WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talks to Andrea Rees 4H Educator with the OSU Extension Office talks about how she is connected with 4H senior board, and her work behind the scenes of sale day.
It was a historic sale day, where they raised $1,183,636.89!
Andrea continues the discussion about sale day with Sale of Champions raising $85,350.
Andrea explains what happens with totals and why the totals change after the sale. This includes “Add Ons,” or Buyers Club options.
Andrea talks about how they encourage the younger participants to invite buyers in by, meeting them in person or writing letters.
Andrea talks about the positives of moving the Sale Day from Thursday to Friday.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation with Andrea!
Click HERE to hear the actual broadcast of the Knox County Sale of Champions!
We got some exciting stuff on Artist News Day this week! Let’s get into all the news:
Josiah Queen is taking his sophomore #1 album, Mt. Zion, on tour this Spring 2026, and you can catch him stopping by in Columbus! He’s bringing his friends Jervis Campbell and Gable Price with, who appear on his Mt. Zion album!
This concert will be taking place in an outdoor venue, KEMBA LIVE!. If you want to be a part of this night of worship, praise, folk, and joyful music, ticket information is available HERE!
We’ve gotten the pleasure to see Zach Williams on the charts with his title track to his new album, Jesus Loves! We’re gonna get to see this full album release next Friday, September 19th!
With a full 12 songs on this record, Zach Williams strongly believes in these songs, saying, “I’ve always believed in writing songs for real people who are going through real things.” More information about what Zach Williams is saying about his new album is found HERE!
Forrest Frank has come out with the deluxe version of his album Child Of God II! This album features artists we love on WNZR- Crowder, Cory Asbury, even The Figs, who we here on the song Lemonade!
More information about this album can be found HERE!
We’re happy to see that bodie released his debut album called No Skips! This album includes his hit Whisper & The Wind, which, at one point, made it on The NZ Top 10!
More information about this album can be found HERE!
We took some lyrics from a song we listened to during The Afternoon Drive to play Song Poetry! Here were this week’s lyrics:
Every time I call You, Jesus I call You, I call You Savior Worthy of glory forever Something comes out of the grave Every time I call Your Name
Today’s Song Poetry song was I Know A Name from Elevation Worship and Brandon Lake!
Congratulations to Kari from Newark for calling in and correctly guessing the song title and artist, taking home a $5 gift card to Watts Restaurant in Utica! Tune in tomorrow for some fun facts on Who Knew Wednesday!
Thank you so much for listening! – Xander and Ethan
We love getting to start our week off with some Monday Motivation for you! We took a look at some encouraging and uplifting songs during The Afternoon Drive! Here’s what we talked about:
We dove in deeper to Megan Wood’s “The Truth” and talked about how our identity is important. Finding ourselves and our identity is important, but many people struggle with insecurities. When you feel unaccepted there is someone that will accept your flaws and all. And Knowing God’s love and Identity in Christ. Romans 8:38-39 (NIV)
“The Truth” by Megan Woods lyric video
We also talked about TobyMac’s song “Speak Life” for Monday Motivation!
It doesn’t matter who you are, how young or old you are, you have the power to make a powerful difference in someone’s life. By simply speaking life to someone, you could be the brightest light to someone’s day and be a part of changing the trajectory of their day! Simply by smiling to someone in passing and saying “hi” could be the biggest difference in someone’s life!
“Speak Life” – TobyMac Music Video
Here is your Verse Of The Week on WNZR!
John 5:14 (NIV)- “Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, ‘see, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.'”
Big Blue stopped at the Fredericktown tomato show September 3rd through the 6th –
Congratulations to our adult prize winners! Satarah Durbin and Robert VanRiper from Mount Vernon. Thursday’s Winners: Cheryl White of Fredericktown and Lori Wicker of Mount Vernon. Friday’s Winners: Tammy Fraizer and Sharon Farrell from Fredericktown. Saturday’s Winners: Madalyn Hartley of Fredericktown and Larry Styers of Mount Vernon. The winner’s won a prize basket that was valued at $80!
