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NZ Top 10 5/12

Lets get right to the countdown, shall we?

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

For our Behind the Mic feature, we talked with Blanca about her 2015 hit, ‘Who I Am’.
Check out her interview with NewReleaseToday here!

Our NZ Breakout Hit of the Week came courtesy of Citizen Way!
Check out their new song “Bulletproof” here!

Our NZ Back to Back Artist Spotlight fell on Sidewalk Prophets!
Check out their songs ‘Impossible‘ and ‘Prodigal‘!

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NZ Top 10 – 5/5

Good afternoon! Thanks for tuning in for the Top 10!
Let’s get right to it!

10. We are Messengers – Magnify
9. Zach Williams – Chain Breaker
8. Chris Tomlin – Home (Biggest mover! +2 from last week)
7. Micah Tyler – Never Been a Moment
6. Danny Gokey – Rise
5. Tenth Avenue North – I Have this Hope
4. NEEDTOBREATHE – Testify
3. Hillsong Worship – What a Beautiful Name
2. TobyMac – Love Broke Thru
1. MercyMe – Even If (8th week on the countdown, 1st week at #1)

This week, we went Behind the Mic with Colton Dixon!
He talked about his latest song, “All that Matters”. Check out Coltons’ thoughts on the song and more about his album here!

Our NZ Breakout Hit was from a new artist here on the station, Hannah Kerr!
Check out her song ‘Radiate’ here!

Our Back-to-Back Artist spotlight fell on the Newsboys this week!
Check out their songs ‘Shine‘ and ‘Born Again‘!

Our New Music Friday feature was a new one from Ryan Stevenson!
Check out his new song ‘The Gospel’ here!

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NZ Top 10 – 4/28

IT IS OFFICIALLY SUMMER HERE AT MVNU!
There’s no better way to kick off the summer than with the NZ Top 10, so let’s get to it!

This one’s for Josh, Justin, Jenna, Jess, Faith, Bethany, Cameron, Jacob, Aubrey, and Emily.

10. Home – Chris Tomlin
9. Magnify – We are Messengers
8. Chain Breaker – Zach Williams (BIGGEST FALL. DOWN 2).
7. Never Been a Moment – Micah Tyler
6. I Have this Hope – Tenth Avenue North (BIGGEST RISE. UP 2).
5. Rise – Danny Gokey
4. Testify – NEEDTOBREATHE
3. What a Beautiful Name – Hillson Worship
2. Even If – MercyMe
1. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac (5th week at #1, 10th week in the countdown).

We went ‘Behind the Mic’ with Natalie Grant today, where we talked with her about her song ‘Be One’. Read her interview about ‘Be One’ with NewReleaseToday here!
And listen to the song here!

Our Breakout Hit of the Week was from Elevation Worship.
Check out ‘O Come to the Altar’ here!

Our NZ Rewind took us back to this week in 2005!
Check out Steven Curtis Chapman’s ‘More of You’ here,

The NZ Back-to-Back Artist Spotlight fell on TobyMac!
Check out his website here!
Listen to his songs ‘Burn for You‘, and ‘One World‘!

This week, our NZ Fan Choice of the week was in honor of our Senior Graphic Designer, Bethany Waal. Her favorite song is “Just be Held” from Casting Crowns.
“When it feels like your world is falling apart, it’s actually falling into place.”
Listen to the song here!

We’ll see you on Monday for our first show of the summer!
Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

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NZ Top 10 – 4/21

Good afternoon! One more week and it’s officially summer here on the campus of MVNU! I hope you’re having a great Friday! Here’s the countdown for this week!

10, Home – Chris Tomlin
9. Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
8. I Have This Hope – Tenth Avenue North
7. Magnify – We are Messengers
6. Never Been a Moment – Micah Tyler
5. Testify – NEEDTOBREATHE
4. Rise – Danny Gokey
3. Even If – MercyMe
2. What a Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship
1. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac

NZ Rewinds: Rush of Fools with Undo & Matthew West with More. 

Our NZ Back to Back artist spotlight fell on Kari Jobe!
Check out her songs I am not Alone, and Heal our Land!
and also check out her new album, ‘The Garden’ on her website here!

