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Dave Ross spent 47 years as a host at KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM before departing in December 2024. Dave won the national Edward R. Murrow Award for writing five times since he started at KIRO Newsradio in 1978. Dave left an indelible legacy at KIRO Newsradio that won't soon be forgotten.

Dave Ross as you’ve never heard him before: ‘I like fat books and I can’t deny’

"This song, inspired by one of my first interviews when I started my talk show, which was Sir Mix-A-Lot," Dave Ross said.
2 months ago

‘Don’t cut a cent:’ Dave Ross on why the national debt never gets under control

The national debt now exceeds $36 trillion, and every president says it has to be under control. And yet, it never is.
2 months ago

Ross: Voters weren’t just voting for change, they were voting for a hormone

The more I read the post-election analysis, the more I’m convinced voters weren’t just voting for a change – they were voting for a hormone.
3 months ago

Dave Ross: Election Day and Decision Day are two separate things

Tomorrow is Election Day – that’s what the calendar says. But there are two problems with the term "Election Day."
3 months ago

Dave Ross: How I learned to stop worrying and love negative political ads

People say they hate negative political ads, but the reality is conflict is the soul of drama, and negative ads work.
4 months ago

Dave Ross: ‘The Love Fest’ that was also known as ‘The Insurrection’

“There was also a love fest between the police, the capitol police, and the people that walked down to the capitol," Donald Trump said.
4 months ago

Ross: Denial is still in style when it comes to election results

I think we all have to accept that many of our neighbors, at this time in our history, have election denial regarding Donald Trump.
4 months ago

Dave Ross: Don’t criticize the man who’s giving you cheaper gas… if only for an hour

It seems to me if someone with a lot of money wants to spend it giving cheaper gas for an hour, don’t CRITICIZE the guy!
5 months ago

Ross: Enough of the broken muffler noise from motorcycles

Drivers are already white-knuckling it because of street racing, road rage, carjackings, shootings and the confusing lane markings this area provides.
5 months ago

Ross: With claims that Haitian migrants eat pets, fact-checking remains vital to debates

Once fact-checking was done here, the story fell apart and became boring, based on fourth-hand information.
5 months ago

Ross: The rollout of the Climate Commitment Act was flawed, now it can be voted out

In November, we'll get a chance to repeal the Climate Commitment Act, better known as the law that broke my gas budget.
5 months ago

Dave Ross: How is censorship possible anymore?

But what I want to know is: How is it possible anymore for the U.S. government to outright censor a point of view?
6 months ago

Ross: Liberal protests outside DNC challenge Democrats’ message of unity

While Democrats want to state that Trump equals chaos and Harris equals stability, protests at this year's DNC could flip that message.
6 months ago

Ross: Political rallies’ crowd size, who’s faking it and who’s complaining about it

But the Olympics is entertainment, so it doesn’t bother me. Faking crowd size for political gain, however, would be election tampering and it needs to stop.
6 months ago

Ross: King County bested by Wahkiakum for voter turnout, what is wrong with you people?

I would like to gin up a little excitement for a different race. A turnout race. A race to be the county that has the most voter turnout.
6 months ago

Ross: Blue Angels, and their noise, a good reminder of America’s war machine

I’ve come to see the Blue Angels as a necessary dose of reality. Like it or not, this is part of America's war machine.
6 months ago

Ross: How AI’s heavy-energy usage kills any climate progress

The marquee feature in Sunday’s Seattle Times documented the enormous energy requirements of the data centers in this state being used by AI services.
7 months ago

Ross: Biden is out of the presidential race, just as Farenthold predicted. What can he predict next?

I found Joe Biden had removed himself from the race and thought of Farenthold, my favorite NYT reporter who predicted that very thing three weeks ago.
7 months ago

Ross: Motive of Trump shooter not important, how he got an AR-15 is

As much as we would all like to understand the motive of the Trump shooter, I don’t see us doing much with that information.
7 months ago

Dave Ross dedicates one of his hits to the commuter caught with a dummy

It happened again last month: A commuter was caught in the carpool lane with a very lifelike dummy. Although, it did not fool the police.
7 months ago

Ross: Now I get my say on Biden, Trump during the presidential debate

The real catastrophe was that Biden’s terrible performance seems to have caused everyone to forget this little exchange with Trump during the debate.
8 months ago

Ross: As Louisiana requires the Ten Commandments in classrooms, don’t limit anti-sin campaigns to schools

The State of Louisiana has passed a law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in every school in the state.
8 months ago

Ross: Supreme Court rules against pro-life challenge, so what’s next for the Christian Nationalists?

The Supreme Court last week unanimously turned down the pro-life challenge to the FDA’s decision to make Mifepristone widely available.
8 months ago

Ross: Let the rich pay the exorbitant ‘luxury lane’ toll prices

The new higher tolls for solo drivers in the luxury lane are hitting the $15 maximum every rush hour, all to save exactly three minutes of driving.
8 months ago