Brant Page Hansen (born October 11, 1969) is an American radio personality and author. He has hosted the morning show on the national Christian radio

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and the afternoon show on the national Christian radio network

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. He has a nationally syndicated radio show carried on over 200 stations in the

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, and is the storyteller for

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, a network of charity hospitals and clinics in 30 countries.

Career

Radio career

Hansen graduated from the

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school of journalism in 1991. Hansen began his radio career while at the college rock station

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. Hansen moved on to be the morning show host for contemporary Christian

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-FM in

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, then moved to

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, Texas and worked at 89.3FM

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. He was the news director and also an on-air personality. By 2001, Hansen had moved back to Champaign, and was host of ''The Brant Hansen Show'' on WDWS 1400 talk radio. Hansen was the lead singer for the 90s Christian indie band Farewell to Juliet, which released albums including ''Echoes of Laughter'' in 1993 and ''Grace and Dire Circumstances'' in 1998. After leaving WDWS, Hansen moved to south Florida in 2003 and joined

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, where he spent eight years as host of ''Mornings with Brant''. During his time at WAY, he won the Radio and Records Achievement Award for "Personality of the Year" in a Christian format, also winning a Radio Echo Award for "Personality of the Year" from Christian Music Broadcasters in 2008. Hansen also partnered with several international ministries for radio promotions, including

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and

. In 2009 and again in 2010, Hansen travelled to

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promoting surgeries performed at the CURE International hospital there. On June 29, 2011, he ended an eight-year run of ''Mornings With Brant'', nationally syndicated by

. Hansen became the afternoon show host for the

radio network on July 19, 2011. Hansen again won the Radio Echo Award for "Personality of the Year" from Christian Music Broadcasters in 2011. During his three years with Air1, he continued his partnership with

, traveling to

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for a third time in February 2012. In the fall of 2012 and spring of 2013, Air1 partnered with CURE International and

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for the "Club Awesome Tour", hosted by Hansen. Each night featured a dance party including Christian artists

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and 7eventh Time Down. In July 2014, Hansen resigned from Air1. His last show aired on Monday, July 7, 2014. In the first independent podcast, he said that he was "in between jobs." The day after his last broadcast on Air1, Hansen's Air1 podcast landed on the US iTunes top 100 podcasts list for the first time, at #74. In July 2014 he joined the staff of

, as "storyteller". He had worked extensively with the charitable organization in the past, helping raise money to provide surgeries for children with treatable conditions. On October 20, 2014, Hansen launched ''The Brant Hansen Show'', a national radio show sponsored by

, and syndicated by Christian FM. As of November 2015, ''The Brant Hansen Show'' is syndicated in 32 states, on over 200 radio stations including

, Word FM, Shine FM,

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's The Journey FM, and NGEN Radio.

Publications

''Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better''
(Nashville, TN: W Publishing Group, 2014)
''Blessed Are the Misfits: Great News for Believers who are Introverts, Spiritual Strugglers, or Just Feel Like They're Missing Something''
(Nashville, NT: W Publishing Group, 2017)
''The Truth about Us: The Very Good News about How Very Bad We Are''
(Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2020)
''The Men We Need: God's Purpose for the Manly Man, the Avid Indoorsman, or any Man Willing to Show Up''
(Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2022)

Personal life

Hansen is an outspoken Christian, and has been featured on the

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website. He has blogged on multiple sites, and presently maintains a faith-related blog.

Awards and nominations

Radio & Records Industry Achievement Awards

Christian Music Broadcasters Echo Awards

References

External links

Hansen's website
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