2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L. Courtesy Stellantis. A new year is underway and maybe you're thinking about a new vehicle in your garage. Jeff Gilbert has been covering the auto industry in Detroit for WWJ-AM and CBS News for a number of years. Recently, we got...
Courtesy Ford Motor Company For nine years, Ford Motor Company has been trying to understand trends and attitudes of consumers with its annual Ford Trends report. With the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic affecting Americans and people worldwide, one might...
Richard Piet photo Star car blogger Jim Suva (The Suva Files) takes us on another journey to learn the backstory of a famous movie car. This time, it's the 1979 Pontiac Trans Am from Steve McQueen's last movie, "The Hunter". In a car-versus-combine chase, this Trans...
It is heartbreaking to watch TV chef Rachael Ray guide viewers of her program through the remains of her home after a chimney fire decimated it in the summer of 2020. She and her husband escaped with just minutes to spare after the fire began, which started in the...
Robert Newman and Kim Zimmer visited Richard Piet's morning radio show in 2017. Kim Zimmer and Robert Newman are known by millions as daytime's Josh and Reva, supercouple of the CBS drama Guiding Light. Since GL went off the air for good in 2009 (with Robert and Kim...
Sarah Alcorn, PI Does being a real-life private investigator mean your life is like Jim Rockford and Thomas Magnum? For this PI, the answer - in some ways - is yes! Except, this PI is not a tall, imposing man like those Hollywood types. But don't be fooled! Sarah...
Ed Robertson's first book about The Rockford Files was released in 1995. Its episode-by-episode approach quickly became the go-to resource for Rockford fans. The book's first revision ten years later brought even more info on James Garner's iconic PI role. Now, the...
Richard Piet photo The Knight Industries Two Thousand - or KITT, as it was known - was as big a star of the 80s TV show Knight Rider as the show's lead David Hasselhoff. In this episode, The Suva Files star car blogger Jim Suva talks about how the newly...
Michael McLeeier with ESCAPE Firefighters and fire prevention experts usually see an incidence of youth firesetting in their daily routines. However, during COVID-19, concerns have been raised about an uptick in those cases. Michael McLeeier of ESCAPE - a...
Jason Douglas cut his comedic teeth in Saginaw, Michigan. HIs quick wit, commanding stage presence, and ability to improv with audiences led him to Comedy Central's Laugh Riots, ESPN College Game Day, and SiriusXM Radio. He has opened for musicians Michael Buble,...
