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NZ Top 10 for 10/10/2025

It’s looking a little more like fall every day this week! Here’s this week’s top 10 countdown:

10. Jeremy Camp – No Survivors
9. Tauren Wells – Let The Church Sing
8. Forrest Frank – Your Way’s Better
7. Hope Darst – Mighty Name Of Jesus
6. Crowder – STILL
5. Zach Williams – Jesus Loves
4. Emerson Day – Get Behind Me
3. Elevation Worship f/Brandon Lake – I Know A Name
2. Josiah Queen f/Brandon Lake – Can’t Steal My Joy
1. Phil Wickham – What An Awesome God (10th week at #1)

New Music This Week:

for King & Country – World On Fire

Ryan Stevenson – Preach (feat. Matt Hammitt)

Our Fan Choice Friday song was TobyMac’s latest song, Heaven On My Mind. Here is his new music video for his song!

Thank you for listening!
– Joe and Ethan

The NZ Top 10 for 9/26/2025

The last top 10 of September, and it’s a good one! Here’s this week’s countdown:

10. Hope Darst – Mighty Name Of Jesus
9. Crowder – STILL
8. MercyMe – Oh Death (former #1)
7. Tauren Wells – Let The Church Sing
6. Forrest Frank – Your Way’s Better
5. Zach Williams – Jesus Loves
4. Emerson Day – Get Behind Me
3. Josiah Queen f/Brandon Lake – Can’t Steal My Joy
2. Elevation Worship f/Brandon Lake – I Know A Name (5th week at #2)
1. Phil Wickham – What An Awesome God (8th week at #1)

New Music This Week:

Jon Reddick – The Way

Ben Fuller – Black Sheep

Thank you so much for listening!
– Joe and Ethan

The NZ Top 10 for 9/19/2025

Here’s your top 10 countdown for this week!

10. Hope Darst – Mighty Name Of Jesus
9. Crowder – STILL
8. Tauren Wells – Let The Church Sing
7. MercyMe – Oh Death (former #1)
6. Zach Williams – Jesus Loves
5. Forrest Frank – Your Way’s Better
4. Josiah Queen f/Brandon Lake – Can’t Steal My Joy
3. Emerson Day – Get Behind Me
2. Elevation Worship f/Brandon Lake – I Know A Name (4th week at #2)
1. Phil Wickham – What An Awesome God (7th week at #1)

New Music This Week:

Megan Woods – I Believe You

Katy Nichole – Have Your Way

We are so excited for Sonfest 2025, headlined by ELEVATION RHYTHM, on Saturday, September 20th! We got to listen to Ethan Hershberger talk with with one of the members from ELEVATION RHYTHM, Davide Mutendji! You can listen on our SoundCloud here:

These are Joe’s flowers that have been blooming in the past few weeks.

Joe talked today about how crazy these past few weeks have been, but despite those circumstances, God continues to grow flowers in the ashes and the valley. He is always holding a watering can!

Thank you so much for listening!
– Joe and Ethan

The NZ Top 10 for 9/12/2025

Thank you for tuning in to The Afternoon Drive! Here is this week’s top 10 countdown:

10. Micah Tyler – God Did It
9. Jon Reddick – No Fear
8. Tauren Wells – Let The Church Sing
7. MercyMe – Oh Death (former #1)
6. Josiah Queen f/Brandon Lake – Can’t Steal My Joy
5. Emerson Day – Get Behind Me
4.Forrest Frank – Your Way’s Better
3. Zach Williams – Jesus Loves
2. Elevation Worship f/Brandon Lake – I Know A Name
1. Phil Wickham – What An Awesome God (6th week at #1)

New Music This Week:

Blessing Offor – Lift Me Up

Thank you so much for listening!
– Joe and Ethan

NZ Top 10 for 9/5/2025

We have the first NZ Top 10 list for September, and we have some new music to look at! Let’s check out this week’s top 10 countdown:

10. Tauren Wells – Let The Church Sing
9. Jon Reddick – No Fear
8. Josiah Queen f/Brandon Lake – Can’t Steal My Joy
7. Micah Tyler – God Did It
6. MercyMe – Oh Death (former #1)
5. Emerson Day – Get Behind Me
4. Zach Williams – Jesus Loves
3. Forrest Frank – Your Way’s Better
2. Elevation Worship f/Brandon Lake – I Know A Name
1. Phil Wickham – What An Awesome God (5th week at #1)

