The Morning Thing Friday Favorites 1/3/25

January is National Soup Month. Today for our Friday Favorites, The Morning Thing hosts shared about their favorite soups.

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

Here is Eric’s Chili Recipe:
Ingredients

1 lbs burger/1lbs mild Italian sausage

2 cups of salsa

Bushs chili and beans

2 can pinto beans

2 can kidney beans

2 can black beans

1/2 tsp paprika

1 onion

1 cup water

1/4 cup chili powder

To garnish

Cheddar cheese

Sour cream 

Steps

  1. Brown beef and/or sausage
  2. Dice onion
  3. Add all ingredients except salsa to crockpot or large pot
  4. Cook on medium or medium high heat for a couple of hours
    1. Depends on how soft you want the beans
  5. 1 hour to half an hour before eating, add the salsa.
  6. Eat when you think its ready and enjoy!

Note: You can really eat whenever after the meat has been cooked because the other ingredients are not based on temperature to consume. 

You can also add any peppers or other ingredients you wish. 

Its YOUR chili, so have fun with it!

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 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!

MVNU AND WNZR is gearing up for “Food For The Hungry Live”

MVNU Professors Joe Rinehart and Jayme McMillan share how MVNU students are involved with the project including camera operations, graphics, etc.


Click HERE to listen to the full conversation!


Joe talks about how the broadcast plays a part in the student’s development in the working world while simultaneously showing the student that they can use their talents to represent Christ to make an impact on the lives of others.


Jayme adds the importance of service learning. He says they try to prepare students in class, but the student’s talents really shine on broadcast day.


Joe says that you watch the live broadcast at WNZR.TV and will be simulcast on WMVO 100.9 FM and 93.7 HD2, and on the Food For The Hungry Facebook page. WNZR will be bringing you live updates throughout the day.

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 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

The Morning Thing Friday Favorites 11/15/24

Each Friday, The Morning Thing hosts share their “Friday Favorites”. Sometimes we have a theme. Sometimes we just share something great that happened during the week.
Today, we shared about trips to Nashville and Fredericktown.
Click HERE or on the link below to hear from Marcy, Xander and Shawn.
Are you looking for the blessings all around you today? What is your Friday Favorite?

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