Category: Christian Music

The 57th Annual GMA Dove Award Nominees

The 57th Annual GMA Dove Awards Broadcast will be shared by Trinity Broadcast Network on Tuesday, 10/6/26.

Click HERE to find more information about the 57th GMA Dove Awards.

Here is the full list of the nominees.

SONG OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Can’t Steal My Joy: Josiah Queen ft. Brandon Lake – Written By: Josiah Queen, Brandon Lake, Hank Bentley, & Jacob Sooter

Come Jesus Come: CeCe Winans – Written By: Hank Bentley, Bryan Fowler, Stephen McWhirter, & Tara McWhirter

Dusty Bibles: Josiah Queen – Written By: Josiah Queen, Zac Lawson, Dylan Thomas, & John Michael Howell

God I’m Just Grateful: Elevation Worship & Chandler Moore – Written By: Chandler Moore, Pat Barrett, Steven Furtick, Abubakar Baker Shariff-Farr, & Joshua Coleman

Homesick For Heaven: Phil Wickham – Written By: Phil Wickham and Jonathan Smith

I Know A Name: Elevation Worship ft. Brandon Lake – Written By: Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake, Jacob Sooter, & Hank Bentley

Left It In The River: Jamie MacDonald – Written By: Jamie MacDonald, Jonathan Gamble, & Colby Wedgeworth

Mighty Name Of Jesus: Hope Darst – Written By: Hope Darst, Jacob Sooter, & Lauren Sloat

No Fear: Jon Reddick – Written by: Jon Reddick, Matthew West, &Jeff Pardo

What An Awesome God: Phil Wickham – Written By: Phil Wickham, Jonathan Smith, & Rich Mulli

ARTIST OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Brandon Lake

CeCe Winans

Josiah Queen

Lauren Daigle

Phil Wickham

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR Nominees:

bodie

Emerson Day

Jamie MacDonald

Megan Woods

SEU Worship

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR – ARTIST Nominees:

Brandon Lake

Chandler Moore

Chris Brown

Josiah Queen

Phil Wickham

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR – NON ARTIST Nominees:

Hank Bentley

Jacob Sooter

Jonathan Smith

Steven Furtick

Zac Lawson

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Austin Davis

Jacob Sooter

Jeff Pardo

Jonathan Smith

Kyle Lee

POP/CONTEMPORARY SONG OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Dusty Bibles: Josiah Queen – Written By: Josiah Queen, Zac Lawson, Dylan Thomas, & John Michael Howell

Homesick For Heaven: Phil Wickham – Written By: Phil Wickham & Jonathan Smith

Left It In The River: Jamie MacDonald – Written By: Jamie MacDonald, Jonathan Gamble, & Colby Wedgeworth

Let It Be A Hallelujah: Lauren Daigle – Written By: Lauren Daigle, Jonas Myrin, & Busbee

WASHED: ELEVATION RHYTHM – Written By: Josh Holiday, Mitch Wong, Joe L Barnes, & Steven Furtick

WORSHIP RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR Nominees:

God I’m Just Grateful: Elevation Worship & Chandler Moore – Written By: Chandler Moore, Pat Barrett, Steven Furtick, Abubakar Baker, Shariff-Farr, & Joshua Coleman

How Good It Is: Chris Tomlin – Written By: Chris Tomlin, Jess Cates, & Jordan Mohilowski

Mighty Name of Jesus: Hope Darst, Josh Baldwin – Written By: Hope Darst, Jacob Sooter, & Lauren Sloat

What An Awesome God: Phil Wickham – Written By: Phil Wickham, Jonathan Smith, & Rich Mullins

Worthy Of It All (Worthy): CeCe Winans – Written By: David Brymer, Ryan Hall, Chris Brown, Mack Brock, & Steven Furtick

ROCK/CONTEMPORARY RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR Nominees:

eyes on Him: Strings & Heart – Written By: Angelo Espinosa

idols Steven: Stanley Stephen – Written By: Stanley, Paul Duncan, & Zach Epps

No Survivors: Jeremy Camp – Written By: Jeremy Camp, Jordan Sapp, Paul Duncan, & Emily Weisband

SEVENS: Brandon Lake – Written By: Brandon Lake, Steven Furtick, Hank Bentley, Micah Nichols, & Jacob Sooter

