Congratulations messages - Aussie Grown Radio

From humble beginnings
Aussie Grown Across The Nation (AGATN) began as a radio programme to showcase Australian Christian bands and artists and commenced in early 2014 as an in-house production of 106fivefm (now Salt106.5fm) on the Sunshine Coast. Hank David worked at the station with a co-host until 2015 when the station experienced financial difficulties and the show was cancelled and Hank, together with a number of other staff, were retrenched.

As part of his severance package the radio station gifted Hank the show and all associated music, Aussie Grown Radio website and business name as well as production equipment. Basically it was everything required to set up a recording studio at his home so that he could continue producing AGATN.

Set up of the home studio took nearly 12 months. AGATN produced its first pilot show from the home studio which aired on 3 Christian Community radio stations during the week commencing 14 November 2016.

Over the years the syndicated show has increased its reach to around 26 Christian and non-Christian Community radio stations across Australia and is now also heard through 3 Christian Radio networks in the US.

AGATN also now includes artists from NZ and various Pacific Island nations which are administered by APRA/AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society).

500 Shows
This week we celebrate the 500^th show of AGATN produced from the home studio of Hank David, who is the driving force behind Aussie Grown Radio. Supported by his wife, Nellie, they run this mission business as a self funded operation and are dedicated in continuing to serve Australian and NZ artists for many years to come.

We were thrilled to receive over 50 messages from various artists and associated organisations. The recorded greetings will air on our 500^th show.

We have provided links for all the recorded messages if you would like to listen.

Josh Reid – Focus on the Family Australia