JoyFM Sept2025 Experiences

SEPTEMBER 2025

JOY FM ATTENDED THE ALPHA AND OMEGA CORN MAZE. SEE PAGE 12 FOR MORE

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Uplifting Messages When Ministry Meets Friendship (Email to Wendy)

“Dear Wendy, We just want to thank you for your wonderful hospitality in having us on Joy FM. You made us feel so welcome, and your thoughtful questions about Olive Branch Ranch Ministries gave us such a beautiful opportunity to share our hearts with your listeners.

It was more than just an interview— it truly felt like spending time with a friend and kindred spirit. Your warmth, encouragement, and the way you draw out stories made the experience a joy. We are so grateful for your friendship and for the kindness you show in supporting the mission of the ranch. Thank you again for opening your platform and your heart to us. I look forward to many more connections in the future.

With gratitude and friendship, Olive Branch Ranch Ministries”

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From Listeners

SEPTEMBER 2025

Field of Makers Shelley and Wendy at the Field of Makers Event for North Carolina Baptist Aging Ministry.

A Night Filled with Gospel Joy Melody, Wendy, and Meredith with her mighty helpers Bowen and Brock at Triad Baptist Church with Karen Peck and New River, Down East Boys, and Declaration Worship for a night of amazing gospel music!

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SEPTEMBER 2025

What a Blessing! Listeners Share Their Joy from Our Cracker Barrel Event Our Christiansburg Cracker Barrel Event was very successful! We had an amazing time and here are a few things they said about it after they got home:

“Good morning, Melody and Wendy, Many thanks again for the wonderful breakfast we shared with you Friday.

It was great. Such a treat to meet you, John and Josh. Thank you for the time we shared. Joy FM is most definitely a special, blessed Christian station. We’ll be praying as you prepare and enter into the time of fund raising for the support of Joy. You are a terrific group of people!!!!!

What a blessing to get to be with you.”

“Melody, John, Wendy, and Josh, Thank you so much for the wonderful time of great fellowship and food this morning. It was so good to see and talk to each one of you. You all are such a blessing! Thank you for being on air, and a part of our lives. In a world that is so dark, you all brighten each and very single day with the love of Jesus!”

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SEPTEMBER 2025

When Ministry Meets Friendship (From Online Donor)

“Thank you Joy FM for spreading the good news of Jesus Christ. Thank you for the prayers and encouragement you offer everyday. Thank you my sweet friends, Melody and Candi, who I have known for years and are always the same when I see them.

Praise the Lord that He provided the funds for me to participate in this fall fund raising. Praise God in all things and be grateful!”

More Than Supporters—They’re Family This couple is an amazing pair full of love, joy , and laughter. They are supporters of Joy FM but not only that, they are family. We love Gary and Patti!

A Heartfelt Call from Janet (Phone Call to Wendy)

“I received a sweet phone call from Janet this morning. She wanted to share how much she enjoys Melody’s morning prayers and how beautiful they are. She also mentioned Josh, John, and Brendan, saying how much she loves each of them and how every day something they say, or a song they play, touches her heart.”

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Radio That Ministers At the start of summer, when Evie joined Josh on the midday show, a listener named Robert called in and asked if Evie would pray for him.

She did, right there on the air.

Fast forward to last week, and Robert sent Josh and Evie a thoughtful letter along with some books he wrote, thanking them for their prayers and encouragement. It was a beautiful reminder of how God can use even a simple moment on the radio to touch hearts and build lasting connections.

SEPTEMBER 2025

When Ministry Meets Friendship

Spreading Joy in Boone!

Our Business Underwriter, Meredith was invited to set up a Joy FM table at Cornerstone Book Store in Boone during their book signing. She ran into a few Joy FM fans and made some new fans!

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A Heartfelt Call from Janet (Email From Day Sponsor)

“Thank you ever so much for sending the recording from my day sponsor on September 19, 2025. Words cannot express the joy that filled my heart the first time I heard it on the 19th.

Blessedly, the moment I turned my radio on that morning, what did I hear, but Melody announcing my name as a sponsor for that day. By the time she finished, I was in tears of joy for the message. I plan to share it with the rest of my family, especially my daughter, Lisa, whose birthday was on that date along with that of one of her first cousins, Traci, who was born on the same day as Lisa. Traci was born in the morning and Lisa was born in the afternoon on that same day. Both of them adored our parents and I’m sure they will be as overjoyed as I was when I first heard the recording. It really made my day and I heard it each and every time it was played on that date. I thank God each day for JOY FM and for all the people like you, Wendy, who diligently and faithfully work to serve the listening community in sending out the Word in music and through your words of encouragement.

May God continually bless all of you and keep you in His care.”

SEPTEMBER 2025

Alpha and Omega Corn Maze The Joy FM team— Josh, Meredith, and Wendy—joined the Jason Crabb event at Alpha and Omega Corn Maze, where they enjoyed a night of music, ministry, and connection. It was a joy meeting so many listeners and donors who make this ministry possible!

We had the joy of meeting Layla (right)! She and her husband made our fundraiser extra fun with their friendly backand-forth giving competition.

Look at this crowd!

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Wendy on stage cheering on the crowd (left), and proof that Wendy lets Josh talk (right).

Meredith talking about the App

SEPTEMBER 2025

“JOY FM is such a blessing to me. It has helped me go through my cancer journey and helped save my marriage!”

720 podcast downloads Top Latest Episode When the Church Hurts You: Grace, Humility, and Healing LISTEN TO IT HERE

New Songs Added

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by Sound Street

Thank God For Tomorrow

by Doug Anderson

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101,909 Our Top Facebook Post We came across this story on the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page.

SEPTEMBER 2025

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