Greg Brady (born 1971) is a

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radio host. Brady took a leave of absence from his position as host of

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show ''Toronto Today'' on radio station 640 Toronto while he ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as the

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candidate in

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. Previously, he was a

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host with Sportsnet 590 The FAN from 2010 to 2019. From 2007 to 2017, Brady was a regular

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announcer for

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games carried on the

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. He is also a regular pundit on the

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show ''

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'', holding the record for most wins on the show, alternating that honour with John Rawling over the years, and has been a freelance sports correspondent filing reports from sporting events across North America for various

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services for over twenty years.

Biography

Born and raised in

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, Brady attended the

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where he studied Political Science. After finishing his four years, he then completed

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's journalism program Brady began his career in broadcasting at CIXX-FM, the campus radio station of Fanshawe College. He moved on to

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in Windsor, Ontario, then joining

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in the late 1990s. He appeared in various broadcast roles at WDFN before he settled into co-hosting the Jamie and Brady show, with Jamie Samuelsen, from 2002 to 2007.George B. Eichorn, (2003)
''Detroit's Sports Broadcasters on the Air'', page 112
Arcadia Publishing. : "Jamie and Brady Show heard weekday mornings on WDFN-AM. Greg is a huge hockey enthusiast who also started on WDFN as an update anchor. Brady also co-hosts the ''Ice Time'' hockey show on WDFN." Brady was fired along with co-host Samuelsen and update host Matt Shepard in November 2007. Both Samuelsen and Shepard were eventually rehired by WDFN, leaving Brady as the only member of that show not to return to Detroit radio. As a non-American citizen without employment, Brady was forced to move back to his native Canada where he co-hosted '' The Bill Watters Show'' on AM640 Toronto Radio. He has also presented '' Leafs Lunch'' on the same station. Brady also has been an ice hockey play-by-play broadcaster for six seasons in the

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. He spent five years as the first-ever broadcaster for the Saginaw Spirit, and spent the 200708 season broadcasting for the

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. Brady is father of two young boys and is married to fellow sports journalist and women's hockey pundit Rachel Brady. He resigned from AM640 on June 23, 2010 in order to pursue a more favourable schedule at the FAN 590 to accommodate his family life. On August 16, 2010, Brady made his debut on the Fan 590 on the 12noon3pm timeslot with ''The Greg Brady Show''. On September 13, 2010, Brady made his hosting debut for '' Hockey Central at Noon'', co-hosted with Doug MacLean and Nick Kypreos, on the 12noon1pm timeslot, with ''The Greg Brady Show'' being reduced to the 1pm3pm timeslot. On February 10, 2011, Brady was reassigned to the 5:30am9am morning show on an interim basis after

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was removed from that timeslot, while still maintaining his co-hosting job on the ''Hockey Central at Noon'' timeslot. On March 10, 2011, Brady was officially named the new morning show co-host on the Fan 590, alongside Jim Lang.

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was named as Brady's replacement as co-host on ''Hockey Central at Noon''. On February 8, 2017, it was announced that Brady would be part of Sportsnet 590 The FAN's new morning show: Sportsnet's Starting Lineup with Brady and Price. The new show, which launched on February 27, 2017 features Elliott Price, Brady and longtime Toronto Sportscaster Hugh Burrill. In 2019, Brady left 590 for Global News Radio 640 in Toronto and became the morning drive host in 2021, after the station fired Mike Stafford. The program was renamed ''Toronto Today'' in September 2021. On March 18, 2025, Brady announced he was leaving 640 to run for office as the Conservative candidate in Ajax for the

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BBC and Fighting Talk

Brady also does freelance work for the BBC, including co-commentating for the

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, other

playoff games, and regular season games played in the UK, and reporting on

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. He has also been a regular pundit on the BBC Radio

show

since its debut in 2003; while he regularly contributes to the programme via

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from Toronto (earlier

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), Brady has been making appearances in studio since 2007, coinciding with the annual

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game at

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. He has been described by Gillian Reynolds, radio critic of ''

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'', as "fast on the factual draw and witty with it." Mark Pougatch, writing for ''

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'', has described his observations as "entertaining." BBC Five Live reaches around 6 million listeners. The 2011-12 FT campaign was Brady's most successful to date, with six victories and five appearances in the Defend the Indefensible final, including a controversial double victory on the show's 8th birthday special on 8 October 2011 to put him ahead of rival John Rawling with 41 wins all-time. As of 19 May 2012, Brady has notched 44 wins during his FT career. Brady's record of six wins and as many appearances in Defend the Indefensible that season gave him his first-ever appearance in the FT Champion of Champions show, where he unfortunately did not make the final, finishing in a third place tie with Dougie Anderson.

Electoral record

References

External links

Sportsnet 590 The FAN "Sportsnet's Starting Lineup" Page

BBC Radio 5 Live - ''Fighting Talk''

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