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NZ Top 10 – March 24th

Happy Spring! (I do think I can say that with confidence now!)
No better way to celebrate this warm weather than by counting down the top ten songs of the week! Let’s get right to it!

10. Even If – MercyMe
9. King of the World – Natalie Grant
8. One Step Away – Casting Crowns
7. What a Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship
6. Testify – NEEDTOBREATHE
5. Never Been a Moment – Micah Tyler
4. Magnify – We Are Messengers
3. Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
2. Rise – Danny Gokey
1. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac

This week we went Behind the Mic with experimental, folk-rock, worship band Rend Collective, and they told us a little bit more about their song ‘You Will Never Run”. You can listen to their song here, and if you’d like to hear more from Rend Collective about their song, check out the interview they did with New Release Today here!

We heard new music today from Casting Crowns and Mandisa!
Check out Casting Crowns new song “Oh my Soul” from their album ‘The Very Next Thing’,  and Mandisa’s new single, “Unfinished” here!

Our Back-to-Back artist feature this week was Passion Worship Band.
This band consists of quite a few familiar Christian artists including Matt Redman, David Crowder, Chris Tomlin, and more! Check out their songs ‘Even so Come‘ and ‘Remember‘!

Lincoln Brewster took us back to 2006 today with his song ‘Everlasting God‘
and Phil Whickham took us back  to 2013 with his song ‘This is Amazing Grace‘

Thanks for listening!
Enjoy this beautiful weekend!
-Lilly

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NT Top 10 3/17

Good afternoon! We are putting a wrap on the last day of the first week back from break!
Let’s get right to it!

The countdown this week looked like this…
10. Come Alive – Lauren Daigle
9. Thy Will – Hillary Scott & the Scott Family
8. Jesus – Chris Tomlin
7. Never Been a Moment – Micah Tyler
6. King of the World – Natalie Grant
5. Magnify – We are Messengers
4. One Step Away – Casting Crowns
3. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac
2. Rise – Danny Gokey
1. Chain Breaker – Zach Williams

This week, we went behind the mic with the band Tenth Avenue North, and they told us a little bit more about their song Stars in the Night.
Check it out here!

Our breakout hit of the week came from Chris Tomlin!
Check out his new song ‘Home’ here!

Our Back-to-Back Artist Feature this week was For King and Country!
Check out theor songs ‘Proof of Your Love‘, ‘Hope is What we Crave‘, and ‘Fix my Eyes‘!

Our rewinds today took us back to 2008 and
Check out 2008’s ‘By Your Side‘ from Tenth Avenue North,
and ‘There Will be a Day‘ from Jeremy Camp.

New Music Friday brought us new music from Unspoken!
Check out ‘The Cure’ here!

Our word of the day today was March Madness themed…
Flagrant (adjective fla·grant \ˈflā-grənt also ˈfla-\)

Have a great weekend! Thanks for listening!
(and go UK!) – Lilly

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NZ Top 10, 3/10

Good Friday afternoon! It was a chilly one here in Mt. Vernon today, but there’s no better way to end the week than with the NZ Top 10!

10. Chain Breaker – Zach Williams (Biggest fall! Down 9 from last week!)
9. Testify – NEEDTOBREATHE
8. What a Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship
7. Come Alive – Lauren Daigle
6. Magnify – We Are Messengers
5. Giants Fall – Francesca Battistelli
4. I Have this Hope – Tenth Avenue North
3. Never Been a Moment – Micah Tyler (Biggest rise! Up 6 from last week!)
2. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac
1. Rise – Danny Gokey

This week, we went Behind the Mic with Jeremy Camp and his song ‘Christ in Me’! Check out the interview Jeremy did with NewReleaseToday about the song here!
And check out the song here!

We had new music from Colton Dixon, Kutless, and 7eventh Time Down!
Check out ‘All that Matters’ from Colton here!
King of my Heart from Kutless here!

Our Back-to-Back artist feature today was Selah!
Check out ‘You Raise me Up‘, and ‘You Amaze Us‘!
If you’d like to hear more from or learn more about Selah, check out their website here!

Our NZ Rewinds today took us back to 2006 and 2008!
Check out Casting Crowns and their song ‘Does Anybody Hear Her?’
and Matthew West’s song ‘You are Everything‘

For King and Country and Zach Williams will be at the Ohio State Fair this summer!
If you’d like to learn more about this concert, check out the fair website here!

Thanks so much for listening! Enjoy your weekend!
-Lilly

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NZ Top 10 2/24

Spring break is just around the corner for us here at MVNU, but there’s no better way to kick off break than to count down the top 10 songs of the week, only here on WNZR!

