment with biblical values, and maintaining peace .When there is any lack of peace/internal disquiet, unsafety, hindrance to spiritual growth, unequal yoking, unrepentant behavior/bad character, lack of clear guidance/confirmation, you need to rethink the relationship and talk about it or LEAVE!! You should be seeking God’s will, focus on holiness, and prioritizing God over worldly relationships.

Joe’s Monday Motivation: You might’ve felt lost or helpless and that’s never the case. You aren’t powerless if you have a plan. One way to help fight against feeling powerless is have a plan for prayer. Read the Bible and think about things YOU can pray about. Have three things ready to go to prayer about yourself, have three things you can pray about that are stressing you, and have three things that you can pray about for other people close to you or people you think about. God is our ARMERED tank.

You could win a fabulous prize from February 2nd through 12th! Each day of the contest, our DJs will select Valentine’s gifts to put in the WNZR Valentine’s box. During The Morning Thing and The Afternoon Drive, the DJs will give a cue to call 740-397-WNZR (9697). Caller #5 gets the chance to answer a Valentine’s question to win a prize. Congratulations to Trevor of Saint Louisville for taking home a $10 gift card to Dancing Bee Market & Studio and getting registered for the grand drawing!

Name a famous David:

David from the Bible (40)

David Letterman (11)

David Copperfield (7)

David Niven (6)

David Hasselhoff (6)

Dave Chappelle (6

Congratulations to Chris of Gambier for guessing the top two answers correctly and taking home TWO $5 gift cards to Watts Restaurant in Utica!

Tune in Tomorrow for Artist Newsday and Gamete Tuesday with Ethan and Joe!

Thanks so much for listening!

– Joe and Gabriella 🙂

February 9, 2026 0

The NZ Top 10 for 2/6/2026

We’re already in the month of February! This week’s NZ Top 10 we saw a new song take the spot of #1 after Jamie MacDonald’s 9-week streak throughout the start of the year.

Here is this week’s countdown:

10. Josiah Queen – Dusty Bibles

09. Anne Wilson – God Story

08. For KING & COUNTRY ft. Taylor Hill – World On Fire

07. Crowder – STILL

06. Chris Tomlin – How Good It Is

05. TobyMac – Heaven On My Mind

04. Seph Schlueter – Won’t Start Now

03. Lauren Daigle – Let It Be A Hallelujah

02. Jamie MacDonald – Left It In The River (previously #1 for 9 weeks)

01. Jeremy Camp – No Survivors (previously #2 for 7 weeks)

New Music This Week:

Tasha Layton – Meet Me In The Valley

Andrew Ripp – I’d Do It Again

The Super Bowl is taking place this Sunday! We hope you’re excited to see the New England Patriots face the Seattle Seahawks. We know Natalie Grant is! She is a loyal super fan of the Seahawks, and she’ll be cheering on her team this Sunday.

Did you know Natalie Grant sang the National Anthem at a Seahawks game a few years ago? You can watch her performance HERE!

Don’t forget! WNZR is continuing our Spread the Love Valentine’s Giveaway next week!

Each day of the contest, our DJs will select Valentine’s gifts to put in the WNZR Valentine’s box.
During The Morning Thing and The Afternoon Drive, the DJs will give a cue to call 740-397-WNZR (9697).

Caller #5 gets the chance to answer a Valentine’s question to win a prize.

You can learn more about this contest on our website HERE!

Thank you for listening!
– Joe and Ethan

February 6, 2026 0

New Dynamic Duo on The Afternoon Drive?!

Today on Praise Thursday we introduced a new co-host that will be with us for the 4 o’clock hour every Thursday, Brook Abella! Here’s what we talked about:

Brook Abella’s Devotional: Let God’s word wash over you! Spend some time to accept God’s light and let it shine on you, so you can point it in the direction of others! You should TRY to be like God!

Gabriella’s Devotional: Who is our neighbor? EVERYONE!! We should be a kind soul to everyone we come across and show them how a Christian should be. To read more click HERE!

Joe’s Devotional: Be a listener! In order to have a conversation you should should be just as good as listening as you do talking. Listen to the words that are spoke around and to you, so you can fully understand who people are. People should only be speaking the truth, but it’s up to you to fact check it. No one else. YOU!

You could win a fabulous prize from February 2nd through 12th! Each day of the contest, our DJs will select Valentine’s gifts to put in the WNZR Valentine’s box. During The Morning Thing and The Afternoon Drive, the DJs will give a cue to call 740-397-WNZR (9697). Caller #5 gets the chance to answer a Valentine’s question to win a prize. Congratulations to Tim of Mansfield for winning a $10 gift card to Burrata Woodfired and getting registered to be in the grand prize drawing!

This Week’s Name That Tune was “Testify” by NEEDTOBREATHE. Congratulations to Jessica of Mount Vernon guessing correctly and taking home a $5 gift card to Watt’s Restaurant in Utica!

Tune in Tomorrow to The NZ Top 10 with Ethan and Joe!

Thanks so much for listening!

