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Who Knew it was Banana Day?

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There’s Banana Bread day on February 23rd, Banana Lovers Day in August, but today is regular ol’ Banana Day!  Here are some Who Knew facts from the website companion to the kids’ book The Banana Police…Did you know that:

  • the most common type of banana is called Cavendish
  • bananas are technically berries – they grow from bulbs, not seeds
  • they’re in the same family as lilies, orchids and palms
  • more than 100 billion bananas are eaten every year around the world, which makes them #4 among the top agricultural products, along with #1-2-3, wheat, rice and corn
  • Uganda has the highest per capita consumption of bananas in the world? (average resident eats 500 pounds of bananas per year; Americans eat an average of 27 pounds per person per year)
  • India produces more bananas than any other country; 28% of the worldwide crop; China is #2, the Philippines #3 and Brazil #4
  • the banana’s scientific Latin name is musa sapientum, which means “fruit of the wise men”
  • there is a Banana Club Museum in Mecca, California

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Also, did you know the Cavendish banana could be endangered?  Read more from the UK newspaper The Guardian here.

Our Word of the Day is, appropriately, sapient, an adjective: having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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Who Knew? Christmas, Cheese and GPS

wednesdayWe’ve got a mix of topics for you today on WHO KNEW WEDNESDAY…

Our annual partnership with Operation Christmas Child kicks off this month,  April 23rd is OCC’s National Volunteer Week. Find out how you or your church/organization can connect with OCC by clicking here.  We also gave away one of these today!

April-OCC Tervis Tumbler

Congratulations to Darlene from Fredericktown who won our monthly prize, the OCC Tervis Tumbler!

Other who knew tidbits today:

It’s Grilled Cheese day! Celebrate with some melted goodness between two pieces of your favorite bread.

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and is GPS turning off your brain?  Scientific American has the details about a recent study in the UK: read more here from MIT Tech Review.

Our word of the day: rebarbative (re-BAR-buh-tiv) an adjective meaning something that causes irritation, or annoyance.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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NZ Top 10 – week of 4/7

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10. Casting Crowns – One Step Away
9. Tenth Avenue North – I Have This Hope
8. NEEDTOBREATHE – Testify
7. We Are Messengers – Magnify
6. MercyMe – Even If
5. Hillsong Worship – What a Beautiful Name
4. Zach Williams – Chain Breaker
3. Micah Tyler – Never Been a Moment
2. Danny Gokey – Rise
1. TobyMac – Love Broke Through

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY:
Skillet – Stars (video here)
Hollyn – In Awe (video here)

Wendy’s Cougar Trivia #1: MVNU baseball is playing Goshen College this weekend. What is Goshen’s mascot? Answer – The Maple Leafs. Congratulations to Stacey of Fredericktown for winning the $5 gift certificate to Wendy’s of Mount Vernon.

Question #2: MVNU recently had two runners qualify for the NAIA National Marathon in May.  Who are they? Brennan Crawford and MaKenzie McKirgan. Congratulations to Grace from Mount Vernon for guessing correctly.

Today’s WORD OF THE DAY: inveterate (in-VET-ih-rit); an adjective meaning settled or confirmed in a habit, feeling or practice.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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Praise Thursday – Let it be Love

Good afternoon! Most things are back to normal here after Lifeline, and I took the show today to rehash some of the topics we hit during Lifeline, and also to thank you for your incredible support of our ministry!
If you would like to hear our staff testimonies, why we love working at WNZR and what ‘Let it be Love’ means to us, all you have to do is click here and then click on the hyperlink of the name of the DJ who’s testimony you want to listen to!

I rehashed a little bit of our Lifeline theme today, so I talked about Romans 5:8, and how God still sent His son to die for us even we didn’t deserve it. We are sinful, and while on earth, we will always be sinful. Jesus died knowing that we aren’t perfect, but He died in hopes that one day, because of Him, we will be.

I talked today about Jordan Feliz and his song ‘Beloved’. That song holds such a great encouragement because you ARE beloved. This world is going to tell you so many lies, but in this song, Jordan Feliz says to forget the lies you’ve heard, and to rise above the hurt because we are children of God. That is the truth and that is the truth that we need to focus on.
Also, today, I talked about MercyMe’s new song ‘Even If’. There are days where we feel awful. We feel defeated. We feel broken. It’s easy to sing when nothing is wrong, but when we feel destroyed, it’s not so easy anymore. God is able to do more than we could ever ask or imagine, and the song talks about how we know that God is able and how we know that God can do all things, but sometimes our plans don’t line up. The hardest part of going through a trial is saying “Even if You don’t, God, You are still my hope. You are still good, and I will continue to put my hope in you alone.” This is my challenge to you this week, whatever trial you are going through, walking through fire, feeling like David up against Goliath, when you pray to God, say “I know you can do this, but even if you don’t, Lord, you are still my hope.”