The countdown this week looked like this…
10. Priceless – For King and Country (-1 from last week)
9. Lion and the Lamb – Big Daddy Weave (-1)
8. Thy Will – Hillary Scott (-1)
7. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac (+3)
6. Magnify – We are Messengers
5. Jesus – Chris Tomlin (-2)
4. King of the World – Natalie Grant (-1)
3. One Step Away – Casting Crowns (-1)
2. Rise – Danny Gokey
1. Chain Breaker – Zach Williams

Our Behind the Mic feature this week was Francesca Battistelli, who is pregnant with her 4th child! Check out her song If We’re Honest here!

Our NZ Breakout Hit of the week was from the lead singer of Sanctus Real!
Check out ‘Tears’ from Matt Hammit here!
We also had new music from Citizen Way! Check out ‘I Will’ here!

Our NZ Back to Back artist feature today was Chris Tomlin!
Check out his songs At the Cross and Good Good Father!
He is on a tour here in 2017, and you can check out more information here!

We went back in time to 2007 today!
Matthew West and Mandisa gave us a throwback today with ‘You are Everything‘ and ‘Only the World‘ respectively! Check them out!

Our fan choice of the week was from our own Aubs Bailes (That’s Aubrey Bailey, our production director)! Her choice was ‘Through Your Eyes’ from Britt Nicole! Check it out here!

Our word of the day today was prestige! Pres·tige,
\pre-ˈstēzh, -ˈstēj\, noun
This word describes a standing or estimation in the eyes of people :  weight or credit in general opinion or a commanding position in people’s minds.

Thank you for listening! Enjoy the rest of your evening!
Joe and I will see you in a week! Be sure to tune in for next weeks shows with Cameron and Christa! We’ll keep you updated on our trip to Florida!
-Lilly

 

 

 

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NZ Top 10 2/17

It’s been a long week, but it’s winding down now and the best way to wind down is with WNZR and the NZ Top 10!

The countdown for this week looked like this…

10. TobyMac – Love Broke Thru
9. For King and Country – Priceless 
8. Big Daddy Weave – Lion and the Lamb 
7. Hillary Scott – Thy Will
6. We Are Messengers – Magnify
5. Natalie Grant – King of the World
4. Casting Crowns – One Step Away
3. Chris Tomlin – Jesus
2. Danny Gokey – Rise
1. Zach Williams – Chain Breaker

The biggest movers of this we

This week, we went ‘behind the mic’ with Chris Rademaker and wife Jodi King, the husband and wife duo behind the band ‘Love and the Outcome’! Check out their song ‘Heart Like You’ from their 2013, self-titled album, here!

Our breakout hit of the week was from Phil Wickham, who you probably remember because of his song ‘This is Amazing Grace’! Check out his new song ‘My All in All’ from his 2017 album, Children of God, here!

Our NZ Back-to-Back artist this week was Unspoken!
This band has four straight Top 5 AC singles including Lift my Life Up, and Lift My Life Up was also included on the 2015 WOW Hits Release.
We played ‘Lift my Life Up‘ and ‘Call it Grace‘! Check ’em out!

Our NZ Rewinds today were Casting Crowns with 2006’s ‘Does Anybody Hear Her‘ and MercyMe’s 2007’s ‘God With Us‘.

New Music Friday gave us a new song from Stars Go Dim! Check out ‘Doxology’ here!

Our Wendy’s Cougar Trivia question today was ‘can you name all 5 of our MVNU Cougar seniors?’Pat Lucas, Deonte Cole, and Josh Ashwill, Megan Beidelman, and Natalie Thomas are our five basketball seniors this year!  Congratulations to Charla of Utica who guessed correctly and will receive a $5 gift certificate to Wendy’s of Mt. Vernon!

Click HERE to hear the amazing story of how a local softball league from Mount Vernon are reaching out to an 8 year old girl from Florida. This story is amazing! This precious girl was turned away from a Father/Daughter dance because she didn’t have a Dad. This girl will be in Mount Vernon this weekend to attend a dance with her new friends from Mount Vernon.

 

Have a great weekend and enjoy this nice weather!
-Lilly and Joe!

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NZ Top 10 – 2/10

Friday is here and there is never any better way to end your week than winding down with the NZ Top 10, only on WNZR!

