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.

Refreshingly outrageous comments from Trump now seem ominous

Comments that President Donald Trump made during his campaign were, for some, refreshing. Now that he's president, they seem a little more ominous.
10 years ago

After the resignation of Flynn, everyone is wondering how high this will go

The resignation of Michael Flynn as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has all of Washington wondering, how high will this go?
10 years ago

Tough to ignore climate change facts when they’re lapping at your ankles

Proof of climate change has been going on for a long time – but even so, Dave Ross believes it can still be called breaking news.
10 years ago

The power to save a life will soon be in your pocket

What’s been lost in the whole debate over keeping out terrorists is that whatever you do to prevent it, sometime, somewhere something going to happen.
10 years ago

We know who to blame if the country is no longer safe

President Trump's temporary travel ban remains in limbo but the campaign to hold federal judges responsible for any incident that may happen is full speed ahead.
10 years ago

Click coming from your car should be music to your ears

It may sound like a click, and, actually, it is. But that sound you hear coming from your car has been carefully tuned by a specialist.
10 years ago

Did the president forget the words he repeated 3 weeks ago?

The decision of the Ninth Circuit Court, keeping in place the suspension of President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban, isn’t just about the travel ban.
10 years ago

Body cams could restore faith in police, as long as they’re on

More and more police departments are betting that body cams will help settle disputes over use of force. They could, as long as they are on.
10 years ago

People on the left are moving into the sixth stage of grief

As week three of Trump's presidency ends, people on the left are still grieving. This is how the grieving process works, according to Dave Ross.
10 years ago

Way more people are dying from overdoses than terrorism in the U.S.

One of the promises that put President Donald Trump in the White House was his promise to deal with the opioid epidemic.
10 years ago

Why isn’t a wall along the Canadian border on the table?

Far more people on terrorist watchlists have reportedly tried to get in through Canada than Mexico. KIRO Radio's Dave Ross says he can't imagine how expensive it would be to build a wall along the Canadian border.
10 years ago

Dave Ross calls for extreme vetting of Facebook content

As the "mainstream media" continues to fall under attack, KIRO Radio's Dave Ross asks for extreme vetting of all stories shared on social media.
10 years ago

President Trump may have sabotaged himself

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross talks to Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson about his claim against President Trump over the travel ban.
10 years ago

You won’t need a heart attack to convince you to change your lifestyle

Soon you won’t need a heart attack to convince you that your blood pressure is a problem, you can have you genes scare you into making a lifestyle change.
10 years ago

Payback will be the focus of Supreme Court hearings

Now that we have a Supreme Court pick from the president, the hearings, in large part, will be about a concept called payback.
10 years ago

By a remarkable coincidence, Trump will announce Supreme Court pick today

Just a day after firing the acting attorney general, President Donald Trump will announce his pick for Supreme Court. Coincidence?
10 years ago

Stop accusing our president of keeping his promise

President Donald Trump is again upset at the news media, this time because of the coverage of his Friday night executive orders on immigration.
10 years ago

It’s all fun and games until you become president

The whole nation is getting an immersion course in negotiation tactics as President Donald Trump fights to build his wall.
10 years ago

Legislature’s struggle to fund schools nothing new, legendary educator says

An educator in Western Washington since 1953, says teachers should be making much, much more than they are now.
10 years ago

I found the fraud Donald Trump is looking for!

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross found a report that actually does allege voter fraud. However, it found only about 200 possibly fraudulent votes. Not 24 million.
10 years ago

Maybe this will calm your fears of being replaced by a robot

Experts are warning us that any manufacturing jobs that do come back to the U.S. will just go to those robots. But that might not be true!
10 years ago

Dave Ross’ USSR trip with late SuperSonics exec Bob Walsh

Those who knew former SuperSonics executive Bob Walsh know how much he cared about people around the world, Dave Ross says.
10 years ago

Trump should switch to Netflix if he doesn’t like the coverage he’s getting

President Trump's spokesperson, Sean Spicer, explained how frustrating it is to turn on the TV these days. Dave Ross says Trump should just watch Netflix.
10 years ago

Did President Trump really imply divine intervention in the weather?

"It was almost raining," President Trump explained. "But God looked down and said we're not going to let it rain on your speech."
10 years ago