– Gabriella, Brook Abella, and Joe 🙂

February 5, 2026 0

Sweater Weather!!

WHO KNEW FACT CHECK- National Homemade Soup Day

WHO KNEW FACT CHECK- Thank a Mail Carrier Day

WHO KNEW FACT CHECK- National Sweater Day

You could win a fabulous prize from February 2nd through 12th! Each day of the contest, our DJs will select Valentine’s gifts to put in the WNZR Valentine’s box. During The Morning Thing and The Afternoon Drive, the DJs will give a cue to call 740-397-WNZR (9697). Caller #5 gets the chance to answer a Valentine’s question to win a prize. Congratulations to Krista Hottinger for winning a $10 gift card to Burrata Woodfired and to Brody for winning a “pick 2 voucher” to Panera!

Who am I?

I was born today, January 28, 1981 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

I started my acting career at a young age in the early 1990s, with notable roles, like Mike in Radio Flyer and Mark Evans in The Good Son.

My most famous role is for playing Frodo in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

I am also a voice actor, most notably voicing Mumble in Happy Feet and Spyro in The Legend of Spyro video game series.

I co-founded the production company SpectreVision, which focusses on independent and genre films.

I am… Elijah Wood! Congratulations to April of Mount Gilead. for guessing correctly and taking home TWO $5 gift cards to Watts Restaurant in Utica!

Tune in Tomorrow for Praise Thursday with Brookabella and Gabriella!

– Joe and Gabriella 🙂

February 4, 2026 0

Brandon Lake, CeCe Winans, and Jelly Roll at the GRAMMY Awards!!

The 68th Annual GRAMMY Awards took place last Sunday, and a couple of your WNZR artists took one home this past weekend!

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: Brandon Lake + Jelly Roll – Hard Fought Hallelujah

Brandon Lake had the honor of receiving his sixth GRAMMY Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song, with his song Hard Fought Hallelujah. Once again, instead of taking the glory for himself, he gives it all back to Jesus, stating, “If it wasn’t for Jesus, I don’t know where I would be, y’all.”

Read more about what Brandon Lake said HERE!

Best Gospel Performance/Song Winner: CeCe Winans featuring Shirley Ceasar – Come Jesus Come

CeCe Winans does it again, taking home her 18th GRAMMY Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song with Come Jesus Come featuring Shirley Ceasar.

Read more about CeCe Winans’ award winnings HERE!

Best Contemporary Country Album: Jelly Roll – Beautifully Broken

Jelly Roll, heard on Brandon Lake’s Hard Fought Hallelujah, took home his third GRAMMY Award for Best Contemporary Country Album, Beautifully Broken.

What’s beautiful is when Jelly Roll accepted this award, he gave ALL the glory to Jesus! You can see his passion during this speech, stating, “Jesus is for EVERYBODY!”

Read more about Jelly Roll at the GRAMMY Awards HERE!

We had a double stumper from last week! These Song Poetry lyrics are worth three $5 gift cards to Watts Restaurant in Utica!

Here were this week’s lyrics:

And I don’t need to see it to believe it
For my whole life, You’ve been that all I’ve needed
And I, I’ve felt You in the fire and the rain

These Song Poetry lyrics were from Whisper and the Wind by bodie!

Congratulations to Erica from Howard for figuring out this three-week stumper, and correctly guessing the song title and artist, taking home three $5 gift cards to Watts Restaurant in Utica!

We’ll see you on Wednesday for a game of Who Am I? and Who Knew? fun facts for Who Knew Wednesday!

Thank you for listening!
– Xander and Ethan

February 3, 2026 0

Find Purpose in Solitude!!

On this Monday Motivation we shared scripture to keep you moving! Plus we had our Mystery Monday, Family Feud question AND we started Spread The Love Giveaway! Here’s what we talked about:

Always remember when you’re lost, God is with you. You are never truly alone and you are actively being sought by God. If you can’t hear his voice speaking with you, find peace in solitude. There is a purpose in solitude and if you have struggles quieting the noise do a five minute prep to get ready for solitude. Always remember there is direction in solitude and God always has a plan for YOU!

Are we listening to God, THE CREATURE’S words or are we listening to false truths? The bible talks about communication many times and there is a war between grace and deceit. We have to look into the words we trust because some words are hallow truths and aren’t God’s truth. Grace wins every time. Words carry a powerful tune and direction. It is vital we fully listen to words so we can hear exactly what is being said. God wants to enlighten us, but the devil wants to deceive us. More importantly are we speaking the truth or are our opinions taking over? Listen to God’s word to get the full story and redirect your focus.

You could win a fabulous prize from February 2nd through 12th! Each day of the contest, our DJs will select Valentine’s gifts to put in the WNZR Valentine’s box. During The Morning Thing and The Afternoon Drive, the DJs will give a cue to call 740-397-WNZR (9697). Caller #5 gets the chance to answer a Valentine’s question to win a prize. Congratulations to Jeffery of Utica for taking home a $10 gift certificate to Dancing Bee Market and Studio in Mount Vernon and getting registered for our Grand Prize Drawing!