In the beginning…
Neville and Joan Brown and a friend of theirs had the initial idea for a Christian radio station in Hobart immediately after a time of prayer. It was 1974, and Neville had just left his job as a supervising engineer at the ABC. They were praying to see what God had for them next. Joan says, “We got up from our knees and all thought about [Christian] radio at the same time.” After doing some initial enquiries, they discovered that no radio licenses were being offered at that stage, so they left for an overseas trip thinking they had missed it.
Funny thing though – the idea just wouldn’t go away! While overseas Neville and Joan travelled to all sorts of communities and everywhere they went they came across Christian radio. Even upon arrival back home when people asked them what they were going to do next, Joan says, “We covered our mouths and mumbled ‘radio’.” It seemed like the impossible dream.