Talk Show Host and Columnist at Seattle Red AM 770

Jason Rantz

Jason Rantz

About: Jason Rantz is the host of The Jason Rantz Show on Seattle Red AM 770 in Seattle, where he tackles the Pacific Northwest’s biggest news and cultural issues with unapologetic, conservative commentary. As a prominent radio host, columnist, and frequent television guest, Rantz has earned a reputation as Seattle’s leading voice for common sense in a region too often dominated by progressive groupthink. He is also the author of an Amazon best-selling book, What’s Killing America: Inside the Radical Left’s Tragic Destruction of Our Cities (Center Street Books).

Jason’s no-nonsense, witty, and biting approach to news analysis cuts through political spin and media bias. He is best known for his incisive takes on Seattle politics, crime, homelessness, public safety, education, and the consequences of radical policies affecting everyday families.

Rantz is a frequent Fox News voice, regularly appearing on national platforms like The Ingraham Angle, Fox & Friends, Fox News at Night, Evening Edit, and Varney and Co. His commentaries are featured in outlets including The Daily Wire, Newsweek, Daily Mail, Fox News, and National Review. His investigative reporting has been cited by both national and local news outlets.

With nearly 30 years in broadcast journalism, Rantz’s work has been recognized for spotlighting issues that matter to Washington state and beyond. He is passionate about defending free speech, individual liberty, and public accountability.

Expertise: Crime, policing, immigration, education, domestic politics, Israel, economy, homelessness, drugs, and cultural issues.

Education: B.A. in Politics, Occidental College (2004)

Achievements & Awards: The Society of Professional Journalists Western Washington, first place: Excellence in Journalism (2011)

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Rantz: School district to host racially segregated meetings to pick superintendent, promote equity

One Washington school district is looking for a new superintendent, and they're inviting parents and guardians to weigh in holding segregated meetings.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle police say video shows homeless man hitting woman in head with bat

Wantez Tulloss has a long criminal history, and also happens to be homeless in Seattle. Now, he's been charged with first-degree assault.
5 years ago

Rantz: Cruel Providence COVID rule won’t allow senior to visit wife after her stroke

Providence Regional Medical Center's COVID visitation policy is preventing a retiree from seeing the love of his life as she recovers from a stroke.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle-area school district showed anti-cop BLM video for Black History Month

A Seattle-area school district showed an anti-police video celebrating Black Lives Matter with purposefully misleading statistics.
5 years ago

Rantz: Plagued by shoplifting, another Seattle small business calls it quits

Sneaker City in downtown Seattle is closing its store and going online after suffering too much damage from endless shoplifting.
5 years ago

Rantz: Push to legalize shrooms for ‘personal growth’ and shamans is a bad trip

At long last, Washington Democrats are finally tackling the key issue facing this state: legalizing psychedelic mushrooms.
5 years ago

Rantz: King Co. public defenders try to end jail bookings for sex offenders, car thieves, more

The King County Department of Public Defense is engaged in a coordinated push to stop jail bookings of suspects accused of serious crimes.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle activists admire ‘boldness’ of shoplifting, say it’s justified

While reasonable Seattleites see shoplifting as a serious problem that is destroying businesses, local activists think it's bold and justified.
5 years ago

Rantz: Ghoulish vaccine zealots gloat after unvaccinated trooper dies of COVID

A former Washington State Trooper who was terminated for not complying with the vaccine mandate has died of COVID.
5 years ago

Rantz: Grocer says he was fired after defending himself against homeless assault

A 23-year-old grocery store worker in Tacoma was fired after defending himself against a homeless man who attacked him.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle judge releases homeless, prolific shoplifter caught stealing 70-inch TV

A homeless man is charged with burglary for stealing a TV from the Seattle Target. Staff says it was the 22nd time he stole from the store in three months.
5 years ago

Rantz: Downtown Seattle Target barely surviving as shoplifting ravages store

The Target department store in downtown Seattle is being absolutely ravaged by shoplifters. I saw two incidents in 12 minutes.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle man live-tweeted ‘hostage taking.’ He keeps getting out of jail

A man who says he suffers from mental illness attempted to take hostages at a Seattle Target. He's pulled this dangerous stunt before.
5 years ago

Rantz: Concern as 20 percent of fully vaccinated Seattle police hit with COVID this month

A fully vaccinated Seattle Police Department suffered nearly 20% of its staff contracting COVID in just the first 21 days of January.
5 years ago

Rantz: King County fired the unvaccinated, now pays $103 an hour to fix staffing crisis

The staffing situation at King County jails is so dire that some correction officers are now being paid over $100 an hour for overtime.
5 years ago

Rantz: Man allegedly car prowls for an hour in broad daylight, as police couldn’t respond

A man was caught on video as he appears to car prowl in Tacoma. Police officers were nowhere to be seen, but even if they were, he couldn't be detained.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle-area school uses MLK Jr. Day to bash police and USA

A local school used a Martin Luther King Day assembly to amplify virulently anti-police and anti-American messages. Is this what the holiday is meant for?
5 years ago

Rantz: New equity policy bars Seattle Police from some traffic stops, opens door to more car theft

Seattle Police are now barred from many non-criminal traffic stops after activists claimed concerns over equity.
5 years ago

Rantz: MultiCare hospitals order symptomatic COVID-positive staff to see patients

MultiCare Health Systems is forcing COVID-positive staff to work at its area hospitals, the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH has learned.
5 years ago

Rantz: WA laws now allow teen gender reassignment surgery without parental consent

Washington state now appears to allow minors to undergo life-changing gender reassignment surgery without parental consent.
5 years ago

Rantz: Seattle Police shed an astonishing number of officers in 2021, more expected soon

The Seattle Police Department lost 170 officers in 2021, but that's only part of the story. Dozens more will separate from the department in coming weeks.
5 years ago

Rantz: UW administrator goes to war over Seattle professor’s hilarious land acknowledgment joke

A left-wing University of Washington administrator censored the syllabus of a professor over a joke land acknowledgment she claims is offensive.
5 years ago

Rantz: Dem law led to K-9 line of duty death but Seattle activists blame police

Washington Democrats passed a series of anti-police laws pitched as "reimaging" public safety. A Seattle police K-9 is dead because of it.
5 years ago

Rantz: Rep. Jayapal fundraises off Jan. 6 riot, hopes you forget she tried to overturn election

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Seattle) is fundraising off the Jan. 6 riot and hopes you'll forget when she tried to overturn an election.
5 years ago