Please answer the following question: What key details about bill brown -lrb- broadcaster -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: bill brown -lrb- born september 20 , 1947 in sedalia , missouri -rrb- is an american baseball announcer who has been with the houston astros since 1987 . he is often called '' brownie '' by his play by play partner alan ashby . he has developed a reputation for being a solid broadcaster who often played the straight man to former partner jim deshaies ' humorous asides . brown was inducted into the texas sports hall of fame on november 12 . 2004 . brown did play-by-play for the cincinnati stingers television network for the 1975-76 season and the cincinnati reds television network from 1976-1982 . he worked four years with ken coleman and another four years with ray lane . brown also called xavier musketeers and cincinnati bearcats basketball and cincinnati swords hockey early in his career , and was a senior producer and anchor of the financial news network 's score programing and sports director of the sports time cable network . he was sports director of home sports entertainment in pittsburgh . in 2011 brown was inducted into the media wall of honor at minute maid park . he was honored by the astros for 25 years of service . the texas italian-american sports foundation presented him with a community service award . the houston baseball media presented him with the fred hartman award for long and meritorious service in 2012 . brown lives in houston with his wife , dianne . their only daughter , allison is the mother of brown 's three grandchildren : luke , 11 , emma kate , 9 , and caitlynn claire , 7 .
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- caption is brown -lrb- right -rrb- in april 2014- birth date is 20 september 1947- name is bill brown- image is bob melvin and bill brown april 2014.jpg- birth place is sedalia , missouri- occupation is sportscaster , houston astros