Philip Brady (broadcaster)

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| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|OAM}}

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| name = Philip Brady

| birth_name = Philip Stuart Brady

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|06|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|02|11|1939|06|16|df=y}}

| death_place = Kew, Victoria, Australia

| occupation = {{hlist|Media personality|talkback presenter|television personality|radio personality|voice-over}}

| years active = 1958–2025

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Philip Stuart Brady {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (16 June 1939 – 11 February 2025) was an Australian media personality, radio and television identity and voice-over artist.Bye Bye Charlie|Corinne Manning|{{ISBN|9781921410109}}{{clarification needed|reason=Page number(s) needed|date=February 2025}}

Early life

Philip Brady was born at the Mercy Hospital in East Melbourne and grew up in the suburb of Kew. His father was Wilfred Brady, a psychiatrist and composer.{{cite news|author=|date=15 October 1958|title=Acrobat to appear on GTV-9 tonight|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-age-acrobat-to-appear-on-gtv-9-tonig/165360865/|work=The Age|page=5|access-date=13 February 2025|quote=...will sing the top hit of 1946, Blue Dusk, written by Wilfred Brady, the father of Channel 9 announcer Philip Brady.}}{{cite news|author=|date=24 April 2008|title=Golden anniversary for showbiz stayer|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/golden-anniversary-for-showbiz-stayer-20080424-ge7002.html|work=The Age|access-date=13 February 2025|quote=He has an upright piano once played by his psychiatrist father, Wilfrid Brady, who composed popular songs such as Blue Dusk, an early 1940s hit for singer Al Royal with George Trevare and his dance orchestra.}}

Television and radio career

Brady left school at the age of 18 and started working at the Nine Network in 1958 as a booth announcer (voice-overs).{{cite news |last=Schwartz |first=Larry |date=24 April 2008 |title=Golden Anniversary for Showbiz Stayer |work=The Age |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/golden-anniversary-for-showbiz-stayer-20080424-ge7002.html |access-date=17 September 2023}}

He appeared with Graham Kennedy on In Melbourne Tonight in commercials and comedy sketches as well as compering the show on occasions. He occasionally appeared on The Tarax Show as "Prince Philip". He stayed at Channel 9 until 1971, when he lost his job when Nine cancelled its variety shows.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Brady hosted multiple television shows, including Concentration and Everybody's Talking for the Nine Network{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QJ0pAAAAIBAJ&dq=philip-brady%20melbourne&pg=4221%2C7387613|title=A new face for Sydney|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=28 January 1968|page=62}} and Moneymakers, Junior Moneymakers, Casino Ten, Get the Message and Password for the 0–10 Network,[http://televisionau.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Philip%20Brady Philip Brady's Big 5-0 | Talking Television Australia],Retrieved 17 March 2013 . and made guest appearances on television in the 1990s with a regular nostalgia segment on Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton, as well as guest appearances on Seven's Tonight Live with Steve Vizard and ABC's The Late Show.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

Brady hosted radio shows on 3AK at various times during the 1960s and 1980s,[http://televisionau.com/page/79?search_404=1 Television.au], 5 April 2008, Retrieved 16 March 2013. and also had shifts on 3AW in the 1970s.[http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/breaking-news-blog/3aw-radio-turns-80-years-old/20120222-1tmbg.html?page=0 3AW "Radio turns 80 years old"], Retrieved 15 March 2013. He worked as producer for Bert Newton's morning show on 3UZ in the early 1980s.[https://dindi.com.au/wp/2025/02/06/observer-radio-man-philip-brady-retires/ "Radio man Philip Brady retires"], Melbourne Observer, Accessed 12 February 2025.

In 1986, Brady moved to the Gold Coast, and hosted a daytime radio show on Easy Listening 97 Tweed Heads for nearly five years.[http://radionews.com.au/?p=1453 Radio News, 7 April 2008 | Retrieved 16 March 2013] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116224543/http://radionews.com.au/?p=1453 |date=16 January 2014 }}

Brady came back to Melbourne in 1990 and began a long-lasting partnership with Bruce Mansfield on talkback radio 3AW. Initially, they presented the Sunday night nostalgia program Remember When and some months later the duo took over the weeknight show Nightline as well.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

On 2 February 2025, Brady retired from 3AW after over 30 years with the station.{{Cite web |last=Seyderhelm |first=Jennifer |date=2025-02-02 |title=Philip Brady retires from 3AW and Remember When |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/philip-brady-retires-from-3aw-and-remember-when/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=RadioInfo Australia |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Rosen |first=Laurence |date=2025-02-02 |title=3AW legend announces retirement from radio |url=https://www.3aw.com.au/3aw-legend-announces-retirement-from-radio/ |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=3AW |language=en}}

Newspaper column and community work

In the 1980s, Brady wrote a weekly column in the show business newspaper TV Scene.

Brady was a member of the patrons council of the Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria{{Cite web |url=http://www.epinet.org.au/default/partners__supporters |title=Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria Patrons Council {{!}} Retrieved 15 March 2013 |access-date=17 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330171613/http://www.epinet.org.au/default/partners__supporters |archive-date=30 March 2014 |url-status=dead }} and an Australia Day ambassador.[http://australiaday.vic.gov.au/ambassadors.html Australia Day (Victoria) | Retrieved 15 March 2013] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928041630/http://www.australiaday.vic.gov.au/ambassadors.html |date=28 September 2011 }}

Death

Brady died from pancreatic cancer on 11 February 2025 at the age of 85 in the Melbourne suburb of Kew.{{cite news|last=Byrne|first=Fiona|date=11 February 2025|title=Tributes flow as 3AW radio great Philip Brady loses his battle with cancer|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/fiona-byrne/tributes-flow-as-3aw-radio-great-philip-brady-loses-his-battle-with-cancer/news-story/79000f168914c45b0f1e0f946872efb3|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 February 2025 |work=Herald Sun|quote=The 3AW favourite passed away peacefully in Kew in the early hours of Tuesday, February 11... Born at The Mercy Hospital in East Melbourne on June 16, 1939, Philip Stuart Brady grew up in Kew where he and his neighbourhood friend Pete Smith}}{{cite news |last=Rosen |first=Laurence |date=11 February 2025 |title=3AW broadcasting icon Philip Brady OAM passes away |url=https://www.3aw.com.au/3aw-broadcasting-icon-philip-brady-oam-passes-away/ |access-date=11 February 2025 |publisher=3AW Melbourne}}{{cite web |last1=Lahey |first1=Kate |last2=Darling |first2=Alexander |title=Melbourne radio legend Phil Brady dies |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/melbourne-radio-legend-phil-brady-dies-20250211-p5lb69.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=12 February 2025 |date=11 February 2025}}

Awards

In 2003, Brady, with on-air partner Bruce Mansfield, won the Australian Commercial Radio Award for Best Networked Program for their Nightline program.{{Cite web |last=Brady |first=N. |date=23 October 2003 |title=Take a bow Rex, Bruce, Brian and Phil |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/take-a-bow-rex-bruce-brian-and-phil-20031023-gdwl62.html |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=The Age}}

In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Brady was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to the broadcasting industry.{{cite web |title=Mr Philip Stuart Brady |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2001427 |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=12 February 2025}}