Driving Notes

Today Todd and I talked about National Bring your Teddy Bear to Work/School day!

First, we talked about the History of Teddy Bears! Click HERE if you want to read the story!

Then we touched on the psychology behind why we get so attached to these items as children. HERE is the article that I pulled from!

We also shared our personal stories about our favorite teddy bear!

Did you know that October is Clergy Appreciation Month? Want an easy way to tell your pastor how much you love them, you can nominate them for our WNZR Clergy Appreciation prize package! Click HERE to find out more!

Want to win CDs by Lauren Daigle, TobyMac, MercyMe, Mandisa and many more? Click HERE for more information!

Thanks for listening to Afternoon Drive!

Hannah Radke

That’s “Artist Newsday, Game Time Tuesday” by the way!

Yes, I know it’s only October 9th, but the record companies do not waste time getting their announcements out about Christmas albums and tours!

For Artist Newsday today, we shared some Christmas news about our favorite artists!

Hannah Kerr is releasing a CHRISTMAS ALBUM. YES. Release date is October 19th. It’s called “Christmas Eve in Bethlehem” This ten-track album includes seasonal favorites and Hannah’s two original songs, “Emmanuel” and the title track, “Christmas Eve in Bethlehem”.

Platinum selling, two-time GRAMMY Nominee Lauren Daigle has announced The Behold Christmas Tour. Presented by Food for the Hungry, the tour will kick off on November 29th in Roanoke, VA and make stops in Orlando, Lafayette, and San Antonio before wrapping in Austin, TX on December 16th.

Not Christmas related, but still awesome. Francesca Battistelli is dropping her new single This Could Change Everything on Friday, the 12th This will be the 6th track on her “Own It” album which releases on October 26th. The “Own It” album has 10 songs including “This Could Change Everything”, “The Breakup Song” and “Defender” a song featuring Steffany Gretzinger.

Of course, we’re also very excited about WinterJam! Yes!
The Morning Thing announced the lineup this morning!
Check it out here!
The tour spectacular is coming to Ohio 3 times!
Saturday, January 19^th – at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus (Jam Nation members get in the doors at 3:30pm, General Admission doors open at 5pm. Pre-Jam Party starts at 5pm. Official show starts at 6pm)
Saturday, February 16^th – at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati
Sunday, March 31^st – at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland

Today for Game Time Tuesday, we probably couldn’t get away with playing Christmas music for our games, now could we? So here’s what we did…
For Song Poetry, our lyrics were…
“You are my strength and comfort
You are my steady hand
You are my firm foundation
The rock on which I stand.”

That’s our friend Lauren Daigle with “Trust in You”
Congrats to our winner Sherrisa from Howard!

Be sure to get your votes in for the Dove Prediction Prize Giveaway!
You can do that here! Your deadline is Tuesday, the 16th!

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly and Todd

Today on Mystery Monday we almost had the full Afternoon drive crew with you! Malisa and Lilly took the 4 o’clock hour and the Joe and I took over for Lilly!

If you’re weren’t aware, October is PIZZA MONTH! Oh yes!

Our mystery question for today was:

“If you ordered a pizza with “The Works”, name a topping you would expect on it…”

Survey says?
1.Pepperoni (33)
2. Onions (27)
3. Mushrooms (14)
4. Sausage (10)
5. Olives (6)
6. Anchovies (3)

Congratulation to Sally from Mt. Vernon who correctly guessed the top two answers to our mystery question and won that $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!
Woooo man oh man that was a tough one, but we got a winner! Yes!

And it’s not the Drive until we share some recipes with you, is it?
Check out this link to 50 easy pizza recipes from the Food Network!
Of course, we’re going to tell you our favorites!
Lilly’s pick? Memphis, baby. 
Stretch dough into a 15-by-9-inch rectangle. Top with cooked chicken, 1/4 cup barbecue sauce, scallions, pickled jalapeños and 1 cup shredded cheddar. Bake until golden. Here’s what makes it Memphis that the recipe doesn’t tell you…
You gotta add coleslaw. Storebought is fine, but I suggest hommade!
Go Downhome with the Neely’s and try this recipe!
Malisa’s pie of choice? Baked Ziti Pizza!
Watchya do… Press dough into an oiled 15-inch pizza pan. Drizzle with olive oil, then top with 1/2 cup tomato sauce and 2 cups shredded mozzarella. Bake, then garnish with pecorino, dried oregano and olive oil. Top with ziti and more cheese before baking.

Want a breakfast twist? Of course you do! Check out this bacon-egg pizza!
Stretch dough into four 6-inch rounds. Top each with diced raw bacon; bake until crisp. Crack an egg onto each crust and top with olive oil, salt and pepper; bake until the eggs set. Top with baby greens

And a fall take on a comfort classic? Why not?
An easy apple cheddar pizza!
Stretch dough into two thin 9-inch rounds. Brush each with olive oil and season with salt; top with 1 sliced apple, 1 teaspoon fresh thyme and 1 cup shredded cheddar. Bake until golden; top with crumbled bacon and maple syrup.

We’re gonna get bougie real quick. Here’s the recipe for a ham and brie pizza!
Press dough into an oiled 8-inch square pan. Top with 2 ounces sliced ham, 3 ounces sliced brie and 1/2 thinly sliced green apple. Add olive oil, salt and pepper. Bake until golden. You can swap out the ham for prosciutto to make it even more bougie.

