Career
Hansen began his radio career at KCLX while still attending Tekoa High School in Tekoa, Washington. The radio network would eventually spread and serve over 500,000 GI"s, and Hansen hosted the station"s very first morning show in Saigon. After the war Hansen worked as a disc jockey for major Top 40 radio stations around the country, until he was hired in 1970 by Mel Blanc Audio Media.
He served as both their Creative Director and Studio Operations Manager, and a year later he was appointed Director of The Mel Blanc School of Voice and Commercials.
He joined Watermark Studios in 1973. He became studio manager and worked as a producer and co-producer for several syndicated radio shows.
Also at Watermark, in 1977 he became best known for creating, producing, and directing the popular dramatic radio series Alien Worlds – On The Threshold of The Unknown. The stories were written by Hansen and Ron Thompson with a variety of other co-writers including Babylon 5 writer J. Michael Straczynski.
The science fiction drama was eventually picked up by more than 1500 stations worldwide.
Alien Worlds ended in 1980 and he went on to University of California, Los Angeles Film School. He later gained prominence with his production company “GDE” as a writer, producer and director for film and television features centered around the United States Space Program and Aerospace Industry. Hansen is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Addlink, Limited Liability Company, a Hollywood production firm.
As a DJ
KCLX in Colfax, Washington
AFRS in Saigon, Vietnam
WGBA in Columbus, Georgia
W QuiXIe in Atlanta, Georgia
KASH in Eugene, Oregon
KENO/KLUC-FM in Las Vegas, Nevada
KUTE FM in Los Angeles, California
As a producer
American Top 40 with Casey Kasem
American Country Countdown with Bob Kingsley
The Robert West. Morgan Special of The Week
The Elvis Presley Story
Soundtrack of the "60s with Gary Owens
Alien Worlds with Linda Gary
The Rock Files with Keith Austin.
