Legendary broadcaster, Elgin resident Floyd Brown WGNradio WGNNews veteran dead at 92
Legendary Chicago broadcaster Floyd Brown, a trailblazer whose 54-year career encompassed radio and television, died Friday. Smart and personable with"the gift of gab," Brown spent from 1971 to 1999 at WGN-TV and WGN radio. On TV, he served as newscaster, sports anchor and host of a show called"Nightbeat.
"He leaves big shoes to fill," said Keith Brown, a retired Kane County judge, who says his father was determined that his children"had every opportunity to be the best they could possibly be."Floyd Brown never did. He didn't quit when confronted with quadruple bypass surgery, cancer and a stroke. And he didn't quit when racism that threatened to derail his career almost before it began.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service He was hired as an engineer for the radio station WRNM in Elgin in 1951 but wasn't given an on-air slot because management"was afraid people wouldn't listen because he was Black," Keith Brown said."People liked him and he got his own show," Keith Brown said.
An avid golfer, his applied for membership in the Elgin County Club during the late 1970s but was initially blackballed, Keith Brown said. Brown eventually joined, becoming the first African American in the state to be a member of a private country club not associated with a subdivision, according to his son.
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