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Mystery Monday: A Dirty Room?

Today on the Afternoon Drive, Joe and I had plenty to share, as normal!
We recapped a great Starting Point Walk and Run! If you want an update on there total or just want some more information on this amazing ministry, click HERE!
We shared with you the nominated winners of last week’s Clergy Appreciation Month giveaway! We also shared how you can nominate your pastors for this week’s prize! Click HERE if you want your pastor to know how much you appreciate Him or Her!

Listen up friends, Joe and I want this CD prize package so bad, but we can’t have it – So you have to win it for us!! (No, you don’t need to share it with us, if you don’t want to.) Click HERE to cast your guess of who might win The Dove awards and, if your right, win the AWESOME CD prize package!

The Afternoons Drive's - Todays mystery question

      Name a reason why you might ask the manager of a hotel for another room. 

  1. Bed/Room Dirty 
  2. Noisy 
  3. Need Non-Smoking
  4. Bigger Bed/Room
  5. No TV/Cable
  6. Thermostat Broken
  7. Bugs

Congrats to Nina from Mount Vernon, She guessed both the top two answers and won that $5 Gift Card to the Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Thanks for listening to Afternoon Drive!

-Joe and Hannah

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Who Knew Wednesday

Today Todd and I celebrated Constitution Day!

We started the Afternoon Drive with a conversation with our very own Joe Rineheart and Dr. Christopher Devine, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Dayton, who’s speaking tonight about the Electoral College!

This event is tonight at 7 in Jetter Hall, Room 133 on the MVNU campus; Jetter Hall is the single-story brick building just east of the chapel parking lot.

If you want more information about this event, click here.

We also had chances for you to win, like always! 

Today’s trivia question was:  “How many votes does Ohio have in the electoral college?” 

Our answer: 18 votes 

Congrats to Pat from Mount Vernon who guessed our Trivia and won that $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Our Sonfest Artists Trivia question is: “How many Band members are currently in the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus?” 

Our answer: Five! Brothers Ronnie and Randy Winter, Josh Burke, Joey Westwood, and John Espy.

Congrats to Travis from Mount Vernon who guessed right and won two Sonfest tickets!

SonFest is this Saturday! You can still come and see artists like Passion, Hollyn, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and more!! Click here for more! 

Thank you so much for checking out our blog!

Hannah and Todd

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Mystery Monday: Summer Adventure Edition

Today we talked about all the stuff WNZR is going to be up to these next couple of days.

Joe and Marcy are out this week. Joe is enjoying a well deserved vacation while Marcy and Rachel explore New York City! Back here at the station we’re gearing up for July First Friday! This coming Friday (July 5th) we’ll be in downtown Mount Vernon with one of our signature prize baskets valued at 240$!

A congratulations this week to Ruth from Mount Vernon. She correctly guessed the top two answers to our mystery question!

Where do kids nowadays spend most of their time?
Room / Bed
28
School
22
Internet
16
Mall
12
Friend’s house
10
Park
4
Work
4

Thanks for Listening
-Todd

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Who Knew What Was on Our Bucket List?!

Today we talked about things we want to do before we kick the bucket! We heard from many of our staff here at WNZR.

In case you were wondering about the origin of the phrase “bucket list” you can read all about it here! https://slate.com/culture/2011/11/bucket-list-what-s-the-origin-of-the-term.html

For the Who Knew Trivia question we did something a little different. The question came from LAST weeks show when we talked to Shannon from China! The question was “Where is shannon’s home town?” The answer is a city named Qingdao (CHEENG-dow) on the East Coast. Congratulations to Joy from Mt. Vernon  for guessing correctly!
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Mystery Monday WNZR Recap!

 

We’ve had a JAM PACKED weekend here at WZNR. Prize baskets and Festivals and Thunderstorms OH MY! Today for Mystery Monday we told you all about it.

Firstly On The Road with Big Blue stopped at the Heart of Ohio USA Days Festival in Centerburg .Where we gave away multiple prize baskets.

Congratulations to our winners: Kristi Kinton of Mount Vernon, Emily Garber and Patrick Loudermilk of Centerburg, and Brett Maze of Ostrander. They are each receiving an adult prize basket valued at over $180!

