Today is a special day for WNZR! Its our Holiday! Throughout the show we celebrated National Disc Jockey Day!

Plus, we looked a the Flavor Forecast. Looking ahead we expect to see slight chance of spicy dishes with a high of Matcha. We also have a 50% chance of Amaranth. To see the complete flavor forecast CLICK HERE.

For National DJ Day we celebrate those who play recorded music on the radio and at events. From weddings, birthday parties, church youth events, retirement celebrations, car rides and so much more, DJs are a part of every aspect of our lives! We talked to some of our staff at WNZR to find out why they love being a DJ and to hear their favorite memories!

    Click HERE to listen to Joe’s experience as a DJ!

Aubrey shares her favorite memory as DJ at WNZR HERE.

Listen to Miriam’s favorite part of being a DJ HERE.

Rachel Radcliff shares her favorite memory as a DJ HERE.

Click HERE for Mariah Powell’s experience as a DJ!

Americans consume 17 billion quarts of popcorn each year, more than any other country in the world. A majority of the popcorn produced in the world is grown in the United States.

Today, we celebrate this yummy snack!
Click HERE to find out the history of popcorn. Popcorn started becoming popular in the United States in the middle 1800s. A few inventions including cooking with steam and adding peanuts and molasses made popcorn even more popular with Americans.

Click HERE for 49 mouth-watering facts about popcorn. Yummy. Are you getting hungry?

Looking for a fresh, new way to eat your favorite snack? Food Network Magazine created 50 different recipes using 12 to 16 cups of freshly popped popcorn. Click HERE for some great ideas on how to flavor your popcorn.

It is NATIONAL HAT DAY!

Hang on to your hats and celebrate in style on January 15. Millions will participate in National Hat Day.

• Hats may be worn for safety and protection, religious reasons, ceremonial reasons, warmth or fashion.
• In the Middle Ages, hats were an indicator of social status.
• In the military, hats may denote ones nationality, branch of service, rank and/or regiment.
• A Thebes tomb painting depicts one of the first pictorials of a hat . The painting shows a man wearing a conical straw hat.
• Structured hats for women began to be worn in the late 16th century.
• Millinery is the designing and manufacture of hats.
• The term “milliner” derived from the city of Milan, Italy. The best quality hats were made in Milan in the 18th century.
• Millinery began as traditionally a woman’s occupation, as the milliner not only created hats and bonnets but also chose lace, trim and accessories to complete an outfit.
• In the middle of the 1920′s, to replace the bonnets and wide brimmed hats, women began to wear smaller hats that hugged their heads.

Depending on where you live, if you are outside in the middle of a cold January, you may definitely want to wear a hat on National Hat Day!

Be sure to wear a hat and use #NationalHatDay to post on social media.

Wondering how to wear a hat? Click HERE to see 15 stylish outfits using a hat throughout all 4 seasons.
by Vanessa Rodriguez in Style Guides.

As you celebrate National Hat Day, click HERE to make sure that you are following hat etiquette. You can find out rules for both women and men.

Image courtesy of nenetus at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Feeling a little temptation to break your New Year’s resolutions already? Consumer Reports says these free apps can help keep you on the straight and narrow — no matter what kind of resolution you’ve made.

Click HERE for more information. Good luck!

It’s national Make Your Dream Come True Day! As we get into this new year we encourage you to follow your dreams  and inspire those around you to do the same!

How to Celebrate?
Get started on making your dream come true.

• Talk to someone that inspires you.
• Make an inspiration board with images and words relating to your dream.
• Write down your dream, make a project plan and create deadlines for you to work towards.

Today on The Morning Thing we talked about why it is so important to follow your dreams no matter how big or small they may be.  So don’t give up! Keep going! If you need some encouragement today check out this link.

We think of Mondays as a fresh start to the week.
It’s 1/11/16, there is still time for you to get a fresh, healthy start to the NEW Year!

Today, The Morning Thing shared information about 6 sixty second health tests that you can do at home. Click HERE to find out how to take the tests. An important note –  a positive result is just an indicator of a symptom and doesn’t necessarily mean you are sick. Please seek a doctor’s advice on your medical condition.

We also shared information about a January cleanse. There are several food groups that you should cut out this month to get you started on a healthier path for 2016. Click HERE for more information.

With WinterJam making its first stop in Ohio tomorrow, we decided that for the Fave 5 we would share our favorite songs from the WinterJam artists. Talk about challenging… Seriously, picking only one song from ForKing&Country and Matthew West? Next to impossible. But we did it and you can check out the videos for all of these songs.

1. For King and Country, “Fix My Eyes.”

2. Matthew West, “Grace Wins.”

Crowder, “I Am.”

Sidewalk Prophets, “Prodigal.”

Lauren Daigle, “How Can it Be.”

There were so many songs for all of the artists, that we recommend checking out all of their YouTube channels to hear more. And enjoy WinterJam 2016!

Today, The Morning Thing talked about the most important meal of the day – breakfast!
All this week, we have been talking about the new year and getting a fresh start for our lives.
Today, we shared a list of the 20 best foods to eat for breakfast. It is the MOST important meal of the day, so let’s find out how to give our bodies the best start for the day.
Click HERE to see what to put on your plate for breakfast.

Make sure to make The Morning Thing a part of your daily routine.
Every weekday from 6am – 9am, WNZR brings you great music, news, sports, weather and inspiration for a great start to your day! Click HERE for more information about The Morning Thing.

Today is January 6th, the official date of the Christian Holiday of Epiphany. Compared to its older brother Christmas though, Epiphany tends to get overlooked. It’s an important day though. It wraps up the Christmas season, welcomes in the Carnival season (that sounds fun, right?), and it commemorates to very important points in Jesus’ life: The visit of the Wise Men and His Baptism.

As we shared on the show today, while Christmas and Easter represent the two major events of Christ’s life that have an impact on us as Christians it is still important that we don’t forget the ones in between His Birth and Death. That’s why we encourage you to check out the information here that we talked about this morning to learn all about Epiphany. And maybe you and I could even read the stories of the Magi’s visit and Jesus’ Baptism to remind us of their importance and see what God would share with us through those portions of the Bible.

And since it is Epiphany that means it is time to talk about a subject that is approached with mixed feelings…. Taking down the Christmas decorations.

Maybe you just breathed a sigh of relief and exclaimed, “Finally!” with a single tear of joy running down your face. Or maybe they were tears of sorrow accompanied by a cry of “No! Do we have to?” Whichever camp you are in, it’s a discussion worth having. Contrary to what my girlfriend would wish to believe, you can’t have the Christmas tree and lights up year round. So we have a couple of guides for you. One based on superstition, one based on religious observance, and one based on organization.

Whichever decoration camp you are in we hope that you had a fantastic Christmas and that as the year you are ushering in by taking down those decorations will be a great one! Happy New Year!