The Love I Have For You: Colton Dixon – Written By: Colton Dixon, Josh Murty, & Jon Robert Hall

COUNTY/ROOTS RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Black Sheep: Ben Fuller – Written By: Ben Fuller, Michael Farren, & Tony Wood

Broken Man Can: Scotty Inman – Written By: Scotty Inman, Jimmy Yeary, & Kenna Turner West

Speaking Terms: Ella Langley – Written By: Helene Cronin, & Joybeth Taylor

Still Do: Anne Wilson, Cole Swindell – Written By: Anne Wilson, Matthew West, Jeff Pardo, & Trannie Anderson

The Jesus I Know Now: Brandon Lake, Lainey Wilson – Written By: Brandon Lake, Lainey Wilson, Emily Weisband, & Luke Laird

GOSPEL WORSHIP RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Bless Your Name (Live): Maranda Curtis – Written By: Maranda Curtis, Chekira Daffin, David Cartwright Jr., & Laura Ann Johnson

More Than This [Radio Edit]: CeCe Winans (ft. Todd Dulaney) – Written By: CeCe Winans, Todd Dulaney, Kyle Lee

One Good God (Live): Jonathan McReynolds – Written By: Jonathan McReynolds, & Terrell Demetrius Wilson

Something’s About to Shift (Live): Red Worship, Jonathan Stamper – Written By: Jonathan Stamper

Yahweh Flow (Live In San Francisco): Tye Tribbett (ft. Jocelyn Bowman, D’nar Young, Jewell Jones, Jalisa Faye) – Written By: Tye Tribbett, Matt Redman, Jonas Myrin, Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, Marty Sampson, Israel Houghton, Adesewa Ayoola, Alessandro Vilas Boas, Ed Cash, Kristian Stanfill, Kofi Dartey, & Ryan Ofei

RAP/HIPHOP RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Bless You: Lecrae, Torey D’Shaun – Written By: Lecrae, Torey D’Shaun, Milan Szelcsanyi, Lihtz, KUR, Jeremiah Adkins, Amore Jones, & Eks

DAVE: Hulvey – Written By: Hulvey, xander., Zac Lawson, Micah Palace, & John Michael Howell

God Did II: RUA YOUNG, KB – Written By: RUA YOUNG, KB, Wes Writer, & Quinten Coblentz

ROB HELL: indie tribe, nobigdyl., Torey D’Shaun (ft. Jon Keith) – Written By: nobigdyl., Torey D’Shaun, & Jon Keith

Yes: Steven Malcolm, for KING & COUNTRY, KB – Written By: Steven Malcolm, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, Demi Kolenbrander, Ben Glover, Brendon Coe, Jamie George, Tedd T., & Theron Feemster

POP/CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Counting My Blessings: Seph Schlueter – Written By: Jonathan Smith, David Spencer, Colby Wedgeworth, Jordan Sapp, Tedd T., Sajan Nauriyal, Tyler Meadows, Kenzie Mccarter, Cristina Cardenas, & Emma Pettyjohn

Jamie MacDonald: Jamie MacDonald – Written By: Jamie MacDonald, Austin Davis, Derek Winkley, Aaron Robertson, Colby Wedgeworth, Jordan Sapp, Jonathan Gamble, Petey Martin, Andrew Bergthold, Justin Amundrud, & Josh Silverberg

King Of Hearts: Brandon Lake – Written By: Hank Bentley, Jacob Sooter, Micah Nichols, Rodrick Simmons, & Pete Mol

Mt. Zion: Josiah Queen – Written By: Josiah Queen, John Michael Howell, Zac Lawson, Jared Marc, Jacob Sooter, Hank Bentley, & Ben Foster

Walk Through Fire: Ben Fuller – Written By: Sam Martinez, Jacob Sooter, Ethan Hulse, Colby Wedgeworth, Jeff Pardo, Michael Farren, & Nick Schwarz

WORSHIP ALBUM OF THE YEAR Nominees:

A Forgiving God: SEU Worship – Written By: Rob Ellmore, Cameron Giddens, Chelsea Plank, & Christopher Austin Shuffitt

Breathe On It: Tauren Wells – Written By: Aaron Robertson, Colby Wedgeworth, Jordan Sapp, Jay-J, Jonathan Smith, Chris Strawder, Chuck Butler, Luis Higuera, Demitri Wells, xander., & Luke Johns

