Al Brady  Biography

WMJK      WOCL    WGTO    WOMX    WGMW/WGMA 

Allan Baldwin aka Al Brady was born and raised on Staten Island, NY and was greatly influenced by all the radio stations and deejays from the area. Listening and growing up in NYC, he became very knowledgeable of the music and started his radio career with a local pirate station. Then in 1979, he received his first real radio gig in New Jersey working mornings at one station WVRM-FM and afternoon drive at another 60 miles away, WJRZ-FM 100.1.  After leaving the Jersey Shore in 1981, he moved to Florida and found work on the night shift at WTMC AM-1290 in Ocala. That same year he became Station Manager at Haines City’s WFXI-AM 930, even staying on board when the station got new owners and became WTHN-AM 930 in 1984. Al moved to Kissimmee in 1986 to work at Little Darlin’s Rock N Roll Palace (later known as Wolfman Jack’s), a world famous night spot located at the Old Town shopping, dining and entertainment complex on US 192, off I-4. He did a live broadcast from there on Friday and Saturday nights that was aired over Orlando’s Cruisin’ Oldies WGTO-AM 540 and Kissimmee’s WMJK-AM 1220 which had its studios at the complex. He was also the original host of the Saturday Night Cruise at Old Town. In addition to the live show from Old Town that was aired on WGTO, Al also had another show on the station called Music and Memories. During his years in Central Florida, he had a chance to work at some of Orlando’s best radio stations, like, WGTO-AM Orlando, Cool 105.9, WOCL-FM 105.9  and Mix 105.1 WOMX-FM 105.1. In 1999 he moved to the Raleigh-Durham area and Clear Channel’s WTRG-FM Oldies 100.7 and Sunny 93.9 WRSN-FM, and later hosted “Eight Track Saturday Night” on Y102.9 FM WWMY. He also was the host of many PBS music specials on North Carolina's Statewide PBS Network on UNC-TV for shows like the entire "My Music Series": Doo Wop 50, Doo Wop 51, Rock Rhythm & Doo Wop, Superstars of 70’s Soul" and "The Disco Explosion" and many others for PBS. Although Al Brady continues to host the PBS specials, the NC local segments for the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. Al continues to produce the #1 Carolina Beach Music show.

Al Brady Update     8-21-15 "I left PBS television in Raleigh-Durham after 14 years, hosting the entire My Music series produced by T.J. Lubinsky. UNC-TV is the PBS network from Virginia Beach all the way down to Myrtle Beach and the entire state of North Carolina. "...I have been doing free lance voice-over production and commercials for the last year.

Latest On Al Brady      8-10-17 After moving back to Florida in 2014, WGMW-FM 99.5/WGMA-FM 99.7  which is GOLD 99FM in Ocala/Gainesville came calling and for about a year doing the afternoon shift, eventually the station transitioned to "easy" favorites and that wasn't for me, as I love OLDIES, so I requested that I be replaced. I started "DJ Al Brady Productions" which has been thriving making radio commercials for many of the shows in the area that air on multi-stations, along with working and traveling with the renowned oldies band Rocky & The Rollers, when The Villages radio station, AM640-WVLG asked me to be a part-timer, now hosting "The Sunday Nite Sockhop".