Missouri television station KCBJ. In 1980, Sussman joined KOLO-TV of Reno, Nevada as a weather and feature reporter. Sussman had an exclusive interview with the Reverend Billy Graham when Graham visited Reno for his 270th crusade in 1980. "It was life changing," says Sussman. "He encouraged me to use my media platform to tell others that Jesus is 'the way, truth, and life.'" In 1983, Sussman became weather reporter with KNTV of San Jose, California. While working for KNTV, Sussman attended graduate meteorology courses at San Jose State University. Sussman was part of an evening newscast at KNTV that surprised stations in San Francisco when it won a local Emmy Award for best newscast in 1985. In 1987, Sussman moved to Pittsburgh to join KDKA-TV, then a Group W station, as a meteorologist. While at KDKA, Sussman volunteered at local schools to teach children meteorological concepts, on behalf of nonprofit organisation For Spacious Skies. Sussman also won the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) award for best local weathercast in 1987. From 1988 to 1995, Sussman was under contract as substitute weather anchor for CBS This Morning. Sussman was the evening news meteorologist with Group W's San Francisco TV station KPIX from 1989 to 2000, where he won RTNDA best local weathercast awards from 1990 to 1995 and 1997 to 1999. At KPIX, Sussman also hosted a weekly five-minute segment called "Brian's Kids" that profiled foster children. "Brian's Kids" led to the adoption of nearly 400 children, including one by Sussman. Expressing a desire to spend evenings with his family, Sussman left KPIX on December 22, 2000, shortly after the retirement of longtime anchor and local personality Dave McElhatton; Sussman joined Heidrick & Struggles as a media recruiter in January 2001. Radio and podcasting career While attending the University of Missouri, Sussman hosted a jazz music show on the university's student radio station KCOU. During his senior year at Missouri in 1977–78, Sussman hosted an overnight Sunday talk show on local radio station KFRU. In the summer 1977, Sussman did vacation relief fill-in hosting for KSCO radio in Santa Cruz, California Sussman began his major market radio career as a guest host on San Francisco Christian radio station KFAX on September 11, 2001, after the regular host was unable to work due to a delayed flight. Shortly after a couple guest stints as a host on San Francisco conservative talk station