Here are results from Tuesday at the Knox County Junior Fair. Congratulations to all participants!











Thursday at the Knox County Fair is always a special day. It is Junior Fair Sale Day!
WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Jim Blanchard, Sales Committee President about the 2024 Sale Day.
Click HERE to hear their full conversation.
Jim shared a highlight of the day’s schedule, including an earlier start for the Sale of Champions.
He explained the overall process of buying an animal and how you can become a bidder/buyer.
Jim also talked about how the 175th Anniversary of the Fair will be celebrated with a special plate auction.
They shared some outstanding financial stats. The 2022 Sale brought in over $900,00! The 2023 Sale hit the historic record of $1 million dollars!
Make sure to listen to WNZR at 8am on Thursday, 7/25 for our coverage of the 2024 Sale of Champions.
We will also bring your sale results all day on air and online.
WNZR had the privilege to feature multiple 4H winners from the 2024 Knox County Fair. These talented young people participated in various projects, including miscellaneous projects.
They stopped by Big Blue to tell us about their experience in 4H, how they worked to present their project and their excitement to represent Knox County at the Ohio State Fair.
Click HERE to listen in as we honor and recognize these amazing young women and men. Congratulations!


The 175th Knox County Fair hosted a special Opening Ceremony on Sunday, 7/21/24.
The Knox County Junior Fair Queen and her Court were announced.
Congratulations to:
Queen – Reagan Ward
Court – Kennedy Auker, Vivian Noble and Madison Weekly
WNZR’s Joe Rinehart had a chance to talk with these outstanding ladies. Click HERE to hear their conversation.



On Sunday, the Knox County Fair hosted the 32nd annual Little Miss Knox County Fair contest and the 3rd annual Little Mr. Knox County Fair contest.
Congratulations to the 2024 Royalty:
Girls –
2024 Little Miss Knox County Fair/Winner – Natalie Kuhlman
1st runner up – Scarlet Anne Gray
2nd Runner up – Kaylee Conaway
3rd Runner up – Emberly Fowler
Boys –
2024 Little Mr. Knox County Fair/Winner – Judson Durbin
1st runner up – Blaine Doup
2nd Runner up – Dane Allbaugh
3rd runner up – Mason Smith
WNZR’s Joe Rinehart had a chance to talk with the winners. Click HERE to enjoy the fun conversations!
Enjoy the pictures below. You can see a full gallery from Sunday at the Knox County Fair on the WNZR Facebook page – HERE.







We are so excited to go On the Road with Big Blue to the Knox County Fair!
For our Friday Favorites today, we shared our favorite events at the Fair.
Click HERE to hear from Alyssa, Judah and Marcy.
We hope to see you there. Find Big Blue beside the Junior Fair Booth building, up the hill from the main Fair Board office.
Also, get registered for our amazing prizes at www.wnzr.fm
There’s quite a few unique, interesting, and downright weird places to explore throughout Ohio, so today The Morning Thing took a look at some of these under-the-radar locations you could pay a visit to!
For our Friday Favorites, we shared unique places we’ve visited in Ohio!
In Ohio, you can find all sorts of amazing places, like:
And more! Make sure to tune in to The Morning Thing for more fun weekdays 6-9am on 90.9fm WNZR. Have a great weekend!
The Morning Thing talked with Lacey Filkins, Executive Director for Experience Mount Vernon about July First Friday.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation.
Lacey shared highlights of the schedule, best parking places, live music, food truck options and many fun family activities.
The event is from 6pm – 9pm in downtown Mount Vernon.
July’s Theme is “Summer Camp”.
The Big Blue Crew will be in downtown Mount Vernon tonight. We hope to see you there!
Click HERE to see a full list of activities and details about WNZR’s “Drink Up, Soak Up and Frame Up” prize basket. We will give this away tonight before 8pm!