But that’s no all! Big Blue made a stop at Knox County’s Relay for Life this past Friday.

Thanks to everyone that participated. Knox County had 27 teams and over 300 participants in the fight against cancer. $155,000 was raised! WNZR is honored to partner with the American Cancer Society.

Congratulations to our Prize Basket Winner – Melody Lahmon of Mount Vernon. Melody won the “Shape Up, Clean Up, Dress Up and Soak Up” prize basket

Our Mystery Monday Trivia Question was a stumper so we will bring it back next week!

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Mystery Monday: Decorating Month!

Where you live has an impact on our mood, wellbeing and general happiness levels. That’s why it’s vitally important to feel happy in your own surroundings; you spend enough time at home, after all!! Today Lilly and I talked about Decorating Month!

First, we shared about Color Psychology and how each color can make you feel!

Here is some info on some colors:

The Afternoons Drive's - Todays mystery question

Question: Something People Design For A Living

  1. Clothes
  2. Buildings
  3. Furniture

Congratulations to Marie from Mount Vernon who guessed our top answer and won a $5 Gift Card to Troyers of Apple Valley!

Of course, we talked about interior design! Here are some of the tips we shared on the show!

Here are the 10 Interior design tips!

Here are the 6 Exterior design tips! 

Thank you for checking out our Blog!

-Hannah and Lilly

 

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Mystery Monday: Earth Day!

Today is Earth Day and today Todd and I are sharing by talking about some endangered species plants and animals!

Here is the Earth Day website!

Here is the page about Earth Day 2019! This one has all the info about the animals and plants we shared with you!

 

The Afternoons Drive's - Todays mystery question

Questions: There are over 300,000 flowering plant species in the world, what percentage of these plans are and dependent on insect pollination? (within 5%)

Answer: 90%

Congratulations to Karen from Mount Vernon who won a $5 Gift Card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Thank you so much for checking out our blog!

-Hannah and Todd

 

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Mystery Monday

Today on Mystery Monday we chatting with lots of people who were impacted by our Lifeline Theme “God is On the Move” and wanted to share.

Here are a few of the conversations that we shared!

Here are the Staff testimonies!  

Today we did the mystery box! Here are the results of our sense tests!

Hearing Test: 

Question 1: Is it made out of plastic?

Answer: Yes!

Question 2: Does this item have a frame?

Answer:  Yep!

Touch Test: 

Question 1: Is this something you wear?

Answer: Yes.

Question 2: Is this item something that you commonly keep in your car?

Answer:  Yes!

Congrats to Kelly from Mount Vernon who guessed that our mystery item was – sunglasses  –  Lifeline 2018 Fix Our Eyes sunglasses, to be exact! She won that $5 Gift Card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Wondering why the blog is so early?

Let me give you a hint – today is Aprils fools!

Props to Donna and Karen who figured it out!

Thanks so much for listening to The “Afternoon” Drive 😉

-Hannah and Lilly

 

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Who Knew Wednesday: Celebrating Music In Our Schools Month!

Here are the full conversations that we shared today! So many thanks to Chuck Dettmar from Centerburg local schools, Dr. Joann Koh-baker from MVNU and Lizzy Terwilliger a student at MVNU for sharing with us!

Here is some more information on Music In Our Schools Month!

 

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Name A Style Of Music That You’d Be Surprised To Hear That A Teenager Listened To:

  1. Classical –  43 points
  2. Country  – 27 points
  3. Jazz –  19 points
  4. Opera   – 9 points

Congratulations to Nathan from Norwalk who guessed our top answer today! He won that $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

the who knew food corner

Here is the Blog Exclusive Who Knew Food Conner – It’s Spanish Paella Day!

If you don’t know what a Paella is, it’s a traditional Spanish dish, made with rice, meat or fish, and a delicious sauce. Whilst many countries and regions have their own recipes and variations, the best paellas are made in Spain, on the beach, with fresh seafood.

Here are some recipes!

Easy and Classic Paella recipe

The Ultimate Paella

Thank you SO MUCH for checking out our blog!! 
-Hannah and Lilly
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