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NZ Top 10 – 4/14

Goooooood afternoon! It’s a beautiful day out today and the students of MVNU are on Easter break! The countdown this week looked like this…

10. Home – Chris Tomlin (NEW)
9. I have this Hope – Tenth Avenue North
8. Magnify – We are Messengers
7. Never been a Moment – Micah Tyler (Biggest fall: -4 from last week)
6. Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
5. Testify – NEEDTOBREATHE (Biggest Rise
4. Even If – MercyMe
3. What a Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship
2. Rise – Danny Gokey
1. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac

We went Behind the Mic with Kari Jobe, and she told us about her resurrection themed song, Forever. Listen to the song here!

The NZ Breakout Hit of the Week was from Hollyn!
Check out her new song ‘In Awe’ here!

Our NZ Back-to-Back Artist spotlight, today, fell on Casting Crowns!
Check out their songs ‘Glorious Day‘ and ‘Lifesong’!

We went back in time with our NZ Rewinds today!
Leeland took us back to 2009 with “Via Dolorosa“.
and Newsong took us way back to 1987 with “Arise my Love‘.

We also heard new music today from Passion!
Check out ‘Glorious Day’ here!

Fan Choice of the week this week was from Francesca Battestelli!
Check out ‘This is the Stuff’ here!
and check out her interview with NewReleasetoday here!

I found a beautiful Good Friday poem from Andy Stinson that I read on the air today, and if you’d like to read it, or share it, you can find it here!

Have an amazing Easter weekend and enjoy this weather!
-Lilly

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NZ Top 10 – March 24th

Happy Spring! (I do think I can say that with confidence now!)
No better way to celebrate this warm weather than by counting down the top ten songs of the week! Let’s get right to it!

10. Even If – MercyMe
9. King of the World – Natalie Grant
8. One Step Away – Casting Crowns
7. What a Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship
6. Testify – NEEDTOBREATHE
5. Never Been a Moment – Micah Tyler
4. Magnify – We Are Messengers
3. Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
2. Rise – Danny Gokey
1. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac

This week we went Behind the Mic with experimental, folk-rock, worship band Rend Collective, and they told us a little bit more about their song ‘You Will Never Run”. You can listen to their song here, and if you’d like to hear more from Rend Collective about their song, check out the interview they did with New Release Today here!

We heard new music today from Casting Crowns and Mandisa!
Check out Casting Crowns new song “Oh my Soul” from their album ‘The Very Next Thing’,  and Mandisa’s new single, “Unfinished” here!

Our Back-to-Back artist feature this week was Passion Worship Band.
This band consists of quite a few familiar Christian artists including Matt Redman, David Crowder, Chris Tomlin, and more! Check out their songs ‘Even so Come‘ and ‘Remember‘!

Lincoln Brewster took us back to 2006 today with his song ‘Everlasting God‘
and Phil Whickham took us back  to 2013 with his song ‘This is Amazing Grace‘

Thanks for listening!
Enjoy this beautiful weekend!
-Lilly

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NT Top 10 3/17

Good afternoon! We are putting a wrap on the last day of the first week back from break!
Let’s get right to it!

The countdown this week looked like this…
10. Come Alive – Lauren Daigle
9. Thy Will – Hillary Scott & the Scott Family
8. Jesus – Chris Tomlin
7. Never Been a Moment – Micah Tyler
6. King of the World – Natalie Grant
5. Magnify – We are Messengers
4. One Step Away – Casting Crowns
3. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac
2. Rise – Danny Gokey
1. Chain Breaker – Zach Williams

This week, we went behind the mic with the band Tenth Avenue North, and they told us a little bit more about their song Stars in the Night.
Check it out here!

Our breakout hit of the week came from Chris Tomlin!
Check out his new song ‘Home’ here!

Our Back-to-Back Artist Feature this week was For King and Country!
Check out theor songs ‘Proof of Your Love‘, ‘Hope is What we Crave‘, and ‘Fix my Eyes‘!

Our rewinds today took us back to 2008 and
Check out 2008’s ‘By Your Side‘ from Tenth Avenue North,
and ‘There Will be a Day‘ from Jeremy Camp.

