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June 14th? A big deal for America!

Who Knew?

  • Today is FLAG DAY! Celebrating the adoption of the flag by the second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. President Woodrow Wilson, on May 30, 1916, issued a presidential proclamation declaring June 14 to be National Flag Day.
  • Today is also the birthday of the U.S. Army, which was first established by the Continental Congress back in 1775 to fight against the British during the American Revolutionary War. Throughout its history, the U.S. Army has played a vital role in protecting the security and interests of the United States, both domestically and abroad. Happy birthday to our Army vets and THANK YOU for your service!
  • Pat Sajak, the longtime host of TV’s Wheel of Fortune, announced Monday that next season will be his last. “Well, the time has come,” Sajak shared on social media. “I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last. It’s been a wonderful ride, and I’ll have more to say in the coming months. Many thanks to you all.”
    Sajak joined the syndicated show in 1981. Additionally, he hosted a daytime version of the series throughout the ’80s. He’s won three Daytime Emmy Awards, as well as a Lifetime Achievement honor, for his work. In Wheel of Fortune‘s 36th season, in 2018, he succeeded the Price Is Right‘s Bob Barker as the longest-running host of a game show.
  • “The Chosen,” the hit Biblical series about the life of Jesus, is coming to The CW this summer. The network announced Friday that it had picked up the first three seasons of “The Chosen”, which will debut on July 16 at 8 p.m. EST. The Angel Studios show will continue airing through the fall until concluding its run with a Christmas Eve finale. The CW is the first U.S. broadcast TV network to air “The Chosen,” which was created by Dallas Jenkins and stars Jonathan Roumie as Jesus. The Christian historical drama started as a crowdfunded project that went on to become a worldwide hit with 110 million viewers in 175 countries.
  • Your deadline for WNZR’s Take Dad to Dinner is tomorrow night (Thursday, 11:59pm). Make sure your dad is nominated! Click here to go to the WNZR website and registration page.
  • I was born June 14, 1969 in Mannheim, West Germany
  • I started playing tennis at 4 years of age under the coaching of my father, Peter
  • I turned pro in 1982 when I was 13
  • I won the French Open in 1987 when I was 17
  • I won the Golden Slam in 1988, meaning all four tennis major tournaments, plus the Olympic Gold Medal in Seoul, South Korea
  • I was the world’s #1 women’s tennis player for a record 377 weeks
  • I married fellow tennis player Andre Agassi in 2001 and we have two children

I am Steffi Graf. Congratulations to Lori from Fredericktown, who guessed correctly and wins the Katy Nichole CD, ‘Jesus Changed My Life.’

Thanks for listening!
– Joe

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Making an impact…and extending a tour!

Today’s Artist News includes:

CHRIS TOMLIN

We are so excited to let you know that Chris and Lauren Tomlin’s non-profit foundation, “FOR OTHERS,” in partnership with the Troubadour Golf and Field Club in College Grove, Tennessee and Discovery Land Company Foundation, raised over $12 million at the 2nd Annual Troubadour For Others Vision Gathering in May.

Over 30 celebrities from across sports and music participated in the benefit golf tournament and auction, including Drew Brees, TobyMac, Kirk Herbstreit, Vince Gill, Ben Roethlisberger and Carrie Underwood.

For Others President David Nasser called the event, “400 people united to do together what we could never do alone. The funds raised will allow us to push the gas pedal even harder as we serve America’s vulnerable and help them find safe and loving homes.”

Chris said, “This year’s Troubadour For Others Vision Gathering exceeded our expectations in countless ways. What a day! Best golf experience, incredible ladies’ gathering, and most of all, we witnessed an evening of laughter and heart that reached beyond our highest hopes. Because of the generosity of our guests, we’ll be able to fund even more adoptions than planned this year so that families can focus on welcoming their new child wholeheartedly without financial stress. I’m so sincerely grateful to everyone who attended and to those who chose to donate. You’re our heroes.”

Proceeds will go to help improve the lives of vulnerable kids and families across the USA.

CAIN

After selling out 22 shows during their first-ever headlining tour this Spring, award winning sibling trio, CAIN, has added 33 new tour dates to their Fall 2023 calendar, extending the CAIN Live & In Color Tour presented by World Vision, promoted by Premier Productions. Joined by Katy Nichole and David Leonard, CAIN Live & In Color will kick off Wednesday, September 20, in Baton Rouge, LA.

“This fall, we are coming to 33 cities across the US on our LIVE AND IN COLOR Tour,” said Taylor Cain. “We were inspired to name the tour LIVE AND IN COLOR because wearing matching colors has become part of our tradition. We want the audience to join us in wearing the chosen color for each night and together we create a family experience for everyone.”

“We’re trying to do something new with our tour! We want people to get to know who we are and the other artists joining us.” added Logan Cain. “We promise you are going to experience something very unique which includes fun and entertainment as well as ministry, worship and a chance to encounter the presence of God.”

