Grady's first radio job was with WIP while attending La Salle University.
He landed his first full-time broadcast job as a radio announcer at WHAT (AM), later becoming program director.
The show became Philadelphia's top rated radio program for the next decade.
Grady and Hurst rejoined WPEN in 1981, for a two-week reunion hosting "The 950 Club."
He and Hurst were inducted into the Philadelphia Music Alliance in 1993 and have a star on the Walk of Fame.