Bill Brown (Broadcaster)
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Bill Brown is a morning news anchor for WJAC-TV
, the NBC
network affiliated television station serving the Johnstown
-Altoona
-State College, Pennsylvania
metropolitan area.
Brown began as a journalist for the Latrobe Bulletin and the Greensburg Tribune-Review. He joined WJAC in 1982 as a weekend reporter and weatherman. He became the anchor for the NewsCenter 6 at Noon weekday broadcast in 1984. In 1985, he became the anchorman for the stations new Sunrise news broadcast. He holds both of these positions today.
In 2002, he came under controversy when he said profanity on the air. On a live promo before the noon news, Brown did not realize he'd come on the air. When he realized he was on, he uttered, "Oh shit!" The video cut to black, but his audio was left on, and he was heard saying, "I'm tired of this fucking shit!" Brown apologized for his choice of words and took a self-imposed leave of absence from the station. The Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) chose not to suspend Brown further for his actions.
WJAC-TV
WJAC-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Allegheny area of Pennsylvania that is licensed to Johnstown. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 34 from a transmitter northwest of the city in Laurel Ridge State Park along the Cambria and Westmoreland County line....
, the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
network affiliated television station serving the Johnstown
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County...
-Altoona
Altoona, Pennsylvania
-History:A major railroad town, Altoona was founded by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1849 as the site for a shop complex. Altoona was incorporated as a borough on February 6, 1854, and as a city under legislation approved on April 3, 1867, and February 8, 1868...
-State College, Pennsylvania
State College, Pennsylvania
State College is the largest borough in Centre County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the principal city of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Centre County. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 42,034, and roughly double...
metropolitan area.
Brown began as a journalist for the Latrobe Bulletin and the Greensburg Tribune-Review. He joined WJAC in 1982 as a weekend reporter and weatherman. He became the anchor for the NewsCenter 6 at Noon weekday broadcast in 1984. In 1985, he became the anchorman for the stations new Sunrise news broadcast. He holds both of these positions today.
In 2002, he came under controversy when he said profanity on the air. On a live promo before the noon news, Brown did not realize he'd come on the air. When he realized he was on, he uttered, "Oh shit!" The video cut to black, but his audio was left on, and he was heard saying, "I'm tired of this fucking shit!" Brown apologized for his choice of words and took a self-imposed leave of absence from the station. The Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) chose not to suspend Brown further for his actions.