Veteran broadcaster Philip Brady has announced his retirement, ending a 67-year career.

In a recorded announcement to his listeners, broadcast on Melbourne radio 3AW on the weekend, Brady said:

“I am very sad to be leaving you, and I’ve been around forever and I’ve been at 3AW since time began. And now it is time to move over and give the younger guys a go… Don’t think I will ever forget you. I love you each and every one of you. I treasure our friendship but it’s time to move on for the younger guys. I’ll be looking out for you. Goodbye, now.”

Starting at GTV9 in Melbourne in April 1958 on a two-week trial, he continued at the station for thirteen years as an announcer, a regular on In Melbourne Tonight, host of game shows Concentration and Everybody’s Talking, and presenter on sister radio station 3AK.

Concentration, 1960

After the demise of In Melbourne Tonight, he took a break from television but later returned as host of The Money Makers for the 0-10 Network. The game show, produced by Reg Grundy at the studios of TVQ0 Brisbane, was Australia’s first five-nights-a-week game show when it debuted in September 1971, offering a top prize of $25,000.

The Money Makers, 1971

As well as hosting The Money Makers and Junior Money Makers, he also hosted Password and Get The Message, again for 0-10. After a brief return to Nine for The Graham Kennedy Show and The Ernie Sigley Show, he returned to the 0-10 Network in 1976 to host Casino 10.

A return to radio followed with a stint at 3AK, the station by then famous for ‘beautiful music’, and then as producer for Bert Newton’s morning show on 3UZ. His next move was to the Gold Coast, with a daytime program on local radio station Easy Listening 97, while at the same time writing a weekly column for Melbourne-based showbiz paper TV Scene.

In 1990, he returned to Melbourne radio to co-host the Sunday night nostalgia program Remember When with Bruce Mansfield at 3AW. The pair later took over hosting 3AW’s Nightline on weeknights.

Brady continued to make guest appearances on TV in the ’90s with regular spots on Good Morning Australia and guest appearances on ABC‘s Saturday night The Late Show and Seven‘s Tonight Live With Steve Vizard.

In more recent years, Brady appeared on the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal and in 2018 was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the broadcast industry.

Source: 3AW, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. TV Times, 8 December 1960, 15 May 1976.

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