- Greg Brown (broadcaster)
Greg Brown is currently an announcer for the
Pittsburgh Pirates onFox Sports Pittsburgh and radio. He has worked in the booth for the Pirates since 1994. He works withSteve Blass ,Bob Walk ,Lanny Frattare , andJohn Wehner .Brown was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in Mechanicsburg, PA. He became a Pirates fan through the broadcasts on KDKA radio and would visit
Pittsburgh each summer with his parents to see some games atThree Rivers Stadium . Brown enrolled atPoint Park College and landed an internship with the Pirates' promotion department in 1979. Among his duties were serving as the backupPirate Parrot . He then worked in the Pirates' front office for 10 years in a variety of roles for the sales, broadcasting and public relations departments. He was the public address announcer in 1987 and did weekend sports anchoring at WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, OH in 1988.Brown spent five seasons (1989-93) doing play-by-play for the Pirates' Class AAA affiliate in Buffalo, NY. He also hosted a sports talk show on
WGR radio. For three seasons (1991-93), Brown was the color analyst onBuffalo Bills radio broadcasts and also hosted pre-game and post-game shows for the Bills games.Brown and his wife Kim have one son, Ryan.
Brown is known for his call "Raise the Jolly Roger" after every Pirates win. This is keeping in line with Pirate broadcasters, such as Lanny Frattare and
Bob Prince , who like to end a Pirate win with a similar statement.See also
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Pittsburgh Pirates broadcasters and media External links
* [http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/broadcasters.jsp?c_id=pit FSN Pittsburgh Broadcaster bios]
* [http://browntown.mlblogs.com/ Greg Brown's Pirates Photoblog]
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