Gotta get a pizza in there for my little sister. Megan Kara, this one’s for you.
Pineapple does belong on pizza. So here’s a Hawaiian recipe!
Stretch dough into a 15-inch round. Top with 1/2 cup each tomato sauce, shredded mozzarella and diced pineapple, 2 ounces sliced ham, and red pepper flakes; bake until golden.

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly, Malisa, Joe, Hannah, and Todd too 🙂
The entire Drive really. We appreciate you.

Thanks for tuning in for another countdown!
Here’s what it looked like this week!
10. The Way – Pat Barrett
9. No Matter What – Ryan Stevenson
8. Counting Every Blessing – Rend Collective
7. What a Friend – Matt Maher
6. Who You say I Am – Hillsong Worship
5. Grace Got You – MercyMe
4. Confidence – Sanctus Real
3. Do it Again – Elevation Worship
2. Joy – For King and Country
1. You Say – Lauren Daigle

Our new music came to us courtesy of Austin French, and Zach Williams!
Check out Austin’s song “Born Again” and Zach’s song “Survivor“.

Our Back-to-Back artist spotlight fell today on TobyMac!
Take a listen to his songs “I Just Need U” and “Everything“!

Thanks for listening and go Indians!
– Lilly and Joe

Today, we continue sharing devotionals from the book Let’s Pray: Talking to God with the Words of the Bible, by Dr. James Banks, who serves as a pastor at Peace Church in Durham, North Carolina and is a regular writer for Our Daily Bread. Today we are setting up the last chapter of this devotional, “Prayers to Say Thank You.’ 

Where would you be without Jesus? Take a moment to really think about it. The words of Ephesians 2:12 sum it up well: “without God and without hope.’ Without Jesus, we would be hopelessly, eternally lost.  

We can never thank God enough. Praying the thank you prayers of the Bible cultivates gratitude in us and opens our eyes to “the riches of his glorious inheritance” that we read about in Ephesians 1:18. Praying prayers to say thank you is like counting the treasures of everything God has ever done for you, is doing for you…and ever will do for you.   

Jesus once met ten lepers at the Samaritan border on the way to Jerusalem in Luke 17. He healed all ten, but only one came back to say thank you. Where were the other nine? Maybe too caught up in the gift to remember The Giver. It’s easy for us to point a finger of blame at them but we can probably admit we’ve joined their party more times than we’d like to admit.

The one who came back and fell at Jesus’ feet” thanking him for what he had done,’ was a Samaritan. Jesus told him, “stand up and go. Your faith has healed you’ (Luke 15:16)
 Real gratitude makes us come back to God. We have a choice. We can go our own way, distracted by everything God has given us, or we can come to Jesus and worship him for what he has done. Keep your eyes on the gift. Turn your heart to the giver. 

What to know more about the Starting Point Walk? Click HERE for more information.

Did you know that October is clergy appreciation month? Want to nominate your pastor for the WNZR prize package? Click HERE to fill out a form! Maybe you want to bless your pastor with tickets to our WNZR clergy appreciation prayer breakfast! Click HERE for more inforation!

Thank you so much for tuning into the Afternoon Drive!

Hannah Radke

Another Artist NewsDay Gametime Tuesday here on the Afternoon Drive!

We have, of course, some artist news for you today!
For King and Country’s new album drops THIS FRIDAY, 10/5, and it’s called “Burn the Ships”“Burn the Ships” features 11 songs, including one of our favorites, ‘Joy’, a hard hitting song on self-worth called “God Only Knows”, and a song called ‘Pioneers’ featuring the Smallbones’ wives, Moriah Peters, and Courtney Smallbone.

TobyMac has a new album coming out on 10/12, called “The Elements” An 11 song album featuring the already popular “I Just Need U” and “Everything”. He said “The most important thing are the concepts, what am I saying to people? I’ve got to be going through some life myself and that’s why it takes so long. I have to experience some things, struggle with some things, overcome some things and get in the trenches before I have enough to write about.”

Tori Kelly’s Hiding Place tour kicks off on October 18th in Atlanta Georgia, and you can find out more information about here tour here!

Today we also played some games!
For Song Poetry, our lyrics were…
“But the grip of the past holds a little bit tighter
I’m reminded Your grace never asks for perfection
Oh I’m restored ’cause I’m Yours and I stand forgiven”

Our winner was Travis from Mt. Vernon!
For Name that Tune today, our song was “Bleed the Same” from Mandisa!
Our winner was Bonnie from Mt. Vernon!

And bringing back some up Uplifting news, we talked about our friend Benny the rescue dog who plays hockey and who also loves to ice skate! Check out the adorable article with pictures here!

Be sure to visit our website to learn how you can win a Dove Prediction Prize Pack and also how to support your Pastor with WNZR through Clergy Appreciation Month and our Clergy Appreciation Breakfast!

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly and Todd

Today Todd and I talked about Starting point and the Starting Point Walk 2018!

What is Starting Point? If you want to know more about what Starting Point is and how they do click HERE.

Want to pledge to help the WNZR team raise $500 for Starting Point? Click HERE! 

If you went to See You At The Pole and want to let us know how many people where there, go ahead and give us a call (740) 392-9090 and if you want to know more click HERE.

Here are some of the numbers that we have from “see you at the Pole”:

Mount Vernon High School: 60 people in attendance (13 adults and 47 students)

Fredericktown High School: 20 -30 students!

Thanks for tuning in!

Hannah Radke