KIRO Newsradio Legend

Dave Ross

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.

Ross: Finally, people are believing scientists’ warnings

In a surprising move, people opted to believe scientists and evacuate ahead of a hurricane. It's the same scientists warning about climate change. Are as many people open to that science?
8 years ago

Why Dave Ross was afraid to throw a baseball

Dave Ross has a fear: throwing a baseball. That was magnified when the Mariners asked him to throw the ceremonial first pitch Wednesday. Then this happened.
8 years ago

Generation Z should ask for a raise for the sake of the country

Generation Z may not be asking for the wage they deserve, and that could be hurting the economy in the long run. Perhaps it's time to ask for a raise.
8 years ago

Seeking a Trump vs Obama debate pre-midterms

It's the debate KIRO Radio's Dave Ross wants to see before the midterms. A debate between the two mindsets: Trump vs Obama.
8 years ago

Paul Ryan paints sunny outlook for America

If this week’s news has found you going through the last of your Ibuprofen, KIRO Radio's Dave Ross takes you to the one oasis of calm in Washington: Paul Ryan.
8 years ago

Is working against the president treason or patriotism?

An official in the Trump administration wrote an anonymous column saying that they, and others, are working against the president to protect America from him. Is that treason or patriotism?
8 years ago

Ross: It’s time to start a Supreme Court draft

Yet another Supreme Court nominee is promising to be objective. The court, however, always has its partisan divides. Perhaps it's time to change how we choose the court. How about a draft?
8 years ago

Ross: What should we really call fake meat?

There is a legal battle over what to call meat products that aren't meat -- fake meat. Can we use meat words to describe them? What about lab-grown meat? What's in a hot dog? This is getting confusing.
8 years ago

McCain service reminds of an America that could have been

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross got the impression that a lot of Trump supporters felt McCain service was one long attack on Donald Trump.
8 years ago

Ross: How to defend your country against Russian propaganda

Facebook and Google algorithms might not be enough of a defense against online Russian propaganda. Experts weigh in on what to do about the online attacks hitting America.
8 years ago

Click carefully: A solution for online Liberal bias

Is there a solution to getting too much Liberal news when you search Google? President Trump has complained about it. Here is one thing people can do.
8 years ago

Ross: Where’s the fairness in news about President Trump?

President Trump googled his name for any news about himself. He didn't like what he saw. Now he wants to regulate online search engines and the news they provide.
8 years ago

Ross: Let anti-Obamacare states nix it, and let us keep it

Twenty states are suing to kill Obamacare. Maybe the judge should just allow them to not have it. The other states could keep it and we can find out who is right.
8 years ago

Seattle Catholic pastor addresses sexual abuse news in sermon

What would Jesus do in response to the latest sexual abuse scandal within the Catholic Church? One Seattle pastor spoke about the controversial news at St. James Cathedral.
8 years ago

Ross: Why I will personally miss John McCain

I only met John McCain once; but I liked him because he would say things he KNEW his audiences and his party didn’t want to hear. Straight Talk, he called it.
8 years ago

Ross: How we can peek into the National Enquirer’s secret safe

Can there be too much news? The National Enquirer thought so. It even kept a safe with scandalous stories that it never ran. Maybe we can see them now?
8 years ago

Ross: Climate change showed up at my door wearing a mask

It was all fine and good when we thought climate change would be our kids' problem. But now it’s standing on my porch delivering a disturbingly-clear message.
8 years ago

Ross: 100 percent free-range American rich guys who don’t play by rules

It basically comes down to lying. Two of President Donald Trump's close associates -- Manafort and Cohen -- face sentencing for lying to the IRS and to banks. A couple of rich guys who don't think the rules apply to them.
8 years ago

So many walls around the world are attracting tourists

When you think about it, there are a lot of historic walls around the world. They really draw a crowd these days. Perhaps an American wall will eventually draw enough tourists to pay for itself.
8 years ago

It’s now clear that Mother Nature is a conservative

History is littered with predictions of the end of the world, and Americans have contributed their fair share.
8 years ago

Please step away from our jobs

Companies are right trying to do exactly that because it’s the ideal investment – to be able to own an army of artificial human brains.
8 years ago

A plan for total transparency around online political ads

There’s a proposed law called the Honest Ads Act, which says that online political ads have to play by the same rules as broadcast political ads by clearly stating who paid for the ad and who approved the ad.
8 years ago

Sarah Smith wants to build on the Ocasio-Cortez wave in Washington

Compared to rising Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sarah Smith is the challenger to Democratic incumbent Rep. Adam Smith's long-held seat in Washington’s 9th Congressional District.
8 years ago

App that diagnoses your car is only the beginning

Your car's engine is constantly speaking. Thankfully, Josh Siegel at MIT developed a smartphone app to translate.
8 years ago