A native of Dorset, Brandon broke into broadcasting – after a spell as a journalist with the Portsmouth Evening News and some time on the variety stage as a comedy impressionist – when he read an item in a newspaper about a couple of Disc Jockeys who were leaving Radio Luxembourg.
He scored himself an audition and landed up in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as a 208 DJ.
After a year on the Continent, he took the plunge and was pressed into service by pirate stationRadio London, where he was happier because he had greater control over his own programmes.
From there, he went on to the BBC, presenting editions of Midday Spin on Radio 1 as well as deputising for other presenters. In 1970, he began his own daily show, Sounds Like Tony Brandon, which aired every weekday afternoon until 1971, when he joined Radio 2.
From the mid-1980s, Brandon was heard on various commercial radio stations across the UK, including Southern Sound, where he presented the weekday lunchtime show.
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