New Music This Week:

Colton Dixon – The Love I Have For You

Rend Collective – Fight Of My Life

Thank you so much for listening!
– Joe and Ethan

NZ Top 10 for 8/29/2025

We have new music and a new top 10 list! Here is this week’s countdown:

10. Tauren Wells – Let The Church Sing
9. Josiah Queen f/Brandon Lake – Can’t Steal My Joy
8. Jon Reddick – No Fear
7. Emerson Day – Get Behind Me
6. Zach Williams – Jesus Loves
5. Micah Tyler – God Did It
4. MercyMe – Oh Death (former #1)
3. Forrest Frank – Your Way’s Better
2. Elevation Worship f/Brandon Lake – I Know A Name
1. Phil Wickham – What An Awesome God (4th week at #1)

New Music This Week:

TobyMac – Heaven On My Mind

Thank you so much for listening!
– Joe and Ethan

NZ Top 10 for 8/22/2025

There’s a new one on the NZ Top 10 this week! Let’s check out this week’s countdown:

10. Josiah Queen f/Brandon Lake – Can’t Steal My Joy
9. TobyMac – a lil Church (former #1)
8. Emerson Day – Get Behind Me
7. Jon Reddick – No Fear
6. Zach Williams – Jesus Loves
5. Micah Tyler – God Did It
4. Forrest Frank – Your Way’s Better
3. Elevation Worship f/Brandon Lake – I Know A Name
2. MercyMe – Oh Death (former #1)
1. Phil Wickham – What An Awesome God (3rd week at #1)

New Music Debuting This Week:

Jamie MacDonald – Left It In The River

Anne Wilson – God Story

Forrest Frank – Lemonade

Thank you so much for listening!
– Joe and Ethan

NZ Top 10 for 8/8/2025

It’s Friday! Time for a new top 10 list and some new music! Here is your top 10 countdown for this week:

10. We Are Messengers – A Thousand Times
9. ELEVATION RHYTHM f/Gracie Binion – Goodbye Yesterday
8. Elevation Worship f/Brandon Lake – I Know A Name
7. TobyMac – a lil Church (spent 2 weeks at #1)
6. Zach Williams – Jesus Loves
5. Forrest Frank – Your Way’s Better
4. Jon Reddick – No Fear
3. Micah Tyler – God Did It
2. MercyMe – Oh Death (falling after 1 week at #1)
1. Phil Wickham – What An Awesome God (1st week at #1)

New Music Friday Adds This Week:

Josiah Queen – Dusty Bibles

Lauren Daigle – Let It Be A Hallelujah

Thank you so much for listening!
– Ethan Hershberger

Miracles Are Happening!

Today for Artist Newsday we highlighted the amazing miracle that God has worked for Forrest Frank and his broken back! We also shared all the information on some of the brand new songs we will be adding to WNZR’s catalog this Friday!

Forrest Frank has been recovering in bed since his injury two weeks ago when he fell off his skateboard at his home, breaking his back. He fractured his L3 and his L4 vertebrae and has been in excruciating pain. Who better to tell you what happened then Forrest himself. Here’s his post explaining it!

Forrest is absolutely right when he says THANK YOU JESUS!

We are adding two new songs on Friday and they are incredible songs of faith, but in different ways:

Josiah Queen – “Dusty Bibles”

  • This song is a spiritual wakeup call for many. It not only calls attention to the bibles that are sitting idle on many peoples bedside tables collecting dust, but it also calls us BACK to God. It encourages us to regain our intimacy with Him!

Lauren Daigle – “Let It Be A Hallelujah”

  • Lauren wrote this song 8 years ago and she has yet to release it! That’s a long time to keep a song in the vault but as it sat, her life evolved and she grew to understand and feel the words more powerfully. This song is a passionate dedication to living a life that matters.

Today we pulled some lyrics from a song we heard on The Afternoon Drive and played Song Poetry! Here were the lyrics we picked today:

Come see all the captives run free
He’s tearing down the walls
He’s tearing down the walls
There’s grace shaking power when we sing
The Name above them all
Your Name above them all

Today’s Song Poetry was a stumper again! If you think you know which song these lyrics are from, and who sings this song, listen in next week during The Afternoon Drive and give us the answer! If you can guess this stumper, you will get three $5 gift cards to Watts Restaurant in Utica! Tune in tomorrow for some fun facts for Who Knew Wednesday!

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