christian music

Who Knew Wednesday: Music with a depth!

Today Todd and I decided to take a pause and really hone in on some of the incredible songs that we play here at WNZR!

Here are the songs that we focused on today! (Click on the picture to see the lyric video!)

Holy Water – We The Kingdom

Nobody – Casting Crowns/ Matthew West

Do it Again – Elevation Worship

HARD LOVE – NEEDTOBREATHE/ Lauren Daigle

Here are some bible verses based on the themes of these songs:

The Forgiveness of God
Humility
The Faithfulness of God
Fighting the Good Fight

Thanks for checking out our blog!

– Hannah and Todd

January 15, 2020 0

Who Knew Wednesday: The last day of our dig into Christmas Carols!

Carols, carols, and more carols!

Today Todd and I talked about all things carols, first, we listened to two MVNU professors, Dr. VanZant and Dr. VanNest, share about their favorite Christmas carol!

(Click on the picture to hear the conversation.)

Congratulations to Bob from Howard who won a North Main Café Gift Basket and James from Mount Vernon who won an Amy Grant CD! They have both been entered to win the Grand Prize. Click HERE for more info on this!

What was the first Christmas carol about?

Answer: The earliest carol was written in 1410. Sadly, only a very small fragment of it still exists. The carol was about Mary and Jesus meeting different people in Bethlehem.

Click HERE for more fun Christmas carol facts!

Congrats to Charla from Utica who guessed what the first Christmas carol was about! She won the $5 Gift Card to Troyers of Apple Valley!

Thanks for checking out the Blog!

Hannah and Todd

December 18, 2019 0

Who Knew Wednesday: Deep diving into Christmas Carols!

Today Todd and I learned so much about Christmas!

First, we spoke with Dr. Mike VanZant, who is a theology professor here at MVNU, about his favorite Christmas carol and why, from a theology standpoint, it is his favorite.

Click on this picture to hear this conversation!

Then we had a chance to hear from Carrie Hyman about the Mount Vernon Christmas Festival! Click HERE to read more about this event!

Click on this picture to hear this conversation!

What year was the Christmas carol “O come, O come, Emmanuel” translated from its original language to English?

Answer… Nope! It was a stumper today!

We also had a chance to give away two tickets to MVNU’s production of the Messiah! To find out more about this event, click HERE!

Congratulations to Mari from Mount Vernon who was our caller number 3 and won those tickets!

Thanks for listening to The Afternoon Drive!

-Hannah and Todd

December 4, 2019 0

Mystery Monday!

Today Todd and I gave you some chances to win with our Mystery Monday Question and a Christmas Gift Exchange!

Here is today’s Mystery Question:

Can you name two out of the top five most popular Christmas songs?

Jingle Bells – 45
White Christmas – 16
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – 8
O Holy Night – 7
Silver Bells – 6
We Wish You a Merry Christmas – 5
Silent Night – 4
Jingle Bell Rock – 3
Joy to the world – 1
All I Want for Christmas is You – 1

Congratulations to Jana from Utica who guessed Jingle Bells and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and won that $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Here are the fun facts that we shared about these Christmas songs:

“White Christmas” is the top-selling Christmas song of all time. The song was written by Irving Berlin, a Russian Jewish immigrant who also wrote “God Bless America.”
The song “Jingle Bells” was written in the 1850s for a Unitarian church by James Lord Pierpont, but it wasn’t written for Christmas. It was originally written for Thanksgiving and called “One Horse Open Sleigh”.
“Silent Night” is one of the most recognizable songs at Christmas Mass and on a radio playing non-stop holiday music. (While most people recognize the lyrics “Silent Night, Holy Night, all is calm, all is bright,” the original lyrics are “Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht, alles schlaft, einsam wacht.”) The song was originally written in German in 1816 by Father Joseph Mohr, a Catholic priest in Austria. Two years later, it was set to music by Franz Gruber. It was translated into English by John Freeman Young of Manhattan’s Trinity Church.
Silver Bells, written in 1950 by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. The original title? “Tinkle Bells.” The title was changed when Livingston’s wife told him about the double meaning of tinkle.

We also played the WNZR Christmas Gift Exchange! Congratulations and thanks to Karen from Mount Vernon who played the WNZR Christmas Gift Exchange with us and won a gift from under our tree! If you want more information, click HERE.

Thanks for checking out our blog!

– Hannah and Todd

December 17, 2018 0

Destiny Rescue Who Knew!

Tonight is the Crossroads league Destiny Rescue night! Destiny Rescue is an international, Christian-based, non-profit organization which is dedicated to rescuing children from human trafficking and sex slavery. They are are focused on rescuing children and then getting these children into aftercare programs that provide healthcare, counseling, spiritual guidance and so much more. Destiny Rescue is going to be at our basketball games tonight selling T-Shirts and jewelry n attempts to raise $1,500 to rescue one child.
If you would like more information about Destiny Rescue, check out their website here!

Valentine’s Banquet!

WNZR’s 19th annual Valentine’s Banquet will be held on Friday, February 10th at 7p.m. in the President’s Dining Room, located in the Hyson Campus Center on the MVNU campus.
This year’s theme is “Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti”!
Tickets are on sale NOW at the WNZR studios!
Banquet tickets are $19 per person and include an Italian Buffet buffet dinner, entertainment and over $1,000 worth of door prizes.
Deadline to buy tickets – Thursday, 2/2 at 6pm.

Big Blue Music Crew…
If you would like to join the Big Blue Crew Music Crew, send a message to wnzr@mvnu.edu. We will e-mail you back a link to take our short survey. Just listen to a couple music clips and give your opinion! In thanking you for participating in our survey, we will send you a Big Blue Music Crew T-Shirt!

Our word of the day today was ‘Ab Ovo’ which means ‘from the beginning’.
Check out some history behind this word here!

As always, thanks for listening!

January 25, 2017 0

NZ Top 10 + New Music – 9/30

Here’s this week’s NZ Top 10:

10: One Step Away – Casting Crowns

9: Ever Be – Aaron Shust

8: Trust In You – Lauren Daigle

7: God Is On The Move – 7eventh Time Down

6: Breathe – Jonny Diaz

5: Priceless – For King & Country

4: Christ In Me – Jeremy Camp

3: Thy Will – Hillary Scott & The Scott Family

2: Dear Younger Me – MercyMe

1: Eye of the Storm – Ryan Stevenson ft. GabeReal

Have a great weekend and make sure to come out to our big 30th anniversary party in downtown Mount Vernon tomorrow night (more info at wnzr.fm)!

-Jess

September 30, 2016 0

NZ Top 10 + New Music – 8/26

Here’s this week’s NZ Top 10:

10: Thy Will – Hillary Scott & The Scott Family

9: Tell Your Heart To Beat Again – Danny Gokey

8: Ever Be – Aaron Shust

7: Move (Keep Walkin’) – TobyMac

6: Dear Younger Me – MercyMe

5: Trust In You – Lauren Daigle

4: Breath – Jonny Diaz

3: God Is On The Move – 7eventh Time Down

2: Christ In Me – Jeremy Camp

1: Eye Of The Storm – Ryan Stevenson

New Music (click each for a lyric video)

Battles – The Afters

Oxygen – Lincoln Brewster

Today’s Word of the Day was guttural (GUTT-uh-rul), an adjective meaning articulated in the throat. You can read more on that here.

Don’t forget to check out this video we made at Troyer’s of Apple Valley where we show you some of the things you can get with the $5 gift certificates we give away on the show.

Have a great weekend!

-Jess

August 26, 2016 0