Brian Sussman is an American Emmy Award-winning television journalist and conservative talk radio host in the San Francisco Bay area. He currently hosts the Morning Show on radio station KSFO.[1]
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Sussman was born in 1956 in East Los Angeles, California. During his youth, his family moved to Glenview, Illinois, outside of Chicago, Illinois. He attended Glenbrook South High School, graduating in 1974. After high school, he went on to study at the University of Missouri. He is married to the former Sue Rittenhouse, and together, they have three sons and one daughter, three of whom were adopted. Sussman and his wife have been quoted saying, "We have four kids, three were adopted, but we forget which three."[2]
Sussman is known in the San Francisco Bay area as the former meteorologist working for over ten years with the CBS affiliate KPIX, appearing during the evening newscast. In 2000, Sussman left KPIX, shortly after the retirement of longtime anchor and local personality Dave McElhatton to start a career in talk radio with KSFO. In 2001, he returned to KPIX temporarily as the 11 p.m. weather forecaster.
In 2000, Sussman left KPIX, shortly after the retirement of longtime anchor and local personality Dave McElhatton to start his talk radio career on the KSFO program Right Thinking from the Left Coast.[3] He additionally has hosted his own conservative talk radio show, The Brian Sussman Show, offered weekdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. PT on KSFO.[3]
Sussman hosts the Morning Show on KSFO from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. PT, Monday through Friday, having replaced long-time host Lee Rodgers on February 19, 2010. He is assisted by Tom Benner, who provides traffic reports under the name of "Officer Vic".[4] Further assistance on the show is provided by business reporter "Big Buck" McQuillan from The Wall Street Journal.
Sussman is the author of Climategate: A Veteran Meteorologist Exposes The Global Warming Scam, which was released nationally in the United States and through on-line sales channels on Earth Day, April 22, 2010.[5] In the book, Brian argues that climate change is independent of human activities.