Here was the countdown for this week:
10. Eye of the Storm – Ryan Stevenson
9. Magnify – We Are Messengers
8. Priceless – For King and Country
7. Thy Will – Hillary Scott
6. King of the World – Natalie Grant
5.  The Lion and the Lamb – Big Daddy Weave
4. Rise – Danny Gokey
3. One Step Away – Casting Crowns
2. Jesus – Chris Tomlin
1. Chain Breaker – Zach Willams

Our NZ Top 10 Rewinds today were:
What it Means from Jeremy Camp, which you can check out here, and
You are Everything from Matthew West, and you can check it out here!

Our NZ back-to-back artist today was Aaron Shust!
We played My Savior, My God and To God Alone from him today.
Check out more about Aaron here!

Our NZ Breakout Hit was from former Royal Tailor member, Tauren Wells!
Check out his song Hills and Valleys here!

The fan choice this week was Stand in the Rain from Superchick!
Check out this song here!

Our NZ Behind the Mic this week was ‘He is with Us’ from Love and the Outcome!
It’s got a really neat music video, so check it out here!

Our Word of the Day is whiffler, a noun that means someone who frequently shifts opinions, thoughts and interests.

Wendy’s Cougar Trivia today was: what is Cougar men’s basketball player Jeremiah Roberts’ year and hometown?  Esther from Mount Vernon correctly guessed sophomore from Toledo, so she won the $5 gift card from Wendy’s of Mount Vernon.

As always, thanks for listening!
Have a great weekend!
-Lilly

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NZ Top 10 + New Music – 11/18

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Here’s this week’s NZ Top 10:

10: The God I Know – Love & The Outcome
9: King of the World – Natalie Grant
8: Dear Younger Me – MercyMe
7: Jesus – Chris Tomlin
6: The Lion and the Lamb – Big Daddy Weave
5: Eye of the Storm – Ryan Stevenson ft. GabeReal
4: Thy Will – Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
3: Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
2: One Step Away – Casting Crowns
1: Priceless – For King & Country

NEW MUSIC for 11/18 (click each for video)

Carrollton – Tell Me

Meredith Andrews – Receive Our King

Wendy’s Cougar Trivia – Junior Jordi Mas is the tallest player on the MVNU men’s basketball team. What height is he listed at? Answer?  He is 6-10. Congratulations to Stacey from Fredericktown – she wins the $5 gift card to Wendy’s of Mount Vernon!

Word of the Day: lambent, an adjective meaning playing lightly on or over a surface; something flickering, or softly bright or radiant.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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NZ Top Ten

10. If We’re Honest by Francesca Battestelli
9. Everything Comes Alive by We Are Messengers
8. It’s Not Over Yet by for King and Country
7. Good Good Father by Chris Tomlin
6. The River by Jordan Feliz
5. Finally Home by Matthew West
4. Tell Your Heart to Beat Again by Danny Gokey
3. You are Loved by Stars Go Dim
2. Just Be Held by Casting Crowns
1. Trust in You by Lauren Diagle

Today we debuted Jordan Feliz’s new song Never Too Far Gone.  This is a song from his album, The River.  We also have new music from Phil Wickham.  His new song, Your Love Awakens Me is from his brand new Children of God album.

Today’s Word of the Day is woodnote.  Woodnote is a noun which means, a wild or natural musical tone, as that of a forest bird.

Have a great weekend,
Faith

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NZ Top Ten

10. My Story by Big Daddy Weave
9. Flawless by MercyMe
8.  It’s Not Over Yet by Building 429
7. Good Good Father by Chris Tomlin
6.  Tell Your Heart to Beat Again by Danny Gokey
5. The River by Jordan Feliz
4. Grace Wins by Matthew West
3. You Are Loved by Stars Go Dim
2. Just Be Held by Casting Crowns
1. Trust in You by Lauren Daigle

Moms – we want to see YOU on Saturday, May 7th Friday at Mom’s Night Out with WNZR!
The event will be held on the campus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University.

Plan to be part of this fun FREE event!
When is it? Saturday, May 7th
What time is it? 6:00pm
Where is it? Jetter School of Business (JSB building) on the campus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University
We will be watching Laughing in the Dark – the true story of Chonda Pierce.

Go to www.wnzr.fm now and see the trailer for Laughing in the Dark.
Tickets are FREE, but seating is limited. Tickets are now available at the Gospel Supply Shop, 117 South Main Street in downtown Mount Vernon or at the WNZR Studios in Founders Hall on the campus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University. So make sure to pick up your tickets THIS week. We will also have tickets available at the door.

Word of the Day
biota (by-OH-tuh)
noun
1. the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.

Have a great weekend,
Faith

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