The assignment piqued Bradley's interest in the field of journalism. WCBS and CBS News īradley covered the 1964 Philadelphia race riot while working for WDAS. The station later paid him $1.50 per hour. His job duties on the radio stations included selecting music, covering sports, and reporting on the news. While working as a teacher, Bradley volunteered at WDAS-AM and WDAS-FM as a disc jockey, where he reported on news and sports, as well as selected music to play. In addition to his teaching duties, he briefly served as a school vice principal. He worked as a mathematics teacher in the elementary school system in Philadelphia for three years. Mann Elementary School in Philadelphia's Wynnefield neighborhood, to teach sixth-grade students. Career Early career īradley was hired by William B. A talk at the college given by Philadelphia broadcaster Georgie Woods inspired Bradley to work in radio. While there, he played offensive tackle and defensive end on the Cheyney State football team. īradley subsequently attended Cheyney State College (now Cheyney University of Pennsylvania) in Cheyney, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science degree in education. He later attended Mount Saint Charles Academy in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, before graduating from Saint Thomas More Catholic Boys High School in West Philadelphia in 1959.
Bradley disliked this boarding school experience. ĭuring his elementary education, Bradley attended the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament-run Holy Providence School in Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania. Bradley recalled awkwardness on the drive to Detroit, with long periods of silence broken by listening to the radio together.
Bradley was referred to by the childhood name of "Butch Bradley." He visited his father in the summers, who was a businessman with a series of vending machines and a restaurant in Detroit. After his parents' divorce, Bradley was raised by his mother Gladys Gaston Bradley, who took on two occupations to support the family.
(J– November 9, 2006) was an American journalist, known for his career reporting for 60 Minutes with CBS News.