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10/31/2025

Have a request? We’re happy to take it! Call us up at 601-995-1120 and we’ll do our very best to get your favorite tune on the airwaves!

10/31/2025

Do you ever wonder who first thought of Halloween?

Happy Halloween! Today we are taking a look at the history behind this beloved holiday. Halloween’s origins are surprisingly ancient, dating all the way back to the Celtic festival of Samhain. Later, Christianity supplanted the ancient Celtic celebration with All Souls’ Day on November 2nd. Early celebrations shared many similarities with Samhain, including large bonfires and dressing up in costumes (usually angels, saints, or devils). The Church also dedicated November 1st as All Saint’s Day; the holiday was often called All-hallows or All-hallowmas. The night before it was often referred to as All-Hallows Eve, a name that eventually turned into what we know it as today: Halloween.

While Halloween celebrations were extremely limited in colonial New England due to Protestant beliefs, a wave of Irish immigrants in the second half of the 19th century helped popularize Halloween across America. Over time, the holiday lost its religious and superstitious undertones as newspapers and community leaders began to encourage people to avoid anything “frightening” or “grotesque” in their Halloween celebrations. Between 1920 and 1950, the old European tradition of “trick-or-treating” made a comeback in America and by the 1950s, Halloween had been firmly established as a holiday directed at children. Trick-or-treating and Halloween parties became common ways to celebrate the now-secular holiday, and indeed, these traditions continue to this day.

10/30/2025

Your holiness matters.

In the Old Testament, the word “holy” doesn’t always refer to a moral state; often, it refers to a relationship. Cities are described as holy cities, vessels as holy vessels, and buildings as holy places. This means that they stood in a special relationship to God. And so it is in redemption: we have been placed in a special relationship to God. We have been set apart for a holy use.

By: Alistair Begg, Magnolia TribuneYour holiness matters.In the Old Testament, the word “holy” doesn’t always refer to a moral state; often, it refers to a relationship. Cities are described as holy cities, vessels as holy vessels, and buildings as holy places. This means that they stood in a ...

10/26/2025

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." James 1:17

10/25/2025

There are “biblical” words that are not, in fact, in the Bible. For example, you will not find the word substitute in your Bible, and yet the word conveys the beauty of what happened when the Son of God died in the place of sinners. You will not find the word Trinity in the Scriptures either, and yet it represents true teaching about who God is. And the truth it captures is wondrous.

Read More: https://www.wtwzradio.com/post/faith-blessed-trinity

By: Alistair Begg, Magnolia TribuneThere are “biblical” words that are not, in fact, in the Bible. For example, you will not find the word substitute in your Bible, and yet the word conveys the beauty of what happened when the Son of God died in the place of sinners. You will not find the word T...

10/24/2025

You are cordially invited to a Veterans Day Ceremony on the Entergy Plaza of the Two Mississippi Museums Friday, November 7, at 10:30 AM

The 2025 veterans Day Ceremony will include a performance by the 41st Army Band, a moment of silence, recognition of the veterans in attendance and of fallen heroes by the Adjutant General of the Mississippi National Guard. A memorial volley and wreath laying will follow.

Free parking is available in the visitor parking garage located behind the museums on Jefferson Street. For more information , call 601-576-6850 or email info .ms.gov

10/23/2025

C Spire, a leading national advanced technology company, announced today that it is recognized as one of America’s Most Admired Workplaces 2026 by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. This marks the second consecutive year C Spire has received the honor.

Read More: https://www.wtwzradio.com/post/c-spire-named-to-newsweek-s-america-s-most-admired-workplaces-2026-for-second-consecutive-year

C Spire, a leading national advanced technology company, announced today that it is recognized as one of America’s Most Admired Workplaces 2026 by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. This marks the second consecutive year C Spire has received the honor. Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group recogni...

10/21/2025

Start your day right with WTWZ’s inspirational programs! Tune in for uplifting content that empowers and inspires you to be your best. Stay tuned for some easy listening music that will soothe your soul and bring peace to your mind. Listen live on the radio or our website! You can even listen on Alexa! Just say "Alexa, enable WTWZ!"

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10/21/2025

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10/14/2025

Want to hear your favorite easy listening and adult standard hits at any time of the day or night? Tune in with us online and you can listen LIVE! Or join us on the air at AM 1120 or FM 102.5!

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10/10/2025

🎉 Happy 43rd Anniversary, WTWZ! 🎉

Since our first broadcast on Sunday, October 10, 1982, Wood Broadcasting has proudly served our community with a mix of timeless oldies and uplifting inspirational and motivational programs. Here’s to 43 years behind the mic… and 43 more to come! Thank you for listening and letting us be part of your day. ❤️📻