The word of the day today was: PROGNOSTICATE /präɡˈnästəˌkāt/
This word is a verb that means to foretell or prophesy (an event in the future).
To read more on the history of this word, click here!

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Deep Dish Pizza!

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Deep Dish Pizza Day is today!  A chance to celebrate Chicago-style, pan or stuffed pizza.

Just look at this wonderful image!

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Here are some links to some of the top Windy City deep dish ‘joints’ out there:

Lou Malnati’s

Pizzeria Uno (nationwide chain)

Giordano’s (nationwide chain)

Geno’s East (in your grocer’s freezer)

Here’s a recipe from Taste of Home magazine to try it yourself.

Our WORD OF THE DAY is…yes, you guessed it…PIZZA! A flat, open-faced baked pie of Italian origin, consisting of a thin layer of bread dough topped with spiced tomato sauce and cheese, often garnished with anchovies, sausage slices, mushrooms, etc.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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Mystery Box Calculations…

 

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I’m stressing out a bit…I see buttons that say SIN, COS and TAN.  It’s the Mystery Monday Mystery Box item!

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Congratulations to Sarah from Mount Vernon, who helped me figure it out and wins a $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Lifeline 2017 starts Wednesday with our annual Day of Prayer and Praise!  Click here to learn more.

Our Word of the Day is sarcasm, a noun meaning  a sharp, satirical or maybe ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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Who Knew? The Kidneys edition.

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March is National Kidney Month, a great time to remind us of the importance of these two, fist-sized organs that are so vital to our health.

Here are some resources from the National Kidney Foundation that can help you keep your kidneys healthy:

Kidneys are important because they:

  • Filter blood
  • Keep the right amount of fluids in the body
  • Help make red blood cells
  • Help keep blood pressure under control

Risk factors for kidney disease include:

  • Diabetes
  • High blood pressure
  • Being 60 years or older
  • Having a family member with kidney disease, diabetes, or high blood pressure
  • Being African American/Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, or Alaska Native

Some ways to protect kidneys are:

  • Keep blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol under control
  • Lose weight, if needed
  • Eat healthy meals
  • Take all medicines as prescribed
  • Get regular exercise
  • Don’t smoke
  • Limit alcohol
  • Avoid some over-the-counter medicines (such as aspirin, naxoproxin, or ibuprofen) because they can harm kidneys

Today’s Word of the Day is: gadzookery, a noun that means using archaisms or older phrases in your speech.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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Who Knew!

While Joe and Co. are still in Florida for the National Religious Broadcaster’s convention, Christa and Cameron held down the fort with “Who Knew Wednesday!”

They looked at famous people from Ohio focusing on people from the counties surrounding us. (That’s Paul Edward Lynde, above. He was on quite a few TV shows and in the original Bye, Bye Birdie! film. He was born in Mount Vernon!) If you want to see the whole list of people, you can find it HERE.

The word of the day today was “exponent” and it means: a symbol written above and to the right of a mathematical expression to indicate the operation of raising to a power OR: one that expounds or interprets OR: one that champions, practices, or exemplifies

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NZ Top 10 – 2/10

Friday is here and there is never any better way to end your week than winding down with the NZ Top 10, only on WNZR!

Here was the countdown for this week:
10. Eye of the Storm – Ryan Stevenson
9. Magnify – We Are Messengers
8. Priceless – For King and Country
7. Thy Will – Hillary Scott
6. King of the World – Natalie Grant
5.  The Lion and the Lamb – Big Daddy Weave
4. Rise – Danny Gokey
3. One Step Away – Casting Crowns
2. Jesus – Chris Tomlin
1. Chain Breaker – Zach Willams

Our NZ Top 10 Rewinds today were:
What it Means from Jeremy Camp, which you can check out here, and
You are Everything from Matthew West, and you can check it out here!

Our NZ back-to-back artist today was Aaron Shust!
We played My Savior, My God and To God Alone from him today.
Check out more about Aaron here!

Our NZ Breakout Hit was from former Royal Tailor member, Tauren Wells!
Check out his song Hills and Valleys here!

The fan choice this week was Stand in the Rain from Superchick!
Check out this song here!

Our NZ Behind the Mic this week was ‘He is with Us’ from Love and the Outcome!
It’s got a really neat music video, so check it out here!

Our Word of the Day is whiffler, a noun that means someone who frequently shifts opinions, thoughts and interests.

Wendy’s Cougar Trivia today was: what is Cougar men’s basketball player Jeremiah Roberts’ year and hometown?  Esther from Mount Vernon correctly guessed sophomore from Toledo, so she won the $5 gift card from Wendy’s of Mount Vernon.

As always, thanks for listening!
Have a great weekend!
-Lilly

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