New Music Friday brought us new music from Unspoken!
Check out ‘The Cure’ here!

Our word of the day today was March Madness themed…
Flagrant (adjective fla·grant \ˈflā-grənt also ˈfla-\)

Have a great weekend! Thanks for listening!
(and go UK!) – Lilly

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NZ Top 10, 3/10

Good Friday afternoon! It was a chilly one here in Mt. Vernon today, but there’s no better way to end the week than with the NZ Top 10!

10. Chain Breaker – Zach Williams (Biggest fall! Down 9 from last week!)
9. Testify – NEEDTOBREATHE
8. What a Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship
7. Come Alive – Lauren Daigle
6. Magnify – We Are Messengers
5. Giants Fall – Francesca Battistelli
4. I Have this Hope – Tenth Avenue North
3. Never Been a Moment – Micah Tyler (Biggest rise! Up 6 from last week!)
2. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac
1. Rise – Danny Gokey

This week, we went Behind the Mic with Jeremy Camp and his song ‘Christ in Me’! Check out the interview Jeremy did with NewReleaseToday about the song here!
And check out the song here!

We had new music from Colton Dixon, Kutless, and 7eventh Time Down!
Check out ‘All that Matters’ from Colton here!
King of my Heart from Kutless here!

Our Back-to-Back artist feature today was Selah!
Check out ‘You Raise me Up‘, and ‘You Amaze Us‘!
If you’d like to hear more from or learn more about Selah, check out their website here!

Our NZ Rewinds today took us back to 2006 and 2008!
Check out Casting Crowns and their song ‘Does Anybody Hear Her?’
and Matthew West’s song ‘You are Everything‘

For King and Country and Zach Williams will be at the Ohio State Fair this summer!
If you’d like to learn more about this concert, check out the fair website here!

Thanks so much for listening! Enjoy your weekend!
-Lilly

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NZ Top 10 2/17

It’s been a long week, but it’s winding down now and the best way to wind down is with WNZR and the NZ Top 10!

The countdown for this week looked like this…

10. TobyMac – Love Broke Thru
9. For King and Country – Priceless 
8. Big Daddy Weave – Lion and the Lamb 
7. Hillary Scott – Thy Will
6. We Are Messengers – Magnify
5. Natalie Grant – King of the World
4. Casting Crowns – One Step Away
3. Chris Tomlin – Jesus
2. Danny Gokey – Rise
1. Zach Williams – Chain Breaker

The biggest movers of this we

This week, we went ‘behind the mic’ with Chris Rademaker and wife Jodi King, the husband and wife duo behind the band ‘Love and the Outcome’! Check out their song ‘Heart Like You’ from their 2013, self-titled album, here!

Our breakout hit of the week was from Phil Wickham, who you probably remember because of his song ‘This is Amazing Grace’! Check out his new song ‘My All in All’ from his 2017 album, Children of God, here!

Our NZ Back-to-Back artist this week was Unspoken!
This band has four straight Top 5 AC singles including Lift my Life Up, and Lift My Life Up was also included on the 2015 WOW Hits Release.
We played ‘Lift my Life Up‘ and ‘Call it Grace‘! Check ’em out!

Our NZ Rewinds today were Casting Crowns with 2006’s ‘Does Anybody Hear Her‘ and MercyMe’s 2007’s ‘God With Us‘.

New Music Friday gave us a new song from Stars Go Dim! Check out ‘Doxology’ here!

Our Wendy’s Cougar Trivia question today was ‘can you name all 5 of our MVNU Cougar seniors?’Pat Lucas, Deonte Cole, and Josh Ashwill, Megan Beidelman, and Natalie Thomas are our five basketball seniors this year!  Congratulations to Charla of Utica who guessed correctly and will receive a $5 gift certificate to Wendy’s of Mt. Vernon!

Click HERE to hear the amazing story of how a local softball league from Mount Vernon are reaching out to an 8 year old girl from Florida. This story is amazing! This precious girl was turned away from a Father/Daughter dance because she didn’t have a Dad. This girl will be in Mount Vernon this weekend to attend a dance with her new friends from Mount Vernon.

 

Have a great weekend and enjoy this nice weather!
-Lilly and Joe!

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