Dave Brown (meteorologist)

Dave Brown (born September 1) has been chief meteorologist since 1977 for WMC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Brown is an American Meteorological Society Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and holds the Seal Of Approval of the National Weather Association.

Brown grew up in Trenton, Tennessee. He came to Memphis to study political science at the University of Memphis, and began his broadcasting career as a disc jockey at WHBQ Radio in Memphis, where he was on the air from 1964 to 1968. This station was the first to play a song by Elvis Presley on the radio. He later was chief weathercaster for WHBQ-TV from 1972 to 1977 before joining WMC.

For a large portion of his broadcasting career (most of the period between 1967 and 2002), he also co-hosted the Memphis Wrestling television program (and its predecessor, Championship Wrestling), most notably for 25 of those years with Lance Russell. Russell and Brown have been described by wrestling insiders and fans as the greatest television announcing team in the history of wrestling.

Brown has been active in the campaign against drunk driving since the May 1997 death of his daughter, grandaughter and unborn grandson due to a drunk driver. Brown has spoken to students, civic clubs and church groups in four states about the problem of impaired driving.

See also

• Continental Wrestling Association
• Lance Russell
• WMC-TV

References

• Beifuss, John. "Tag team Russell, Brown reunite for wrasslin'", The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, 22 July 2011 GoMemphis p. 14
• Lollar, Michael. "Dave Brown: 30 Years of Wrestling, Weather & WMC-TV", The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, 29 May 2007

External links

• Dave Brown's profile at WMC