Greg Brown (broadcaster)

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Greg Brown is currently an announcer for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Fox Sports Pittsburgh and radio. He has worked in the booth for the Pirates since 1994. He works with Steve Blass, Bob Walk, Lanny Frattare, and John 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 at Three Rivers Stadium. Brown enrolled at Point Park College and landed an internship with the Pirates' promotion department in 1979. Among his duties were serving as the backup Pirate 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 on Buffalo 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.