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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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Media fueling May Day violence? You’re asking the wrong question

There’s a question that always gets asked after wall-to-wall media coverage of the now standard May Day riot in Seattle: how much is the media to be blamed for the actions of the protesters?
10 years ago

What exactly does it take to fire a bad teacher in Washington?

Apparently, even when students are groped on a school trip due to rules a teacher refused to enforce, it is not enough to fire a teacher.
10 years ago

2016 Bumbershoot lineup released

Jason Rantz is excited about Bumbershoot 2016. Check out the complete lineup.
10 years ago

City of Seattle practically forces you to break traffic laws

Traffic is so bad near Mercer that the Seattle Department of Transportation essentially forces you to break traffic laws if you want any hope of even crossing an intersection in a reasonable amount of time.
10 years ago

A brilliant editorial on liberal smugness

If you choose to read only one epically long piece on the biggest fault of Seattle’s progressive, activist community, make sure it’s this piece by Emmett Rensin from Vox.com. It will take you 30 minutes to finish, but it’ll be worth it, particularly if you’re a Progressive (though, if this piece is to be believed, […]
11 years ago

WSU and HBO help freak us all out about baseball

HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel recently stopped by Washington State University in Pullman to film a segment on foul ball injuries in the MLB. It's terrifying.
11 years ago

Here’s why homelessness is getting worse on Capitol Hill

Homelessness seems to have only gotten worse around Seattle, especially on Capitol Hill. And there's one particular reason why.
11 years ago

Unreal: Seattle commission wants to give homeless space to get drunk, high

Rantz says a "shocking" recent recommendation is shameful, dangerous and primarily about pushing progressive ideologies.
11 years ago

Embarrassing, shocking implications in SDOT ethics complaint

The man in charge of Seattle's transportation can't figure out email; perhaps we shouldn't be shocked, then, that Seattle traffic problems are what they are.
11 years ago

Rantz: No, SPD response isn’t ‘shameful’

The public has a right to be mad at the unacceptably long wait time, but criticism of the Seattle Police Department seems to be lacking some key details.
11 years ago

Rantz: Relax, they’re just trees, West Seattle

I hate to be the guy to take this position because the area’s natural beauty is part of what makes the Pacific Northwest shine so brightly even in the dreary weather, but the trees cut down in West Seattle are just that: trees. No one was killed, no one was injured and no war crimes […]
11 years ago

Seattle actually cleaned up the mess

Color me surprised that the City of Seattle quickly cleared out a dangerous and inhumane illegal tent city that was turning the neighborhood into what resembled a garbage dump.
11 years ago

Kshama Sawant bats down bike helmet law repeal

There’s been a dangerous movement in the the bike activist community to push for the repeal of King County’s mandatory helmet law. The bike activist community sees unacceptably low numbers of bike commuters (less than 4%) in a city that’s spending and committing tens of millions of dollars to bike infrastructure projects. Consequently, they look to everything […]
11 years ago

Kshama Sawant bats down Seattle bike helmet law repeal

The Seattle city council member is not buying a dangerous movement in the bike activist community to push for the repeal of King County's mandatory helmet law.
11 years ago

City of Seattle finally concedes that bicyclists can be dangerous

The City of Seattle is installing bike-lane speed bumps in response to careless cyclists on an underused downtown lane.
11 years ago

Watch Jason Rantz talk heroin on NBC Nightly News

Jason Rantz was featured on NBC Nightly News on the idea of "safe" heroin injection sites.
11 years ago

Seattle is starting to look like a garbage dump

The Pacific Northwest is a beautiful place, but Seattle is turning into a garbage dump rather quickly, KIRO Radio's Jason Rantz says.
11 years ago

Not-a-Shocker: Seattle didn’t vet RV safe lot idea before implementing it

The City of Seattle seemed awfully confident that an RV safe lot was a good idea. But it seems like they didn't put much thought into it.
11 years ago

Dear Highline students: Your feelings don’t matter

I think it's important to make clear a simple message to Highline Public School students (and, really, all students, high school, and college): your feelings don't matter.
11 years ago

Rantz: Arrogant, environmentally frivolous Tacoma officials move to ban plastic bags

Despite less than 50 percent of Tacoma residents interested in a plastic bag ban, the paternalistic Tacoma City Council is moving ahead with a ban. Why? Because they know better than you, KIRO Radio's Jason Rantz says.
11 years ago

Space Needle a terrorist target? ‘Your listeners are not going to want to hear this’

After the deadly ISIS attacks in Brussels this week, concern continues to grow over protecting "soft targets" abroad and here at home. One of those unprotected targets? The Seattle Space Needle.
11 years ago

Pronto lie means Seattle didn’t vet bike program before foolish bailout

We learned this week that the failed Seattle bike-share program Pronto seemingly lied about its membership numbers.
11 years ago

Pronto lie means Seattle didn’t vet bike program before foolish bailout

We learned this week that the failed Seattle bike-share program Pronto seemingly lied about its membership numbers.
11 years ago

Space Needle a terrorist target? ‘Your listeners are not going to want to hear this’

Is the Space Needle a likely terrorist target? Fred Burton, a former counter-terrorism agent and current VP of Intelligence for global intelligence firm Stratfor, tells the Jason Rantz Show that "...your listeners are not going to want to hear this."
11 years ago