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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

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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

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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

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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!

Thanks for listening!0

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NZ Top 10 for 7/25/2025

Happy Friday! Here is your top 10 countdown for this week:

10. We Are Messengers – A Thousand Times
9. Phil Wickham – The King Is In The Room
8. Zach Williams – Jesus Loves
7. Forrest Frank – Your Way’s Better
6. ELEVATION RHYTHM – Goodbye Yesterday
5. Phil Wickham – What An Awesome God
4. Micah Tyler – God Did It
3. Jon Reddick – No Fear [Was #1 for 7 Weeks]
2. MercyMe – Oh Death
1. TobyMac – a lil Church

New Music Friday Adds This Week:

Crowder – STILL

Chris Tomlin – How Good It Is

Thank you so much for listening!
– Joe and Ethan

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NZ Top 10 for 7/11/2025

It’s Friday! You know what that means– Here is your top 10 countdown for this week:

10. We Are Messengers – A Thousand Times
9. Zach Williams – Jesus Loves
8. Phil Wickham – What An Awesome God
7. Phil Wickham – The King Is In The Room
6. Micah Tyler – God Did It
5. Forrest Frank – Your Way’s Better
4. ELEVATION RHYTHM – Goodbye Yesterday
3. MercyMe – Oh Death
2. TobyMac – a lil Church
1. Jon Reddick – No Fear [7th week at #1]

New Music Friday Adds This Week:

Natalie Layne – All Joy

Hope Darst – Mighty Name Of Jesus

Thank you so much for listening!
– Xander and Ethan

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FORREST FRANK FRENZY!

He’s one of the fastest growing artists in Christian music right now, and he’s got more on the way!

It’s Artist Newsday and Game Time Tuesday, and have we got some updates for you!

GRAMMY-nominated, award winning artist Forrest Frank is currently performing on his Child of God Part II, and during a stop in LA, announced his new album Child of God II, releases May 9th! WE CAN’T WAIT!

Forrest isn’t the only artist dropping an album this summer….Big Daddy Weave is releasing their first album in six years! Let It Begin releases May 23, their long-awaited follow-up to 2019’s When The Light Comes.

Plus, if you want to hear a super cool conversation, check out Youtuber Bryce Crawford’s interview with the one and only Brandon Lake.

“Who put the breath in my lungs
Who calls us daughters and sons
All praise goes to just One….

Who raised me up from the grave
Who’s always making a way
Let me hear the whole church say”

Those are the words from Micah Tyler’s “God Did It”. Congratulations to Cheyenne from Mount Vernon, she wins the TWO $5 Watts Restaurant Gift Cards!

Thanks for listening!- Judah

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Rend Collective In The Vern!

You read that right…Rend Collective is bringing their Folk Fall 2025 Tour to the campus of MVNU November 14, and tickets are available in a week, Wednesday April 23rd!

It’s Artist Newsday and Game Time Tuesday on The Afternoon Drive, and we’re very excited about some upcoming things, including that concert!

Mom’s Night Out is back for 2025, and we couldn’t be more excited! Get ready for a fun night out with games, fellowship, snacks and a fantastic movie, “Unsung Hero”. Grab your seat here! https://www.wnzr.fm/momsnightout

“I’m desperate
Down on my knees
Send help from heaven
‘Cause that’s what I need
Redeem this wreckage
Restore my peace
I’m not asking, I’m begging
Lord, come through for me”

It’s a stumper! Next week’s will be worth TWO $5 Watts Restaurant Gift Cards!

Thanks for listening!- Judah

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NZ Top 10 for 3/7/25

Praise the Lord it’s Friday! Here’s the countdown for this week!

10. Andrew Ripp – Loves Got A Way

09. for KING + COUNTRY ft. Michael W. Smith – Place In This World [6th week at #9]

08. Jamie MacDonald – Desperate 

07. Jeremy Camp – Again

06. Brandon Lake – That’s Who I Praise

05. Leanna Crawford – Still Waters (Psalm 23) 

04. Megan Woods – The Truth

03. Colton Dixon – Up + Up

02. Seph Schlueter – Running Back To You

01. Crowder – Somebody Prayed [5th week at #1]

We debuted new music on the show as well, with The Afters and “You Never Gave Up on Me”!

Thanks for listening!- Judah

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