(Joe’s CAIN color pop from Momentum 2023 in Orlando, FL)

I breathe the air of freedom in knowing my life
Is better off in Your hands
The past is gone, what’s done is done
Now I’m alive and I’m never gonna look back

…and we have a stumper! We’ll bring it back next week.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Zoe

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Takeaways from Momentum 2023

So you may know that five members of our WNZR team (Marcy, Jonathon Langdon, Mike Basko, Mackenzie Holder and me) spent May 30-June 2 in Orlando, FL at the Christian Music Broadcasters’ Momentum 2023 conference. CMB is an organization that exists to support faith-based radio stations, both digital and terrestrial, plus all of their digital products, including podcasting, social media and video. CMB also helps link artists and broadcasters. WNZR has been a member for many years.

I go to Momentum when my calendar permits for two main reasons – to be spiritually and professionally fueled. I always learn something new that I can apply to my work as a professor and a member of the WNZR on-air team.

So…here are just a couple of my big takeaways from this year that I hope you can also ponder, use or apply…and I will continue to share these over the next few weeks.

Speakers Billy Dunn (leadership coach) and Lisa Harper (link here) challenged us on Wednesday to do some internal accounting – some self-reflection – of both our spiritual and leader selves. And let’s face it – we are all leading or influencing something or someone. Billy talked specifically about leadership being a gift; a service to be given, so we should make sure we are in a regular habit of doing self-assessment and thinking about Ephesians 5:15-16, “15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” If you had a broken GPS system, you’d work to fix it, right? So we need to be aware when our own internal GPS breaks down, and how to fix it.

Our leadership should be reflecting humility – tossing aside things like arrogance, entitlement and any thought of invincibility. Billy reminded us that the people you lead need to know you care and that you can be real and authentic – even when you make mistakes!

Trust is at crisis levels in our country, especially among leaders. We can foster trust when we are self-aware and pray fervently that Christ would guide our way, allowing us to value self-control, empathy, and building strong connections.

Lisa talked specifically about kicking your impostor to the curb – about peeling off everything that is keeping you from a deeper relationship with Jesus. When I heard that, I thought of Hebrews 12:1-2, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith….”

Lisa shared her belief that we need to prioritize being alone and praying transparently with our Lord. Remember, He already knows, but even on our worst days, He still says, “that’s my son…that’s my daughter.” We don’t need to pose for Him, we simply need to accept and respond to His unconditional love!

Psalm 84:11 says, “For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold, from those whose walk is blameless.”

Name a color associated with summer.
Yellow (58 votes)
Blue (12)
Pink (10)
Orange (7)
Green (6)
Red (6)

Congratulations to Zeke from Johnstown, who guessed the top two and wins the Katy Nichole CD, ‘Jesus Changed My Life.’

He and his family came to the studio today and also got some bonus frisbees!

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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NZ Top 10 6/9/10

Here is todays countdown!

10. Gratitude – Brandon Lake

9. For the love of God – Andrew Ripp

We went Behind The Mic with David Leonard and Josh Baldwin and their song Every Hour

The break out hit was To Not Worship You by MercyMe

8. Ain’t Nobody – Cody Carnes

7. Anxious Heart – Jeremy Camp

6. Thank God I Do – Lauren Daigle

Our back to back artist was Elevation Worship with Trust in God and Echo ft Tauren Wells

The first Rewind Song is from the year 1991, Gods Unchanging Hand by Russ Taff

5. The Lords Prayer (It’s Yours) – Matt Maher

4. First Things First – Consumed by Fire

New music Friday was Jesus Does by We The Kingdom and if you would like to hear that song you can click HERE

Our Fan Choice was My Light by Colton Dixon

3. Running Home – Cochren & Co.

2. This is Our God – Phil Wickham

Our second rewind song is All I Ever Wanted by Margaret Becker

and our number one song is Cornerstone by TobyMac ft Zach Williams.

In the 4’oclock hour I mentioned the camp that burned down in Knox County and if you would like to learn more or support them, follow this LINK

Thanks for being here for the NZ Top 10

-Zoe Bricker

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Thank God it’s Praise Thursday!

Today on the Afternoon Drive, Zoe read a devotional from Our Daily Bread.

In Martin Handford’s Where’s Waldo? books, a series of children’s puzzle books first created in 1987, the elusive character wears a red and white striped shirt and socks with a matching hat, blue jeans, brown boots, and glasses. Handford has cleverly hidden Waldo in plain sight within the busy illustrations filled with crowds of characters at various locations around the world. Waldo isn’t always easy to see, but the creator promises readers will always be able to find him. Though looking for God isn’t really like looking for Waldo in a puzzle book, our Creator promises we can find Him, too.

Through the prophet Jeremiah, God instructed His people on how to live as foreigners in exile (Jeremiah 29:4–9). He promised to protect them until He restored them according to His perfect plan (vv. 10–11). God assured the Israelites that the fulfillment of His promise would deepen their commitment to call on Him in prayer (v. 12).

