Broadcast Consultant, Designer Bill Brown Dies
Bill Brown died on Tuesday, May 29, after a long and distinguished career as a broadcast consultant and designer. He was 67.
Brown’s consulting career began at Audience Research & Development, which he joined as a conspicuously bow-tied marketing consultant and eventually served as vice president of consulting.
In 1987, he partnered with Barry Nash to found Media & Marketing Inc. (later, The Coaching Co.), a firm focused specifically on newscast marketing and talent development. As a consultant, he made important contributions to broadcast marketing technique and nomenclature that are in common use today.
In 2007, he left consulting to focus on studio and set design with the creative team at FX Design Group.
Brown was born in Washington, D.C., and received his B.A. from Princeton University.
His talents were many. In addition to his work in broadcasting, accomplishments include composing and performing original songs featured in early episodes of Sesame Street (hear him perform Hey Cow, I See You Now here), authoring a crossword puzzle featured in the New York Times and being a lifelong near-scratch golfer.
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He had a love of nature, particularly butterflies and birds, and he shared that love with his children during their childhood.
He is survived by his daughter, Emmy Barnes Brown, his sons Theodore Baldwin Brown and Walton Barnes Brown, his golden doodle, Henry, and his friend and partner, Barry Nash.
Comments (2)
tvn-member-3971190 says:
June 21, 2018 at 1:46 pm
Bill was a nice guy, and although I haven’t seen him in years, I do think about him from time to time. Rest, Bill.
tvn-member-4101327 says:
June 22, 2018 at 3:39 pm
Bill Brown designed our 11-thousand square foot, two story, open newsroom, which we call our WBOC NewsPlex. He showed me his original idea. Bill sketched it on a cocktail napkin with wine spilled on it. The napkin had a drawing of a box with a circle inside it.. Bill said the circle represented a mechanically rotating set, to give the impression we had multiple studios because of the different backgrounds I asked Bill who would manufacture that rotating set. He said, "I don’t know, we’ll find someone to build it.." That was Bill: Come up with innovative idea, then find someone to build it. Miss you Bill!