SO BE IT (Live): Elevation Worship – Written By: Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Jonathan Smith, Chandler Moore, Jonathan Mix, Scott Gardner, Jacob Sooter, Josh Holiday, & Joshua Coleman

Song Of The Saints: Phil Wickham Jonathan Smith, Shane Becker, & Micah Nichols

We Must Respond (Deluxe) [Live]: Bethel Music – Written By: Brian Johnson, David Whitworth, Dominic Shahbon, Jason Ingram, Jonathan Lee, & Mathew Ogden

CHRISTMAS/SPECIAL EVENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Christmas: Natalie Grant – Written By: Bernie Herms, Sarah Reeves, & Tim Davis

Come Home For Christmas: Matthew West – Written By: AJ Pruis, Mark Evitts, Jeff Pardo, & Chris Lockwood

DAVID (Soundtrack from the Angel Original Film): Various Artists – Written By: Chad Carouthers, Joseph Trapanese, Jonathan Smith, & Bryan Lawson

I Can Only Imagine 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): Various Artists – Written By: Tedd T., Jeremy Redmon, & Brent McCorkle

Rejoice! (A Celtic Christmas): We Are Messengers – Written By: Dan Muckala

RECORDED MUSIC PACKAGING OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Blameless: Jackie Hill Perry – Art Directors: Kevin Hackett & Jues Almanzar – Photographers: Matthew Warren & Quality Lenz

Honest Conversations: Katy Nichole – Art Director/ Graphic Artist/ Illustrator: Joshua Wurzelbacher – Photographer: Erick Frost

Mt. Zion: Josiah Queen – Art Director: Aaron Stearns – Graphic Artists: Aaron Stearns, Nathan Blaine, & Trent Nicholson – Photographer: Rashun Ludgood

Real: Blessing Offor – Art Directors: Nathan Blaine, & Aaron Stearns – Graphic Artist: Nathan Blaine – Photographer: Erick Frost

Reconstruction: Lecrae – Art Director: Kevin Hackett – Photographer: Quality Lenz

SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR (CONCEPT) Nominees:

Heaven On My Mind: TobyMac – Director: Eric Welch – Producer: Scott McDaniel

I’ve Got A Fire: Pat Barrett – Director: Noah Taher – Producers: Hannah Hastings & Luke Hastings

Raised By Wolves: Franni Cash – Director: Sadie Kay – Producer: Lauren Forbes

SEVENS: Brandon Lake – Directors: Noah Taher & Sadie Kay – Producers: Noah Taher & Rachel Mulcahy

World On Fire: for KING & COUNTRY & Taylor Hill – Director: Kadin Tooley – Producers: Katie Babbage, Fadwa Ward, Patrick Tohill & Crashbang

SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR (PERFORMANCE) Nominees:

CAMPAIGN: KB – Director/Producer: Juan Garcia

Far Country: Ellie Holcomb – Director: Bryant Bural – Producers: Bryant Bural & Noah Tidmore

Have Your Way: Katy Nichole – Directors: Greg Fromholz & Joey von Meding – Producer: Joshua Wurzelbacher

I Ain’t Worried: Jackie Hill Perry – Director: Devin Johnson

Worthy Of It All (Worthy): CeCe Winans – Director/Producer: Elliot Eicheldinger

LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Eterno Dios (Live): Gateway Worship Español – Director/Producer: Jakob Serban

Just That Good (Live from Passion 2026): Passion – Directors: Brian Zimmerman & Rusty Anderson – Producers: Passion, Louie Giglio, Shelley Giglio & Rachel Baldwin

Memorandum: Kristene DiMarco – Director: Luke Manwaring – Producer: Jonathan Lee

Sons of Sunday: Sons of Sunday – Director: Mait Hudson – Producers: Chris Dobson & Chris Brown

The Resurrection Of A King: Tommee Proffit – Director/Producer: Tommee Proffit

FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR Nominees:

A Great Awakening: Director: Joshua Enck – Producers: Steve Buckwalter & Troy Thorne

DAVID: Directors: Brent Dawes & Phil Cunningham – Producers: Jacqui Cunningham, Phil Cunningham, Tim Keller, Rita Mbanga, Steve Pegram, Timothy Hoffman, Nikky Kho, & Edelgard Slabbert