Congratulations to our KIDS Prize Basket Winners! Wednesday’s Winner: Tonya Miller of Fredericktown. Thursday’s Winner: Konner. May from Fredericktown. Friday’s Winner: Graham Dugan of Fredericktown. Saturday’s Winner: Jackson Varner of Mount Vernon. Each basket was valued at $45! We also gave away an AWESOME student prize backpack for ages 11 – 17 courtesy of WNZR and the Office of Admissions at MVNU. Congratulations to our winner – Kaley Dugan of Fredericktown. Kaley won a basket valued at over $225 that had: many MVNU and WNZR goodies, plus TWO tickets to Sonfest 2025 at MVNU!
For our Mystery Monday, we had another game of Family Feud! Unfortunately it was a stumper, come back next Monday for a chance to win TWO $5 gift cards for Watts restaurant in Utica. Here was our prompt:
Name a reason people wake up in the middle of the night.
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)
Remember that we are On The Road With Big Blue today, tomorrow and Friday at the 48th Fredericktown Tomato Show. Join Marcy and the Big Blue Crew for live updates!
Did you know that today is National Skyscraper Day? From DaysoftheYear.com:
It celebrates architects who commit a dream to paper and the construction crews that make it reality.
The day is celebrated on September 3 each year, as this is the anniversary of the birth of Louis H. Sullivan, the American architect who was influential in the world of building tall buildings and was even called the “father of skyscrapers”.
Although the United States was the place where the tallest buildings started in cities like Chicago and New York, others around the world have taken up the design and building of these architectural wonders.
In fact, today’s tallest building in the world, with 163 floors, is called the Burj Khalifa and is located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
I was born on September 3, 1942, in Lima, Ohio, and later moved with my family to California.
I co-founded The Beach Boys in 1961 with Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, and Mike Love.
I left the band temporarily to attend dental school but soon returned to the group full-time.
I often sang lead on songs such as the 1965 #1 hit, “Help Me, Rhonda.”
I also released a 2010 solo album, A Postcard from California.
I am… Al Jardine!
Congratulations to Bonnie from Mount Vernon for calling in and correctly guessing who this was, taking home a $5 gift card to Watts Restaurant in Utica! Tune in on Thursday for Praise Thursday, and a game of Name That Tune!
Thank you for listening! – Joe, Gabriella, and Ethan
This Artist News Day is packed with award winners, a new album, and artist interactions! Let’s get into the news!
This past weekend, the queen of gospel music, CeCe Winans, had the honor of receiving two Stellar Awards, the Contemporary Female Artist Of The Year award and the Albertina Walker Female Artist Of The Year award!
CeCe is known for her big gospel hits like “That’s My King” (Which is up for a GMA Dove Award), “Come Jesus Come”, and of course, her rendition of “Goodness Of God”!
After the results of the Stellar Gospel Music Awards, we’re excited to see what happens with the GMA Dove Awards coming up in October! You can stay up to date with the Dove Awards by clicking HERE!
We have loved the music Phil Wickham has been bringing us, including his hits “The King Is In The Room” and his current #1 song “What An Awesome God”! These songs have been a great preview as to what we’re going to see on his upcoming album, which is called Song Of The Saints!
This new album from Phil is coming out next Friday, September 12, featuring the two hits previously mentioned, alongside songs he has loved performing live during the Summer Worship Nights tours this past summer!
You can learn more about this album on Phil’s website by clicking HERE!
Don’t miss out on our posts on Facebook, Instagram, and X! Not even Tauren Wells is missing out on our posts there!
Every week, we post Tunesday Tuesday on our social media, (You can follow us @WNZR_90.9FM) and this week’s Tune was Tauren Wells’ song “Let The Church Sing”. We were so excited to see Tauren comment on the post saying “It’s the parenthesis for me 😂”.
Join Tauren Wells and follow us on social media! Just click on the post and you can follow our page!