Today, even though God has revealed Himself in the story and Spirit of Jesus, it can be easy to get distracted by the busyness of this world. We may even be tempted to ask, “Where’s God?” However, the Creator and Sustainer of all things declares that those who belong to Him will always find Him if they seek Him with all their hearts (vv. 13–14).

By:  Xochitl Dixon

We also played Name That Tune! Congratulations to Pam from Fredericktown

Thanks for being here

-Zoe Bricker 🙂

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Who Knew? Not me…haha get it?

Today on the afternoon drive we heard from Paul McNeal from MVNU Athletics about their upcoming Par 3 Palooza happening at Irish Hills Golf Club, if you would like more information you can visit HERE. The interview segments are also on our soundcloud.

Today is national chocolate ice cream day and if you would like to learn a little bit more about Chocolate Ice Cream you can visit HERE.

Today is also national best friends day! To learn more about that you can click HERE

We also played Who am I? Here are the clues:

  1. I was born in Stubenville OH
  2. I am known for being a Jazz Musician and Actor but I have many other titles under my belt
  3. I was a founding member of the Rat Pack
  4. I was nick named “The King of Cool”

Who am I? if you guessed Dean Martin, you would be correct! Congratulations to Jack for winning an Anne Wilson CD with the correct guess!

Thanks for listening!

-Zoe Bricker 🙂

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Artist Newsday Tuesday!

Today on The Drive Zoe shared some artist news about NEEDTOBREATHE and Dante Bowe.

Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum-selling, and chart-topping musician Dante Bowe announces his new self-titled album, out July 21 via his label he co-founded TRUE Music. The project finds Bowe in a new light as he experiments with sounds, blending hip-hop, gospel, r&b, and more. to read more about Dante Bowe and this article you can visit HERE

NEEDTOBREATHE just announced their world tour! NEEDTOBREATHE has announced their Fall “CAVES World Tour,” in support of their upcoming new studio album, CAVES. Within the first couple hours since the announcement, fans actually crashed the band’s web server. The band sent out a follow-up email about the site issue, “Y’all took down The Insiders site with your enthusiasm.”

to read more about NEEDTOBREATHE you can visit HERE

It is also Game Time Tuesday which means we played song poetry. We had a stumper from last week which was “By Your Side” by Tenth Avenue North. Congratulations to Linda from Mt. Gilead for winning!

Thanks for listening

-Zoe Bricker 🙂

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Let there be Light!

Today is Praise Thursday! Here is the Devotional Zoe shared from Our Daily Bread

In my daughter’s earliest days, I often named for her the things she encountered. I’d identify objects or allow her to touch something unfamiliar and say the word for her, bringing understanding—and vocabulary—to the vast world she was exploring. Though my husband and I might naturally have expected (or hoped) her first word would be Mama or Daddy, she surprised us with an entirely different first word: her small mouth murmured dight one day—a sweet, mispronounced echo of the word light I’d just shared with her.

Light is one of God’s first words recorded for us in the Bible. As the Spirit of God hovered over a dark, formless, and empty Earth, God introduced light into His creation, saying, “Let there be light” (Genesis 1:3). He said the light was good, which the rest of Scripture bears out: the psalmist explains that God’s words illuminate our understanding (Psalm 119:130), and Jesus refers to Himself as “the light of the world,” the giver of the light of life (John 8:12).

God’s first utterance in the work of creation was to give light. That wasn’t because He needed light to do His work; no, the light was for us. Light enables us to see Him and to identify His fingerprints on the creation around us, to discern what is good from what is not, and to follow Jesus one step at a time in this vast world.

By:  Kirsten Holmberg

We also played Name That Tune

We also played Name That Tune and we want to say congratulations to Macey from Mount Vernon for winning a gift card to the Ye Olde Mill.

Thanks for tuning in!

-Zoe Bricker

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What do Otters and Flip Flops have in common?

It is national Otter and flip flop day!

International Otter Survival Fund began in 1993 to protect and help the different species of otters worldwide. It was inspired by observing otters in their natural habitats. The Fund is one of the world’s leading charities with various projects that protect otters. They have dedicated over 20 years of research to conserving, protecting, and caring for otters. They have developed a worldwide program to encourage education on otters. To date, they have supported projects in 44 countries and helped cubs in 33 countries. To learn more you can click HERE

It is also national Flip Flop day which was made by Tropical Smoothie Cafe and to learn more you can visit HERE

Speaking of national days, it is national save your hearing day and you can do this by not using Q-Tips, you can wear ear plugs at concerts and for more information you can click this LINK

Today we also played Who am I, and here were the clues

  1. I was born in 1930 in San Francisco California
  2. I was drafted during the Korean War
  3. I have been described as the quintessential western man in Hollywood movies
  4. My first western film was “Hang em High”
  5. I have 11 academy award nominations and 4 wins

I am Clint Eastwood who turned 93 today! Congrats to Charla for winning a $10 gift card to Ye Olde Mill

Thanks for tuning in and I will see you tomorrow for praise and worship Thursday!

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