I Can Only Imagine 2: Directors: Brent McCorkle & Andrew Erwin – Producers: Andrew Erwin, Ashley Grifka, Bart Millard, Cindy Bond, Daryl C. Lefever, Josh Walsh, Katelyn Botsch & Kevin Downes

Sarah’s Oil: Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh – Producers: John Shepherd, Jon Erwin, Cyrus Nowrasteh, Kevin Downes, Daryl C. Lefever, Andrew Erwin, Derrick Williams & Zachary Levi

Soul on Fire: Director: Sean McNamara – Producers: Margaret French-Isaac, David Brookwell, J. Todd Harris, Sean McNamara, Toni Farina, & Amy Powers

TELEVISION SERIES OF THE YEAR Nominees:

Duck Dynasty: The Revival: Director: Ted Butler – Producers: Tony Sam & Peter Chelkowski

House of David: Directors: Jon Erwin, Jon Gunn, Jeff T. Thomas, & Lynsey Miller – Producers: Katelyn Botsch, Andrew Erwin, Daryl C. Lefever, Panos Papahadzis, Tony Young, Todd Giroux, & Courtney Johnson

The Chosen: Director: Dallas Jenkins – Producers: Jamie Elliott, Adam Drake, & Kerri Navarro

The Promised Land: Director: Mitch Hudson – Producers: Jeremy Crouch, Adam Drake, Richie Johns, Bethany Johns, Bob Elder, & Justin Tolley

The Wingfeather Saga: Directors: Daniel Haycox, John Sanford, Keith Lango, Ron Smith & John Wall

Once again, congratulations for all the nominees. The 57th Annual GMA Dove Awards Broadcast is on Tuesday October 6th. To find more information, click HERE.

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The Morning Thing Friday Favorites – our favorite songs from for King & Country

Today for our Friday Favorites, The Morning Thing hosts shared their favorite songs from for King & Country. We are so excited for their concert on Monday, 8/3 at the Ohio State Fair. Listen 7/27 – 7/31 for your chance to win tickets to the show!

Click HERE for more information on the concert and how to win.

Click HERE to hear from the hosts.

Take a listen to the songs:

Marcy’s favorite is The Proof of Your Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-2dKOfbC9c

Eric’s favorite is Fix My Eyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ej9T4bTAGI

Daniels’s favorite is God Only Knows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5cPQg3oq-o

Ethan’s favorite is It’s Not Over Yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmTmTMcdxOs

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The Big Blue Crew Shares Monday Morning Gratitudes

Do you dread and the Monday morning blues? We can all relate and we have some suggestions to help you have a better Monday. The Big Blue Crew shared their favorite Monday morning gratitudes on The Morning Thing! You can listen to them HERE!

Here are a few Monday Morning gratitudes to start your day off with. One simple way to kick the Monday blues is to finish this sentence:

“Today I’m thankful for…”

· Air conditioning

· Friends

· Coffee

· Health

· Family

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The Morning Thing Friday Favorites – our favorite NEW Songs for the Summer of 2026

For our Friday Favorites this week, The Morning Thing hosts shared their favorite NEW Songs for the Summer of 2026!

Click HERE to hear why our hosts love these songs.

Marcy’s favorite is TobyMac “Lord It Feels Good”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHfw5d_fJyE

Ethan’s favorite is Matt Maher “Gonna Be Alright”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66jeCK6lL0A

Olivia’s favorite is We Are Messengers “Faith Hope Love”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUKfhyW6uE8

Daniel’s favorite is Sidewalk Prophets “Father Let It Be”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIBYEXd66_c

Eric’s favorite is Jeremy Camp “Revival”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTFi9WgMwPA

Thanks for listening to WNZR!

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The Morning Thing Friday Favorites – our favorite songs on WNZR

On The Morning Thing today, the focus was on the music! So our Friday Favorites featured the hosts favorite songs playing right now on WNZR.

Click HERE to hear from our hosts or click on the picture below.

You can click on the links to see the music videos for each song.

