Brian J. Sussman (born April 3, 1956) is an American conservative talk radio host and former television meteorologist in the San Francisco Bay Area who was most recently at San Francisco radio station KSFO. After graduating from the University of Missouri, Sussman began his professional career as an anchor for KCBJ in Columbia, Missouri in 1978. Sussman became a weather and feature reporter for KOLO-TV in Reno, Nevada in 1980. In 1983 he became the chief meteorologist at KNTV in San Jose, California, and from 1986 to 1988 Sussman presented the weekend weather reports at KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. It was at KDKA that Sussman gained national prominence with the release of a popular grade school weather curriculum, For Spacious Skies. Sussman's work within For Spacious Skies was eventually honored with an Excellence in Education accolade by the National Education Association. It was also in Pittsburgh that Sussman's personality was discovered by CBS News in New York, where he became a regular substitute weatherman for "CBS This Morning," a position he held for eight years. In late 1988 Sussman became the chief meteorologist for KPIX in San Francisco, a position he held through 2000. Sussman received eight Mark Twain, "Best Weathercast" trophies by the Associated Press in California, and eight "Best Weathercast" awards from the Radio-TV News Directors Association of Northern California. After leaving KPIX, Sussman switched to conservative talk radio. From 2002 to 2010, Sussman hosted an evening talk show on KSFO before moving to the station's morning drive show, which he would host from 2010 to 2019. In addition, Sussman has written two nationally best-selling books critical of the scientific consensus on climate change, Climategate and Eco-Tyranny. Personal background Sussman was born in 1956 in East Los Angeles, California. His family moved to Golden, Colorado when he was in grade school, and to Northbrook, Illinois when for his high school years. He graduated from Glenbrook High School in 1974. Sussman graduated from the University of Missouri in 1978 with a B.S. in radio, television, and film. Sussman grew up in a Jewish family and became a Messianic follower of Jesus while in college. He married Sue Rittenhouse in 1978. They have four children, three of whom were adopted. He is an avid drummer who has been playing in gigging local bands for many years. Television career Sussman began his television career in 1977 as a news anchor for Columbia,