It’s only been a few months since Rob Wolchek signed off from Fox 2, but the veteran reporter will soon be back on viewers’ screens in a new series of spots.
Wolchek, known for his “Hall of Shame” segments during his 28 years at WJBK-TV, is teaming up with the Sam Bernstein Law Firm and will star in ads that will be used on Bernstein’s social media platforms.
The ads will focus on various consumer scams and offer viewers tips to avoid falling prey to them.
“I’m thrilled,” Wolchek said by phone on Monday. “I think it’s cool.”
In one early spot, Wolchek talks about “ghost tapping,” a scam involving fraudsters stealing credit card data, and he advises viewers to invest in materials built with RFID fibers to block potential scammers from obtaining their information.
In another spot, Wolchek is welcomed into the Bernstein family by Mark Bernstein, the modern face of the company in its many TV spots.
The clips are scheduled to start rolling out on Monday.
Wolchek, who retired from Fox 2 on March 2, says he reached out to Mark Bernstein after he wrapped up his TV gig and they decided to work together.
There are four of the minute-long spots in the can, and a new batch of four are scheduled to be shot soon.
Wolchek, 67, says he has an “open plan” to keep creating the spots, which he writes and the Bernstein team films.
The spots are a way to continue to get his message out there without the rigors of a full workweek, Wolchek says.
“I like reporting. I didn’t retire because I didn’t like the job. I loved the job. But I was tired of working five days a week,” he says.
“I like creating and being a reporter. That was never a question. I’m not like one of these people who retires because I hated the job. I loved the job! I just didn’t want to be one of these people who was still doing it when they were 80,” he says.
Wolchek began his career as a deejay at a country music radio station in Farmington, New Mexico. He later transitioned to TV, working as a traffic reporter in Los Angeles, before making the move to stations in Bakersfield and Fresno, California. He moved to Detroit and joined the team at Fox 2 in 1997.
There, he made a career of busting bad guys and tossing them in his “Hall of Shame,” and he did it until March 2, which was his last day at the station.
When he announcing his retirement in December 2025, Wolchek said he planned to spend more time with his wife and grandchild, but he never envisioned himself sitting still for long.
“You know, I’ll be honest. It’s an interesting transition,” he says of retirement. “I find it hard to relax.”
agraham@detroitnews.com
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