Background
Sussman was born in 1956 in East Los Angeles, California.
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Education
He attended Glenbrook South High School, graduating in 1974.
Career
He currently hosts the Morning Show on radio station KSFO. During his youth, his family moved to Glenview, Illinois, outside of Chicago, Illinois. After high school, he went on to study at the University of Missouri. Television career Sussman began his television career in 1977 with the Columbia, Missouri television station KCBJ after graduating from the University of Missouri.
In 1980, Sussman became a weather anchor: first with KOLO-television of Reno, Nevada, then with KNTV of San Jose, California in 1983, and then KDKA-television of Pittsburgh in 1987.
As KDKA meteorologist, Sussman volunteered at local schools to teach children meteorological concepts, on behalf of nonprofit organisation Foreign Spacious Skies. From 1988 to 1993, Sussman was under contract to be substitute weather anchor for Columbia Broadcasting System This Morning.
Sussman was the evening news meteorologist with the San Francisco Columbia Broadcasting System affiliate KPIX from 1989 to 2000. 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.
Radio career 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.
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. 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 was formally assisted by Tom Benner, who provided traffic reports under the name of "Officer Vic".
Further assistance on the show is provided by business reporter "Big Buck" McQuillan from The Wall Street Journal.
