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Water Coolers, Tomato Shows, and Who Knew Wednesday!

Today on The Afternoon Drive we went On The Road With Big Blue for the 48th Fredericktown Tomato Show in downtown Fredericktown! Marcy shared updates with the Big Blue Crew as they had tons of fun, including a message from our friend Brad: “Come to the Fredericktown Tomato Show and meet the Big Blue Crew!”

We also shared some weird facts about water coolers for Who Knew Wednesday…who knew a song by the 80s band Toto could be named after one?

The 1982 hit song “Rosanna” by Toto, commonly believed to have been written about Rosanna Arquette, the actress daughter of Patricia and David Arquette, is actually about David Paich’s childhood water cooler, a Glacier Bay 5 Gallon Hot, Room and Cold Water Dispenser. Paich nicknamed the watercooler Rosanna, which unfortunately met her end in an accident during Paich’s parents’ move from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara in 1980- PointsInCase.com

-I was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma

-I was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame (1955), was named Commentator of the Year in 1962 by Radio/TV Daily, and in 1979 was inducted to the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame

-In 2005 Pres. George W. Bush presented me with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

-My shows aired daily on 1,750 radio stations worldwide and had more than twenty-four million listeners weekly

…I am Paul Harvey!

Congratulations to David from Fredericktown for naming the right person! He wins a $5 Gift Card to Watts Restaurant.

Thanks for listening!

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Fredericktown Tomato Show & Social Work

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Today on the show I talked about several things that are happening at the Fredericktown Tomato Show. Make sure to sign up to win our prizes on our website wnzr.fm. You can also enter to win the prizes while in downtown Fredericktown at the Tomato Show. Come on out and stop by to see the Big Blue Crew! We also went live from the Tomato Show to talk to Alyssa Sidle of the Big Blue Crew on some of the interesting things that are happening at the Tomato Show. I also gave away two tickets to Sonfest 2023. And of course, our weekly Who am I? trivia question where one lucky person will win a $5 gift card to Watts Restaurant.

Congratulations to Krista of Howard for guessing the correct answer! She wins two tickets to Sonfest 2023.

  • I was born on September 6, 1860, in Cedarville, Illinois.
  • I was the eighth of nine children.
  • My father was a prosperous miller and also a political leader. He served for 16 years as a state senator, and he also fought in the Civil War.
  • In 1905, I was appointed to Chicago’s Board of Education and was made chairman of the School Management Committee.
  • I was the leader in the women’s suffrage movement and advocated for world peace. I was arguably the most prominent reformer of the progressive era.
  • I won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 for my work as a social worker in America. I am recognized as the founder of the social work profession in the United States
  • I died on May 21, 1935, at the age of 74.

…..I am Jane Addams

Congratulations to Nathan of Mount Vernon for guessing the correct answer! He wins a $5 gift card to Watts Restaurant.

Thanks for listening!

-Dylan

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Finding Refuge While We Wait

Today, we celebrated Praise Thursday with two special devotionals from Emma and I!

Emma shared a devo from the Bible App, it’s Day 1 of a 7 day series called “While We Wait”. If you want to finish out the series for yourself, you can find the rest here

I shared a devotional from Our Daily Bread, entitled “Finding Refuge”. Sheridan Voysey shares from Isaiah 25, making a connection through his experience of a ruthless storm during a family vacation. You can read the devotional here

We then played name that tune and Sonfest Trivia. We didn’t get a winner for name that tune, but we did get a winner Sonfest Trivia. Congratulations to Beth from Mount Vernon for winning two tickets to Sonfest. If you would like to win tickets listen to the Morning Thing at 7:30 am and the Afternoon Drive at 5:25 pm.

Thank you for listening!

Jonathon and Emma

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Tomatoes and Trivia

The Fredericktown Tomato Show is back! Dylan was live in Big Blue today. We’re On the Road with Big Blue through Saturday night.

The Pedal Tractor Pulls, baked goods, the Fredericktown HS Marching Band, Little Miss Tomato, and so much more! Find out more by clicking here!

Did you know that today is the ‘birthday’ of Uncle Sam? Samuel Wilson, a meat packer, provided the U.S. Army with barrels of beef, stamped with “U.S.” for United States, right? Well, soldiers took to calling him Uncle Sam, and the name stuck. So this nickname for the government was adopted on this day in 1813.

Who am I?
–         I was born September 7, 1936 in Lubbock, TX
–         My real first name was Charles
–         My brothers and I performed in local talent shows as children and I took up the guitar at age 12
–         I opened for Elvis Presley in 1955, the year I graduated from high school
–         I signed with Decca Records in 1956
–         My famous songs included ‘Peggy Sue’ and “That’ll Be the Day’
–         My band’s name was the Crickets
–         I died in a plane crash the early morning of February 3, 1959, known as the ‘Day the Music Died.’

I am Buddy Holly. Congratulations to Brenda of Fredericktown – she guessed correctly and wins the $5 gift card to Round Hill Dairy Ice Cream.

Today’s Sonfest 2022 trivia ticket winner was Amy of Centerburg – she correctly told us that Blanca is from Puerto Rico!

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Dylan

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Praise Thursday

It’s Praise Thursday today on the show!

Dylan and Jonathon read devotionals from Our Daily Bread.

Dylan’s devotional from Our Daily Bread is titled, “Gentle Speech.” You can find the link here.

Jonathon’s devotional from Our Daily Bread is titled, “Begin With The End.” You can find that link here.

Q: Who was the high priest of Jeruselum that put Jesus on trial?”

A: Caiaphas

Congrats to Molly of Mount Vernon for correctly guessing the answer and winning a $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup!

TODAYS SONFEST TRIVIA

The question was, “Which SonFest artist is signed to Reach Records?”

Today’s trivia was a stumper so make sure to tune in tomorrow for a chance at a family 4-pack of tickets to SonFest 2021!

Thanks for listening

Dylan and Jonathon

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Praise Thursday!

Today we checked in with Joe again live from the Fredericktown Tomato Show and talked about what went down.

If you would like to know how to win a prize from WNZR at the Fredericktown Tomato Show click HERE for more information!

If you would like to see the full schedule and more for the 42nd Fredericktown Tomato Show click HERE.

Praise Thurday lets pray

 

We also started where we left off last week with Praise Thursday in “Let’s Pray’ By James Banks! Here a little bit of what we talked about! We prayed these verses –

Psalm 23

A Psalm of David.

1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
2     He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3     he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
    for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk
    through the darkest valley,[a]
I will fear no evil,
    for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely your goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever. 

and

Psalm 68: 7-10

7 When you, God, went out before your people,
when you marched through the wilderness,[d]
8 the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.
9 You gave abundant showers, O God;
you refreshed your weary inheritance.
10 Your people settled in it,
and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.

 

Thank you for your support of the Afternoon Drive!

Hannah Radke

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Who Knew Wednesday!

Today Joe and I had a lot of fun! Joe reported live from the Frederick Town Tomato Show and filled us in on what was happening on the first day!

If you want to know more about what WNZR is doing at Frederick Town Tomato Show – click HERE to see how you can be entered to win a prize basket!

If you would like the full schedule for The 42nd Fredericktown Tomato Show, click HERE.

We also talked about two new albums that are coming out soon, first Lauren Daigle’s “Look Up Child” comes out in 2 days! Click HERE for more information.

Then, at the beginning of next month “Burn The Ships” by For King & Country comes out! More information HERE.

Thanks for listening to the Afternoon Drive!

Hannah

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