'Auto Trends' Kicks Off Its 10th Radio Anniversary w/Two Veteran Auto Analysts

Auto Trends with JeffCars.com kicks off its 10th radio anniversary this weekend, after launching in the Atlanta market July 2015 as a monthly program. After only two months and two airings of the same program, we were removed from the station's programming. At the time, upper management didn't think our car program was a good fit for their public radio format. They believed the high-energy educational program was more suited for commercial radio.

Ironically, although one station abruptly decided not to carry our program, an AM station in Phoenix, Arizona welcomed us with open arms. They had inquired about adding our program to their programming. Unlike the station in Atlanta, the conservative Christian station allowed us to expand to a weekly program. Albeit, at the time, we were only in a position to produce a monthly program. Although we were now a weekly program, we only created one new show per month. This meant when our listeners tuned in, they heard the same program for the entire month. Once the program was perfected we eventually evolved to creating new weekly shows.

'Auto Trends' Rolls Into New Orleans Airing On WBOK 1230 AM This Saturday Talking 'Car Mortgages' And More

As the automotive industry faces 25 percent new-car tariffs imposed by the Trump administration and used car buyers wrestle with monthly car payments averaging over $500, Auto Trends with JeffCars.com will be rolling into the Big Easy every Saturday, helping the community navigate this ever-changing industry.

Auto Trends with JeffCars.com, a weekly 30-minute program, is the only syndicated multicultural automotive radio program in the U. S. Host Jeff Fortson, who considers himself to be a student of the industry with over three decades of both corporate and retail experience from the automotive industry, says “every week pioneers, influencers and trendsetters from the industry will join the program for a one-on-one conversation imparting their knowledge or expertise.” Fortson’s hope is that the New Orleans community will feel empowered, enlighten and/or inspired each time they tune in.

'Auto Trends' Talks To Photographer Kristin Bedford About Her Book 'Cruise Night'

 

Throughout this radio season, Auto Trends with JeffCars.com has aired several shows focusing on the lowrider Mexican-American community. The subject matter has ranged from discriminatory cruising practices to a pioneering school system teaching a lowrider electric vehicle conversion course.

This weekend we wrap up the final leg of our lowrider discussion, talking to photographer Kristian Bedford. The author joins Auto Trends with JeffCars.com to discuss the second edition of her book Cruise Night. Bedford's photographic book documents the Los Angeles area lowrider community. 

'Auto Trends' Goes Behind The Scenes Talking To The Host And EP Of The Program

It's been eight years since Auto Trends with JeffCars.com landed on the airwaves. For the first time, Jeff Fortson, the host and executive producer of the only syndicated multicultural automotive program in North America, allows the listeners to go behind the scenes, learning more about him and his program. 

The Detroit News Discusses The Historic UAW Strike With 'Auto Trends'

Breana Noble is an automotive and business reporter for The Detroit News. (Photo Credit: Linkedin)

As the United Auto Workers enter its third weekend of striking against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis simultaneously, The Detroit News' Breana Noble joins Auto Trends with JeffCars.com, a syndicated multicultural automotive program for a wide-ranging conversation.

During the in-depth discussion, we'll cover everything from both President Biden and President Trump visits to Michigan this week to how UAW's Shawn Fain leadership style and strike strategy differs from previous leaders, since its founding in 1935, to why Ford is pausing construction of one of its EV plants in Michigan to the strikes potential impact on car transaction prices.

Noble's breadth and depth of knowledge about the Detroit-based automakers will give listeners insight, as to how all three automakers have found themselves using a variety of unconventional communication means in their frustrated attempt to negotiate with the UAW.

'Auto Trends’ Talks to a Former Editor of Two Iconic Black Magazines About Life, Legends, Career Pauses and More (Two Shows)

 

Tanisha A. Sykes (Photo Credit: TAS)

In recognition of Women’s History Month, Auto Trends with JeffCars.com, a weekly multicultural syndicated automotive program, goes one-on-one with Tanisha A. Sykes.

Sykes, a veteran journalist, currently serves as the editorial director of finance for T Brand Studio, a sponsored content arm of The New York Times. Before landing her current high-profile assignment, Sykes established her footing in the magazine industry with such Black household staples as Essence and Black Enterprise, serving as the money and finance editors. During the two-part conversation, the gregarious and gifted storyteller revisits how the show's host, Jeff Fortson, became a national automotive writer under her mentorship. 

How One Man's Good Heart And Winning Ribs Ignited A Car Donation Movement (A Holiday Special Airing On 'Auto Trends')

Eliot Middleton is catching up on emails at his Village To Village Foundation (Photo Credit: EM)

Eliot Middleton, who is a native of South Carolina, has a heart of gold. As we embark upon the season of giving, Middleton is the perfect person to get you in the holiday mood. This young, humble brother heart-warming story embodies every Christ-like quality one can think of in this season, where the focus is more so geared toward materialism, as opposed to spreading 'true love.' 

 

During a wide-ranging discussion, 'Auto Trends' is going one-on-one with the restaurant owner, as he shares everything from what sparked his automotive interest to how his winning ribs led him down the road, no pun intended, to repairing and donating old cars. As the old saying goes, "one man's junk is another man's treasure."

'Auto Trends' Auto Analysts Recap The Year, While Forecasting 2022

 

       Auto Analyst Katelyn Drake, LMC-Automotive                   

Auto Analyst Kevin Tynan, Bloomberg Intelligence

Auto analysts Katelyn Drake and Kevin Tynan of the Detroit-based LMC-Automotive and New Jersey-based Bloomberg Intelligence, respectively, talks year-end review and 2022 automotive projections. 

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