Brad Hurtado

Who is Brad Hurtado?

Brad Hurtado is a freelance television and live-event producer, currently living and working in New York City.

During his senior year at Bowling Green State University Hurtado began working as the producer of a live morning talk show at the ABC affiliate in his hometown of Toledo. He then worked as a producer on Detroit's morning talk show Kelly and Company for 10 years throughout the 1980s. He moved to New York as a producer on The Maury Povich Show. He later became a producer on the Phil Donahue Show for the final four years of the show's 29-year run ending in 1994.

Hurtado was the executive producer of New York's Metro Guide Channel, the senior producer of Fox News Channel's WebMD TV, and an executive producer of various shows for the Food Network, including, How To Boil Water & Ready! Set! Cook! He produced for five season of Celebrity Poker Showdown on Bravo, developed a music series called Hollywood & Vinyl for VH1, produced for The Martha Stewart Show, The Bea Smith Show, and Charlie Rose.

Brad executive-produced the New York GLAAD Media Awards for five years in the late 1990s. Since the early 2000s, he has produced Billboard Magazine's Latin Music, Hip Hop and Touring Awards, as well as the CLIO Awards in 2009 and 2010 recognizing excellence in international advertising.