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.

How to get kids to pay attention in class

Want your student to stop fidgeting and pay attention in class. Make them stand.
11 years ago

The kid who was dragged home speaks out

Michael Singleton, the young man dragged out of the Baltimore riot Monday by his angry mom, is now telling his side of the story.
11 years ago

The parents take over

Parents come out to fight back against rioting and looting in Baltimore.
11 years ago

This is what can happen when no one is looking

James Holmes was sending out warning signals right under our noses. He warned a psychiatrist, his ex-girlfriend, and a fellow grad student that he was over the edge.
11 years ago

The last taboo

Time to rebel against America's political divide, which is wider now than it has been in the last century.
11 years ago

What are your rights when filming the police?

A U.S. Marshal smashed the cell phone of an Los Angeles woman who was filming law enforcement.
11 years ago

Every neighborhood needs its own wake-up call

Neighbors in Everett were annoyed by the naval base's louder national anthem. I like the idea of neighborhood buglers. It reminds you of summer camp.
11 years ago

Doctor finds what may be the secret to good health

There's a new diet study that actually confirms what we've been hearing lately.
11 years ago

Questions for Hillary Clinton … without answers

Hillary Clinton stopped by a New Hampshire furniture factory and talked around the issue of retirement security.
11 years ago

It’s better to be locked up, than lying dead on a battlefield

Six Minnesota men have been charged with providing support for a terrorist organization by making plans to join the fighters in Syria.
11 years ago

A reminder that gullibility can cut both ways

This story is a reminder that gullibility can cut both ways. And that sometimes the technicality we're talking about is something called innocence.
11 years ago

It’s been called ‘the biggest open question in TV history’

For a writer like David Chase, any contrived Hollywood closure is like Ipecac. He avoids it at any cost. And I get that because that's how life is.
11 years ago

An alien landing craft spotted at U.S. Capitol

A 61-year-old mailman from Ruskin, Fla. managed to land his a one-man gyrocopter on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
11 years ago

Is this man killing capitalism or saving it?

Supporters say $15 minimum wage is long overdue; opponents say it'll kill capitalism as we know it. And then there's CEO Dan Price.
12 years ago

Free-range parents worried by strangers trying to protect their children

For free-range parents, there is something much scarier than the predators who want to kidnap their kids; and that's the strangers trying to protect them.
12 years ago

Religious beliefs prompt seat change

I'm not sure what I would do if I was sitting in my proper seat on an airplane and someone asked me to move because of my sex. But apparently such things do happen.
12 years ago

Do it for Denmark

"Can sex save Denmark's future," asks a promotional video from a Danish Travel company. It's running a contest to rescue the Danish birthrate, which is the lowest in 27 years.
12 years ago

Reviewing the Apple Watch reviews

The reviews of the Apple Watch are in. So Dave Ross reviews the reviews.
12 years ago

Let’s do a little battery experiment

Why would a Stanford researcher want to drill a hole through a battery he just invented?
12 years ago

Droughts and growing population leading to drastic drinking water measures

With the Southwest becoming home to more people and less water, reused sewage water is becoming closer and closer to a reality.
12 years ago

Dave Ross: Here’s how to stay happy during a drought

Here's How to stop worrying and love the California drought.
12 years ago

Indiana channels its inner San Francisco

When Governor Mike Pence of Indiana signed the state's religious freedom bill last week, the idea was to protect businesses like Memories Pizza in the little town of Walkerton.
12 years ago

Traffic a big factor in recovery of Seattle suburbs

Dave Ross asks Tom Kelly, host of Real Estate Today on KIRO Radio, when houses in Seattle's suburbs will finally bounce back.
12 years ago

Why is McDonald’s raising its wages?

McDonald's is the latest to announce a wage increase for employees in the 1,5400 outlets that it operates. That affects about 90,000 employees and means Seattle workers will make $12 an hour. But why?
12 years ago