For this weeks Friday Favorites the entire Big Blue Crew share their favorite things about their dads! We want to honor and appreciate dads for Father’s Day!
Friday Favorites – We love Dads!
Sonfest 2025 Announcement!
We got to talk with Zoe Bricker and Ben Slater from MVNU Admissions, for the big announcements about Sonfest!
They share everything about Sonfest including:
- Where is it?
- When is it?
- How can I get tickets?
- Who is performing?
We are excited to welcome ELEVATION RHYTHM, John Mark McMillan, Citizens, and more to MVNU’s campus, as a part of the concert lineup!
For more information or to get tickets, click HERE!
Friday Favorites – June First Friday Edition!
With June First Friday approaching, The Morning Thing hosts shared their favorite activity on the schedule! It’s going to be a great night!
Click HERE to see what Marcy, Xander, and Eric are excited for!
All the details about June First Friday!
Lacey Filkins, the Executive Director of Experience Mount Vernon, came to chat with us about this special event! She gives us all the details about June First Friday in downtown Mount Vernon!
There is so much happening and you will definitely not want to miss it! Come join in on the fun and while your there stop by Big Blue to register to win our “Take a sip, Take a dip, Turn it up” prize basket!
For all the details on tonight and what is happening, click HERE!
If you want to hear our conversation with Lacey, click down below!
Get Ready! Get Set! Have Fun This Summer!
On the Morning Thing Thursday, Eric shared a 2025 guide to fairs and festivals in Knox County and surrounding counties. This is a great guide for some Summer Fun from Knox Pages.
Some of the events that Eric mentioned include:
- June First Friday in downtown Mount Vernon.
- Centerburg Heart of Ohio USA Days
- Knox County Fair
- Mount Vernon Music and Arts Festival
WNZR will also be a number of summer events, and we are also looking for community partners to help cover these events.
Click HERE to find out how to become a partner of On The Road with Big Blue this summer.
Click HERE to see all the events listed by Knox Pages.
The Morning Thing Friday Favorites – All about ice cream!
Today, we have a special Friday Favorites for you! The Morning Thing hosts shared their favorite ice cream flavor and their favorite way to eat it! You can catch the Big Blue Crew at the Utica Ice Cream Festival is this weekend!
Click HERE to learn more about the festival!
The Morning Thing Friday Favorites – we LOVE MOM!
Today, we have a special Friday Favorites for you! The Morning Thing hosts along with the FULL WNZR Summer Staff shared their favorite memories with their Moms. Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at WNZR!
Click HERE to enjoy the memories!
It’s Seniors Week 2025 on WNZR. We honor Taylor Tyler.
Seniors Week 2025 wrapped up today on The Morning Thing.
We have honored graduates from the MVNU Department of Communication.
Today, we featured Senior Taylor Tyler. We talked about why she decided to come to MVNU and get connected to WNZR. We shared memories, lessons learned and recognized her as the 2025 Outstanding Member of the WNZR Leadership Team!
We talked about the future and celebrated her time at WNZR and Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU).
Click HERE to enjoy our conversation with Taylor Tyler from Alexandria.
The Morning Thing Friday Favorites 5/2/25 – we celebrate our Seniors!
We wrapped up Seniors Week on Friday. We have been sharing memories all week with our MVNU graduates. For our Friday Favorites, The Morning Thing hosts shared their favorite memories with our WNZR Seniors.
It’s Seniors Week 2025 on WNZR. We honor Leandra Viscioni.
It is a special week on The Morning Thing – it’s Seniors Week 2025! We are honoring 7 graduates from the Communication Department this year. Join us each day as we honor these amazing students. We will share memories, talk about the future, and celebrate their time at WNZR and MVNU.
On Monday, we talked with Leandra Viscioni from Mansfield.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation.
