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.

Hillary Clinton can’t get too cocky in the race against the ‘King of Debt’

KIRO Radio's Dave Ross says Hillary Clinton can't get too cocky over reports predicting a Trump recession.
10 years ago

Congress just gave the bad guys the green light

The Senate voted last night on four amendments that were supposed to make it tougher for a potential terrorist to buy a gun. They all failed, even though, according to CBS Congressional Correspondent Nancy Cordes.
10 years ago

Potential solution to hacking epidemic could mess up your hair

Computer hacking has become an epidemic. That’s why at the State University of New York, Sarah Laszlo, who teaches psychology, is developing a hack-proof security system.
10 years ago

Coming ‘close’ to stopping a massacre isn’t good enough

It appears that several weeks before buying the gun he used in the Orlando shooting, Omar Mateen had visited another gun shop. He was requesting body armor.
10 years ago

Gun dealers should follow West Virginia’s gun culture

Yesterday, there was a six-hour filibuster in the Senate, as Democrats shamed Republicans for refusing to deny guns to people on the FBI watch list.
10 years ago

Guns are blameless in our ‘terrorist-friendly’ system

Day three since Orlando happened and we’re falling into the same debate about blaming guns.
10 years ago

We live in a country where government can’t infringe upon the rights of ISIS followers

The more we learn about the Orlando shooting, the more this question, posed by CBS Jeff Pegues and about a million other people, demands an answer.
10 years ago

Orlando massacre proves we need more alert gun shop owners

The frustrating thing about the horrible mass shooting in Orlando was that the killer, Omar Mateen, had caught the FBI’s attention three years ago for talking with co-workers about terrorism.
10 years ago

It’s shocking to think about Donald Trump groveling for money

Donald Trump groveling for cash is not an image I can make myself believe.
10 years ago

Dave Ross says we should hire the Coast Guard to round up scalpers

You know which group gets the biggest chunk of the money from a hit Broadway production – some $60 million a year according to the Times? Scalpers!
10 years ago

Donald Trump’s tease for a ‘major speech’ proves there’s a bit of show biz left in him

Donald Trump has always said that when you’re negotiating a deal, you have to be prepared to walk away. Well, over the past few days, several high-profile Republicans have walked. And Speaker Paul Ryan came close to walking.
10 years ago

Ross: Bernie Sanders may not go this far, but I know who would

It really frustrates Hillary Clinton that Bernie Sanders hasn’t given up. He is lobbying superdelegates to change their votes.
10 years ago

Ross: Donald Trump is giving us a free master class from Trump University

Over the weekend, various reporters asked Donald Trump if he’s a racist for saying he doesn’t trust Judge Gonzalo Curiel.
10 years ago

Compared to ‘barking mad’ Donald Trump, ‘boring’ Hillary looks pretty good

Donald Trump is famous for hitting his opponents pretty hard. Now we’re gonna see how big a punch he can take. It’s a tried and true concept in politics. If you want to motivate voters, whether it’s to vote a certain way or give money – scare the hell out of them. Related: “May the […]
10 years ago

‘May the least distrusted person win’ the presidential race

He calls her “crooked,” and she says right back at ya. Donald Trump’s brand is his wealth and his competence as a businessman. And now, with the release of court files on the lawsuit against his now-defunct Trump University – Hillary Clinton thinks she has documents that will make her emails look pretty boring. “This […]
10 years ago

Dave Ross celebrates Oklahoma City Thunder’s crushing defeat with ‘Chokelahoma’

The Oklahoma City Thunder lost to the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Conference Finals on Monday and those still bitter over Seattle's loss of a professional basketball team couldn't be happier.
10 years ago

Dave Ross: It might be time for Congress to push for bomb-sniffing dogs

We’ve seen some epic security lines at the airport as the summer travel season revs up. But the TSA thinks it’s found the key to getting the problem under control.
10 years ago

Dave Ross remembers vacation season when he was a kid

More than 30 million Americans are on the road this weekend taking family vacations, but unlike when I was growing up – today – there’s all sorts of technology so you never get lost and the kids never get bored.
10 years ago

Ross: 50,000 years of human evolution and we’re still debating breakfast

According to Dr. Carroll –- and did I mention he’s a doctor –- it’s perfectly healthy. Because if you’re not hungry you shouldn’t force yourself to eat.
10 years ago

Report expressing ‘considerable concern’ over Hillary Clinton’s emails will not help with honesty issue

At the time that looked like a pretty generous gift to Hillary Clinton. But maybe it wasn’t. Because after that she seemed to blow off the investigation into her private email server and whether she violated her own department’s policy.
10 years ago

Dave Ross: Who is really in Wall Street’s pocket?

A big issue in the presidential campaign has been which candidate is in Wall Street’s pocket.
10 years ago

Tommy Chong’s dream of being a Bernie Sanders speaker goes up in smoke

You remember the 1978 movie “Up In Smoke”? It was the breakthrough movie for comedians Cheech and Chong, who were always smoking marijuana in funny ways, like while driving.
10 years ago

Ross: Vote for the presidential candidate that causes you the least embarrassment

We now face an election between two of the most disliked candidates in the history of the republic -- at least that's how pollsters tell it -- and it's left a lot of people depressed.
10 years ago

You decide: Is the latest report on modified food reassuring, or a ‘400-page doorstop’

This week the National Academy of Sciences issued a report intended to reassure people who are freaked out about genetically engineered food.
10 years ago