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Please join our team of Marcy Rinehart,
Xander DeVault, Josiah Pletcher and Eric Brown from 6am – 9am each weekday morning.

Monday

Marcy, Xander and Josiah

Join us on Monday as we recap the annual Experience Mount Vernon Awards. We will honor the award winners and share conversations with these outstanding community leaders.

At 7:20am, we’ll play Movie Quote Monday. Listen to the quote, correctly name the movie title, and win a $5.00 gift card to The Southside Diner.


At 7:20 - Movie Quote Monday
At 7:45 – Focus on the Family’s Plugged In – DVD/Streaming Movies

Tuesday

Marcy and Xander

Join us on Tuesday morning and find out how to be healthier in just 1 month!

We will also share a Cougar Conversation with Sophomore Olivia Skillings from our MVNU Women’s Basketball Team. Olivia is also part of our WNZR Staff and serves as our Director of Listener Engagement.

We will also give you a chance to win one of our NEW Game On T-Shirts!

 

At 7:20am, don’t miss The Morning Thing Game of the Day.
Trivia Tuesday gives you a chance to win a $5.00 gift card to The Southside Diner.

At 7:20- Trivia Tuesday
At 7:45 – Focus on the Family’s Plugged In – Pop Culture Remix (Music and MORE)

Wednesday

Marcy and Eric

Join us on Wednesday morning and hear a Cougar Conversation with Junior Devin Dreier from our MVNU Men’s Basketball Team. We will also give you a chance to win one of our NEW Game On T-Shirts!


This week for Wayback Wednesday, we are going into the WNZR Vault to play the Top 10 Songs from the Decade of the 2000s according to radio airplay, chart performance and listener response! These were the highest charting songs of Christian Music for the entire decade!

 

 


At 7:20- Wayback Wednesday Trivia – we have a trivia question that fits our Wayback Wednesday theme for the week. You have a chance to win a $5.00 gift card to The Southside Diner!

At 7:45 – Focus on the Family’s Plugged In – Screens in your Teen’s Pocket

Thursday

Eric

We are wrapping up the first month of 2026 – it is time to reconnect with God. We will share ways to strengthen your spiritual life. We will also share some ideas for Family Activities – simple ways to have quality time together.

At 7:20am, don’t miss The Morning Thing Game of the Day.

We will play Throwback Thursday SONG. We’ll play a short section of a chart-topping song from another decade. If you can guess the title, you win a $5.00 gift card to The Southside Diner.

At 7:20am – Throwback Thursday SONG
At 7:45 – Focus on the Family’s Plugged In – TV Reviews

Friday

Marcy and Josiah

Join us on Friday for our January “Spotlight on Mount Vernon”. We will talk with Mount Vernon Mayor Matt Starr and get an update on everything happening in our community.

 

For our Friday Favorites, The Morning Thing hosts will celebrate National Fun at Work Day. The hosts will share their favorite FUN Memory from their time working at WNZR.!

 

At 7:20 it’s the Morning Thing Game of the Day – What’s That Sound!

Be the first person to Name the Sound and you win a $5.00 gift card to The Southside Diner.

Tune in for our regular Friday features:
- New Music Friday debuts
- At 7:20am – What’s That Sound?
- At 7:45 – Focus on the Family’s Plugged In – Movie Reviews
- Plus The Morning Thing Friday Favorites

MT Friday Favorites

1/23/26

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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