Brad Perry joined KTVK NewsChannel 3 in February 1998 as the weatherman for "Good Morning Arizona," where he did live, remote weather broadcasts from locations around the Valley.

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Perry grew up in the cereal capital of the world, Battlecreek, Mich. He majored in business at Holy Cross Junior College at Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., before studying theater at Notre Dame. While at Notre Dame, he started a comedy troupe, Misfits in Disguise. Perry then moved to Chicago and studied with the Second City comedy troupe. His first "real" job in the entertainment industry was as Damon Wayans stand-in in "Mo' Money."

His comedic talents also landed him jobs as the warm-up act on "Jenny Jones" and for Danny Bonaduce and Mark Wahlberg. Perry has also worked behind the scenes as an assistant to producers on the TV shows "Early Edition" and "To Sir With Love II" and films "Losing Isaah" and "Hoodlums."

Before moving to Phoenix, Perry worked as a freelance correspondent for Chicago's WGN-TV, where he did "Around Town" segments for the station's morning show. He also worked as a correspondent for WTTW Channel 11 (Wild Chicago).

He considers himself just a regular guy who loves when people say hello to him on the street.