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Who knew about allergies?

It’s that time the year when the sniffle and sneezes happen. Spring allergies have arrived! This is the time we start asking ourselves, Why? How? What? Who Knew Wednesday was all about allergies on the Afternoon Drive!

WebMD says, “The biggest spring allergy trigger is pollen — tiny grains released into the air by trees, grasses, and weeds for the purpose of fertilizing other plants. When pollen grains get into the nose of someone who’s allergic, they send the immune system into overdrive.”

Do you want to get rid of these pesky allergens? The Morning Thing found 9 ways to to do just that! Check out this article from today.com. We can fight the sniffles!

We can’t forget the Word of the Day! Today’s word is hoi polloi. It is a noun and means; the masses. Now you can sound smarter to your friends!

Have a great Wednesday night!
Faith

April 20, 2016 0

NZ Top 10 {2/5}

Today on the show we announced this weeks NZ Top 10! We also announced the Valentines Banquet ticket sales have extended and the time are listed below! Don’t forget to check out the Word of the Day and try to use in your vocabulary some time this weekend!

10. Good Good Father/ Chris Tomlin
9. There is Power/ Lincoln Brewster
8. Feel It/ TobyMac ft Mr. Talkbox
7. You are Loved/ Stars Go Dim
6. Grace Wins/ Mathew West
5. Same Power/ Jeremy Camp
4. Flawless/ MercyMe
3. My Story/ Big Daddy Weave
2. The River/ Jordan Feliz
1. Just Be Held/ Casting Crowns

VALENTINE BANQUET TICKET SALES EXTENSION

**The ticket sales deadline has been EXTENDED to Monday at 8am**
To buy the tickets come to the WNZR studio at the times indicated below. We are located on the second floor of Founders Hall on the Mount Vernon Nazarene University campus.

Friday hours – 4-6pm and 7-8pm
Saturday hours – 9:30am – 1pm and 3pm – 8pm
Sunday hours – 9am – Noon
Monday hours – 6am – 8am

SEATING IS LIMITED

Word of the Day
nugatory
adjective
1. of no real value; trifling; worthless.

Have a fantastic weekend,
Faith

February 5, 2016 0

Today on the show we embraced this warm weather and explored our parks in Knox country. There are so many beautiful parks in our area with so many activities to do!Today we highlighted the amazing qualities of our parks that stretch accross over 1,000 acres of Knox County!
The seven parks of Knox County are:

If you would like to see what we’re talking about go check them out yourself! Here is the link to the Knox County Park District.

WNZR is host the annual Valentines Day Banquet Friday February 12th.
This year’s theme is “Love & Laughter”. We will feature a discussion on how humor is important for all relationships, but is essential when a couple is striving for a healthy, loving relationship.
Banquet tickets are $18 per person and include the full buffet dinner, entertainment and door prizes. Tickets are on sale now. They are available at the WNZR studios located on the second floor of Founders Hall on the MVNU campus, and at Gospel Supply Shop, 117 South Main Street, in Mount Vernon.
The deadline to purchase tickets is THIS Friday, February 5, at 6 p.m. and seating is limited.

Word of the Day
aplenglow
noun
1. a reddish glow often seen on the summits of mountains just beforesunrise or just after sunset.

Enjoy your warm Wednesday night!
Faith

Here comes February!

mom-confetti

It’s the first of February – what are you looking forward to this month?

The start of election season? Valentine’s Day? President’s Day? The hope of more snow? Our staff is preparing for the WNZR Valentine’s Banquet on 2/12, welcoming Ohio’s Distinguished Young Women on 2/13, the annual National Religious Broadcasters’ convention starting 2/22, and an EARLY spring break starting 2/26!

Today’s Mystery Monday question: The average American lives 18 miles from what? The answer? From their MOM! Congratulations to Katie from Mount Vernon – she guessed correctly and wins a $5 gift certificate to the MVNU Cougar Corner bookstore.

Our Word of the Day is nonce, which is a noun meaning in the present moment, occasion or purpose. It’s really a Middle English word for now.

-Joe

February 1, 2016 0

Grand Thanksgiving fun facts!

Here’s a great read on some Thanksgiving fun facts from a CNN article a few years back…

Check out the photo of the official face of the new Mount Vernon Grand Hotel – thanks to Denny Taylor of MVNU for the picture!

The Grand

Remember that we’re bringing back GO GREEN WITH BIG BLUE ON BLACK FRIDAY this week…listen to The Morning Thing Friday morning for all the details!

Also, we’ll plan to see you at the annual WeRunMV Turkey Trot tomorrow morning, registration at 8:00, race at 9:00. Also we’ll be at the Mount Vernon Christmas Parade and Walk Sunday – Rachel Radcliff and I will be pushing shopping carts in the parade for the 2015 Food For The Hungry drive! Bring some cans and/or money to drop in our cart!

Our word of the day is cornucopia – meaning a symbol of plenty, usually using something horn-shaped, to show an overflowing of something good.

Thanks for listening and Happy Thanksgiving! We’ll be back on Friday.

-Joe

November 25, 2015 0

Game Time Tuesday + new co-host! 9/1/15

The Afternoon Drive welcomes a new co-host today – Faith Orecchio!

Faith is a junior at MVNU from Marysville, OH. She a journalism and media production major, public relations minor and a member of the women’s soccer team. Faith plays what she calls “holding mid,” which means a midfielder responsible for slowing down an opponent’s attack.

Some other fun facts about Faith:

favorite breakfast food: pancakes

favorite song we play: Brother by Needtobreathe

favorite movie: The Sound of Music

We also played BUZZWORD with ‘stick’ today…Jennifer of Mount Vernon was out winner and got two tickets to the Dispatch Home and Garden Show next weekend in Columbus.

Our word of the day: MAUNDER (MON-der), which means to talk in a rambling manner.

Song poetry: Just how much air I will need to breathe/When your wave crashes over me/There’s only one way to figure out Will you let me drown?

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

September 1, 2015 0

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