We had a throwback song for our Song Poetry this week! Here were this week’s lyrics:
Staring at a stop sign Watching people drive by T. Mac on the radio
Got so much on your mind Nothing’s really going right Looking for a ray of hope
This week’s song poetry lyrics are from the song Overcomer by the late Mandisa!
Congratulations to Erica from Howard for being the first to call in and guess the song title and artist, taking home a $5 gift cards to Watts Restaurant in Utica!
Thank you so much for listening! – Xander and Ethan
We got to learn more about National Banana Lovers and National Tug Of War Day for Who Knew Wednesday on The Afternoon Drive!
If you love bananas, today is your day! These yellow, curved berries are loved all around the world, and feature in many meals, snacks, and smoothie drinks as well!
How can you celebrate this day? Well quite simply, you can enjoy one with a friend or with family! Or you could watch a fun movie that’s jungle or banana themed! Curious George would be a great option to watch with kids, and to get them to eat their bananas alongside George!
Read more about National Banana Lovers Day by clicking HERE!
Today, we celebrate a game we grew up playing, Tug Of War!
Did you know Tug Of War was a sport that was professionally played in the Olympics? It was a sport for 20 years (1900-1920), and had teams of six on each side!
How can you celebrate this day? Well, simply grab some friends and/or family and enjoy a friendly, competitive game of tug of war and test your strength!
Learn more about National Tug Of War Day by clicking HERE!
Here are your five biographical hints about our famous mystery person!
I was born today, August 27th in 1908, and lived until January 22nd, 1973 to be 64 years of age.
I was a politician, but before that, I worked as a teacher at a Mexican-American school in Texas.
I was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1937 and later served as a U.S. Senator from Texas, where I became Senate Majority Leader in the late 50s.
I became U.S. president in 1963 after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
My presidency was known for landmark legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Great Society programs aimed at reducing poverty.
I am… President Lyndon B. Johnson!
Congratulations to Ester from Mount Vernon for calling in and guessing him, taking home a $5 gift card to Watts Restaurant in Utica! Tune in tomorrow as we take some time to slow down, breathe, listen to worship music, and read some devotionals on Praise Thursday!
Thank you so much for listening! – Ethan Hershberger
Today we checked out what your WNZR artists have been up to this summer on Artist News Day!
Brandon Lake and Phil Wickham took some time this summer to go coast-to-coast with Josiah Queen on The Summer Worship Nights Tour! With sold-out shows and audiences of over 30,000, the trio brought the worship with them every night. From familiar worship songs like “Trust In God” to their hits like Lake’s Hard Fought Hallelujah, Wickham’s What An Awesome God, and Queen’s Can’t Steal My Joy, every song was sang to lift up and glorify the Name of Jesus!
Not only that, but Lake and Wickham went beyond the coast of the U.S. to wrap up the tour in the UK, worshipping with an audience of 35,000! With the response of this year’s Summer Worship Nights, we’re looking forward to see if Lake and Wickham will continue the tour next summer!
Tasha Layton is bringing listeners a brand new album, featuring songs we love like Worship Through It and Thank You Isn’t Enough! This one is called Life In Me, and she’s released the title track for this album, which features Rachael Lampa!
If you want to read more about this album and Tasha’s thoughts about it, read the JesusFreakHideout article HERE!
We’ve been talking about Josiah Queen’s new album, Mt. Zion, this month, and it just came out last Friday!
If you’re a fan of his songs Can’t Steal My Joy and Dusty Bibles, those songs are featured on this record, among many others! You can read more about this album by checking out the review on JesusFreakHideout by clicking HERE!
We had a stumper for this week’s Song Poetry! Here were this week’s lyrics:
Three brothers in a fire Willing to die for their faith But You were with them in the fire And they walked out the next day
And Daniel met a lion Because he chose to pray But You shut the mouth of that lion And he walked out the next day
This week’s stumper lyrics are from the song Unashamed by Matthew West!
Congratulations to Brady from Mount Vernon for being the first to call in and guess the song title and artist, taking home two $5 gift cards to Watts Restaurant in Utica!
Thank you so much for listening! – Xander and Ethan
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