Josiah’s favorite song is Breakdown by Andrew Ripp – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zLuDljOpTk

Xander’s favorite song is Heaven On My Mind by Toby Mac – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LOSvwjI42M

Eric’s favorite song is Place In This World by for King & Country and Michael W. Smith – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDmsRhWpsYw

Marcy’s favorite song is No Survivors by Jeremy Camp – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkhEiGjIQkM

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WNZR’s Meet the Staff Monday with Naomi Kinne

Senior Naomi Kinne is no stranger to WNZR. She has been serving as our Graphic Designer for the past year, but she has now joined our WNZR On Air Staff!

Naomi is from Circleville, Ohio and is a Graphic Design Major. Her minor is Communication and Digital Media. Naomi enjoys public speaking and is excited to get the opportunity to use those skills on the radio. She is also serving as the social media manager for the MVNU Basketball and Cheer Teams.

Noami shares some of her favorite memories on campus including the Block Party. She talks about making memories with other WNZR Staff Members on a trip to the CMB University Conference (Christian Music Broadcasters).

Naomi’s favorite artists at WNZR include Elevation Worship, Josiah Queen and Forrest Frank. She shared other favorites including Mexican food and her 3 sisters. Naomi is the oldest!

Naomi’s life verse is Colossians 3:2. It reminds her to focus on eternity and focus on God.  

Catch her on air Fridays 2pm – 3pm.

Click HERE to hear the full conversation or click on the picture below.

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WNZR’s Meet the Staff Monday with Brook Abella

This week’s Meet the Staff Monday on WNZR features Junior, Brook Abella from Bellefontaine, OH.

A 21 year old junior who’s enjoyed spending the last three years on the FM and being an active part in the film/video department.

Brook Abella is a double major in Communication Media and Visual Art with a minor in Music. She is in her 3rd year of cheer at MVNU and she loves to sing in Collegians Choir.

Hosting her own show and the Afternoon Drive with Gabriella Stanley is something she looks forward to each week while also doing sportscasting for WNZR.tv.

She serves on MVNU’s chapel worship team as well as the worship team for the student led ministry “Overflow”. She also leads worship at her home church, Christ Our King Church.

Brook Abella creates and releases Christian music to inspire believers to have hope and trust in their Creator… and many of her songs play right here on WNZR!

A verse that she lives her life by is Psalm 34:1-4, which serves as a reminder to be joyful and thankful to Jesus in everything!

You can hear Brook on Thursdays from 3-5pm!

Enjoy the conversation!

Click HERE to enjoy the conversation or click the link below.

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The Morning Thing Friday Favorites – we are excited for WinterJam 2026!

The Morning Thing wrapped up WinterJam Week with a special musical Friday Favorites. In celebration of the WinterJam 2026 Tour, the hosts shared their favorite song from one of the WinterJam artists. Enjoy!

Click HERE to hear from Marcy, Josiah, Xander and Eric.

Marcy’s favorite song is from Newsong – Arise My Love

Josiah’s favorite song is from Matthew West – What If

Xander’s favorite song is from Katy Nichole – When I Fall

Eric’s favorite song is a duet with Katy Nichole and Big Daddy Weave – God Is In This Story

A special note – the WinterJam times for the Columbus concert on Saturday 1/24 have been changed.
Show Start Time – 4pm
Show End Time – 8pm
Jam Nation Entrance Time – 2pm
General Admission Time – 3pm

There are 2 other stops in Ohio for WinterJam:

  • Saturday, February 21st – at Heritage Bank Center, 100 Broadway in Cincinnati
  • Friday, March 27th – at the Wolstein Center, 2000 Prospect Ave East in Cleveland

For more information, go to https://www.wnzr.fm/winter-jam-2026

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We wrap up WinterJam Week on The Morning Thing with a conversation with Chris Tomlin.

Chris Tomlin is headlining the 2026 WinterJam Tour. WNZR’s Ethan Hershberger talked with Chris about joining this tour for the first time in his career. They also talked about the songs he is bringing to the stage. Chris is excited to lead worship with the younger generation of Christian Music fans.

Chris also shared how humbling it is to see how God has used his songs to give people a voice to worship. He is amazed at what God has done through his music.

Chris also shares about his new album “The King is Still The King” and how he stays in God’s word daily.

Click HERE to enjoy the full conversation or click the link below.

Click HERE for all the details about WinterJam 2026.

Important NEWS about WinterJam’s stop in Columbus on Saturday, 1/24/26.

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