Greg Brady (born 1971) is aCanadian radio host and has hostedToronto Today, themorning drive show on radio station640 Toronto, since 2021. Previously, he was asports radio host withSportsnet 590 The FAN from 2010 to 2019.
In 2025, Brady took a leave of absence from 640 Toronto while he ran for a seat in theCanadian House of Commons as theConservative Party of Canada candidate inAjax.
From 2007 to 2017, Brady was a regularplay by play announcer forNFL games carried on theBBC. He is also a regular pundit on theBBC Radio 5 Live showFighting Talk, holding the record for most wins on the show, alternating that honour withJohn Rawling over the years, and has been a freelance sports correspondent filing reports from sporting events across North America for variousBBC Radio services for over twenty years.
Born and raised inLondon, Ontario, Brady attended theUniversity of Western Ontario where he studied Political Science. After finishing his four years, he then completedFanshawe College's journalism program
Brady began his career in broadcasting atCIXX-FM, the campus radio station of Fanshawe College. He moved on toCKLW in Windsor, Ontario, then joiningWDFN 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.[1] Brady was fired along with co-host Samuelsen and update host Matt Shepard in November 2007.[2] Both Samuelsen and Shepard were eventually rehired by WDFN,[3][4] 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-hostedThe Bill Watters Show on AM640 Toronto Radio.[5][6] He has also presentedLeafs Lunch on the same station.[7]
Brady also has been an ice hockey play-by-play broadcaster for six seasons in theOntario Hockey League. He spent five years as the first-ever broadcaster for theSaginaw Spirit,[8] and spent the 2007–08 season broadcasting for theWindsor Spitfires.
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 12 noon – 3 pm timeslot withThe Greg Brady Show. On September 13, 2010, Brady made his hosting debut forHockey Central at Noon, co-hosted withDoug MacLean andNick Kypreos, on the 12 noon – 1 pm timeslot, withThe Greg Brady Show being reduced to the 1 pm – 3 pm timeslot.
On February 10, 2011, Brady was reassigned to the 5:30 am – 9 am morning show on an interim basis afterAndrew Krystal was removed from that timeslot, while still maintaining his co-hosting job on theHockey Central at Noon timeslot. On March 10, 2011, Brady was officially named the new morning show co-host on the Fan 590, alongsideJim Lang.[9][10]Daren Millard was named as Brady's replacement as co-host onHockey Central at Noon.[10]
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 SportscasterHugh Burrill.[11]
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 renamedToronto Today in September 2021.[12]
On March 18, 2025, Brady announced he was leaving 640 to run for office as the Conservative candidate in Ajax for the2025 Canadian federal election.[13]
Brady also does freelance work for the BBC, including co-commentating for theSuper Bowl,[14] otherNFL playoff games, and regular season games played in the UK, and reporting onWimbledon. He has also been a regular pundit on the BBC RadioBBC Radio 5 Live showFighting Talk since its debut in 2003;[15] while he regularly contributes to the programme viaISDN from Toronto (earlierDetroit), Brady has been making appearances in studio since 2007, coinciding with the annualNFL International Series game atWembley Stadium,London. He has been described byGillian Reynolds, radio critic ofThe Daily Telegraph, as "fast on the factual draw and witty with it."[16]Mark Pougatch, writing forThe Times, has described his observations as "entertaining."[17] BBC Five Livereaches around 6 million listeners.[18]
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 rivalJohn Rawling with 41 wins all-time. As of May 19, 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 did not make the final, finishing in a third place tie withDougie Anderson.[citation needed]
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Ajax | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Jennifer McKelvie | 36,975 | 56.32 | −0.51 | ||||
| Conservative | Greg Brady | 25,658 | 39.08 | +12.48 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kyle Forster | 1,762 | 2.68 | −11.36 | ||||
| Centrist | Faisal Ali | 643 | 0.98 | N/A | ||||
| Green | Leigh Paulseth | 612 | 0.93 | −1.59 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 65,650 | 99.27 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 484 | 0.73 | ||||||
| Turnout | 66,134 | 67.89 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 97,407 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | −6.50 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[19][20] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||