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.

Building a wall seems tame compared to France election

Ready for the next watershed election? KIRO Radio's Dave Ross says it might make America's current problems look pretty tame by comparison.
9 years ago

We’ll need a panel to decide who lives under revised health care bill

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross says it's still too hard for Americans to decide who gets their health care covered.
9 years ago

Ross: Don’t blame Trump for gap in knowledge over a dead president

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross asks: Should it really surprise anyone that President Trump’s knowledge of the Civil War and a dead president might have gaps?
9 years ago

Ross: Abandoning net neutrality means more money out of your pocket

If you didn't like cable companies before, you're not going to be even more upset about their pre- net neutrality profits.
9 years ago

Ross: Are sick people really covered under Trumpcare?

President Trump guaranteed his Trumpcare plan would cover sick people but didn’t say at what price – except to promise that competition would keep rates down.
9 years ago

The one U.S. secret that will never be declassified

President Donald Trump said it over and over again during the campaign, regular people aren’t interested in seeing his tax returns.
9 years ago

‘That’s not OK’ is Seattle’s new passive-aggressive activism threat

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross challenges mayoral candidate Cary Moon on who defines hate speech and the role of activism in government.
9 years ago

Nordstrom dirty jeans fad will be gold mine come tax season

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross begs people to leave Nordstrom alone since he's hoping their $450 mud-caked jeans catch on as high fashion.
9 years ago

Nobody will be free once the Russians take control of the wheel

Self-driving cars will seem like a good idea, right up until the Russians hack into the system and control our roadways.
9 years ago

Tip to Trump on North Korea: Follow your gut

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross turned to a teacher living in South Korea for ideas on how to deal with Kim Jong Un’s nuclear weapons in North Korea.
9 years ago

Ross: ‘March for Science’ defied the laws of persuasion

Sorry, March for Science supporters. Taking to the streets may work for some causes but it’s not a good way to promote science. According to science, anyway.
9 years ago

America may be divided, but we can agree on this

There was a keynote speech at this week’s Facebook conference that didn’t get much attention, even though it might change the way we all communicate.
9 years ago

A stinky situation: Snohomish County residents struggling with alleged odor

Snohomish County residents say they are paying a high price for Cedar Grove's operations: A foul odor which makes it impossible to enjoy their properties.
9 years ago

Ross: Dangers of impatience with North Korea are the size of a grapefruit

If the US launches an attack on North Korea, we’d win, but the head of the Ploughshares Fund says there is one major, 17-pound catch.
9 years ago

Ross: America’s most interesting mayoral campaign is in Seattle

A few weeks ago, it didn’t seem like it would be a terribly exciting contest. Then the mayoral campaign wheels started to turn.
9 years ago

Thanks to augmented reality, someday we’ll all live in Trump Tower

After Facebook's augmented reality announcement, Dave Ross sees a future where we can augment anything: even life in Trump Tower.
9 years ago

Ross: Facebook is empowering every depraved wacko with a smartphone

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross says Facebook is essentially the largest TV network in human history and it's time for the company to behave like one.
9 years ago

Crusade underway to keep Seattle Opera from outsourcing set design

The Seattle Opera plans to close its Renton facility and outsource its set design, but one man is on a crusade to keep the warehouse open.
9 years ago

‘Fate of the Furious’ has me dusting off 30-year-old Volvo stickshift

The self-driving car craziness from "The Fate of the Furious" has KIRO Radio's Dave Ross preparing for the end.
9 years ago

United Airlines controversy isn’t about overbooking at all

The United Airlines controversy isn’t really about overbooking. There are plenty of ways to fix the overbooking problem.
9 years ago

Do yourself a favor, don’t become a Putin puppet

It doesn’t take a relationship with Putin to do Russia’s bidding. When you fall for a false story and spread it around, you are basically a Putin Puppet.
9 years ago

UW professor says ‘no easy solution’ to fake news phenomenon

One of the biggest challenges in the Internet age is how to choose what to believe, and what is fake news and should be ignored.
9 years ago

Video from United Airlines plane proves none of us are special

Thanks to United, we all got to see what “re-accommodation” looks like. And this was ugly. And it touched people who thought they were protected from official violence.
9 years ago

Here’s why Seattle should be paying close attention to North Korea

Here in Seattle we obviously have an interest in keeping intercontinental ballistic missiles out of North Korea because we are such a close target.
9 years ago