The Morning Thing celebrates National Pizza Week with our Friday Favorites. The hosts shared their favorite pizza toppings.
Click HERE to hear from Marcy, Eric, Shawn and Xander.
The Morning Thing Friday Favorites – PIZZA!
The Morning Thing 12/31/2024: WNZR’s Top 30 Songs of 2024
Today we celebrated New Year’s Eve 2024 with the top 30 songs of the year!
Here is the entire list:
30. Terrian – Honestly, We Just Need Jesus | Official Music Video
29. MercyMe – Always Only Jesus | Official Lyric Video
28. Tasha Layton – Never | Official Music Video
27. Brandon Lake – Praise You Anywhere | Official Music Video
26. CAIN – Any More | Official Music Video
25. Megan Woods – The Truth | Official Music Video
24. Consumed By Fire – Walk With Jesus | Official Lyric Video
23. Micah Tyler – Praise The Lord | Official Music Video
22. Brandon Lake – That’s Who I Praise | Official Music Video
21. CeCe Winans – That’s My King | Official Music Video
20. Anne Wilson – Strong | Official Lyric Video
19. Cody Carnes – Take You At Your Word | Official Lyric Video
18. Forrest Frank – Good Day | Official Audio
17. Patrick Mayberry – Lead On Good Shepherd | Official Audio
16. Cody Carnes – Firm Foundation (He Won’t) | Official Audio
15. We Are Messengers – God Be The Glory | Official Music Video
14. Phil Wickham – I Believe | Official Music Video
13. Tasha Layton ft. Chris Brown – Worship Through It | Official Music Video
12. Caleb & John ft. CAIN – Somebody Like Me | Official Lyric Video
11. Crowder – Grave Robber | Official Music Video
10. Katy Nichole ft. Naomi Raine – My God Can | Official Lyric Video
09. Housefires ft. JWLKRS – I Thank God | Official Music Video
08. TobyMac – Nothin’ Sweeter | Official Lyric Video
07. Josh Baldwin & Jenn Johnson – Made For More | Official Music Video
06. Seph Schlueter – Counting My Blessings | Official Lyric Video
05. Jeremy Camp – These Days | Official Music Video
04. Matthew West – Don’t Stop Praying | Official Music Video
03. TobyMac – Faithfully | Official Music Video
02. Tauren Wells & Davies. – Take It All Back | Official Music Video
01. Elevation Worship – Praise | Live Performance Video
The Morning Thing Friday Favorites 12/27/2024
The Morning Thing hosts share their favorite memories from 2024 for their final Friday Favorites of the year.
The 2024 Food For The Hungry Drive was a huge success!
We are recapping the 2024 Food For The Hungry Drive held on Friday, December 13th.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation!
The Volunteers and WNZR crew share their thoughts, feelings about the drive and how every single donation whether food or monetary impacts the Knox County community.
Don’t forget the Food For The Hungry drive continues through the end of 2024.
Click HERE to see how you can still make a difference in a Knox County resident’s life in 2024!
WNZR presents the December 2024 MVNU Presidential Update
MVNU’s President, Dr. Carson Castleman, talked with WNZR for our monthly MVNU Update.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation.
Dr. Castleman shared his thoughts about fall semester at MVNU and plans for 2025.
We covered many topics including:
- Enrollment numbers for Spring 2025
- Top priorities for 2025
- Fundraising campaign updates for the Chapel Project and the “On Deck Campaign” for MVNU Baseball
- How giving to MVNU changes lives
- Exciting events coming to MVNU in 2025
- Dr. Carson Castleman highlights some exciting events coming up on his calendar and the MVNU calendar, including several trips for the Castleman family.
- He shares special Christmas messages for MVNU students, faculty and staff.
- He also shares how we can pray for MVNU and his family in the month of December.
Click HERE to stay up to date with news from MVNU.
Thanksgiving Thoughts with the Big Blue Crew
Happy Thanksgiving from WNZR.
Here are some thoughts about this special holiday for our WNZR Staff. You will hear from our Administrative Staff (Joe, Marcy and Sue), hosts of The Morning Thing and The Afternoon Drive, Student Leadership Team members and NEW students taking Intro to Radio at MVNU.
Click HERE to hear the conversation or click on the link below.
We hope you enjoy them sharing about traditions, favorite foods and what they are thankful for this year.
Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for YOU!
The Turkey Trot is back in 2024 to benefit Food For The Hungry
WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Scott Burgess from We Run MV about this year’s Turkey Trot.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation.
The 14th Annual Turkey Trot is scheduled for Thanksgiving morning (11/28) on the campus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University.
Registration starts at 8am. The race starts at 9am.
Participants are asked to bring a food and/or monetary donation to benefit Food For The Hungry.
Scott shares some amazing stats from the past 13 years:
- Over 2,000 participants
- 7,600 food items collected
- Over $14,000 collected
You can keep the legacy alive. Come be a part of the Turkey Trot this year!
The Morning Thing Friday Favorites 11/22/24
Today for our Friday Favorites, we celebrated National Bible Week. Each show host shared their favorite bible verses.
Click HERE to hear from Shawn, Xander and Marcy.
Shawn’s favorite verse – 2 Corinthians 12:9
Xander’s favorite verse – Proverbs 16:9
Marcy’s favorite verse – Proverbs 3:5-6
MVNU Cross Country hosts the “Before the Bird” 5K Run and Walk
MVNU’s Cross Country Coach, Simon Taylor stopped by WNZR to chat about the team and an exciting event.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation or click on the picture below.
The team is hosting the “Before the Bird” 5K Run and Walk on Saturday, November 16th!
Registration is from 8:15am – 8:45am
Race starts at 9am
Where – MVNU Campus Chapel.
All proceeds from the event are donated to MVNU Cross Country.
MVNU presents Handel’s Messiah on 11/24
Dr. Bob Tocheff stopped by WNZR to share about the upcoming performance of Handel’s Messiah.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation or click on the picture below.
The 56th performance of Handel’s Messiah is scheduled earlier than past years, taking place Sunday, Nov. 24, at 7 p.m. in the R.R. Hodges Chapel/Auditorium. Tickets are $10 for General Admission.
Dr. Bob talks about this year’s performance, the guest singers and the orchestra. He also shares how the Messiah benefits the MVNU Music Program and students.
Click HERE for the all the details of this event.
Click HERE to purchase your ticket for the Messiah at MVNU.
Rise and Shine 