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Listen: Friends, colleagues offer tribute to KIRO Newsradio’s Dori Monson

Jan 2, 2023, 3:15 PM | Updated: 8:50 pm

Alaska, fishing...

Left to right, Brock Huard, Dori Monson, and Tom Nelson made lifelong connections in Alaska on Dori's first-ever fishing trip.

All day Monday, KIRO Newsradio’s John Curley talked to friends and news makers in tribute to Dori Monson.

You can listen to the entire tribute show – over five hours long – below.

Guests in chronological order:

Tom Nelson of The Outdoor Line
Brock Huard of Seattle Sports
– Spike O’Neill of KIRO Nights
Bob Rivers, legendary Seattle radio broadcaster
Jonathan Choe, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow
– Jake Skorheim, former Dori Monson Show producer
Todd Herman, former KTTH and KIRO Newsradio host
John Urquhart, former King County Sheriff
Tony Ventrella, former Seattle sports reporter
Jason Rantz and Bryan Suits of AM 770 KTTH
Casey McNerthney (42) who once called into Dori’s show as a 9-year-old
David Rose of FOX 13 Seattle
Ed Troyer, Pierce County Sheriff
Brandi Kruse, host of the unDivided podcast
– Dave Wyman of Seattle Sports
Pat Cashman, Seattle comedian
Michael Medved of AM 770 KTTH
Don O’Neill, former KIRO Newsradio host

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Listen: Friends, colleagues offer tribute to KIRO Newsradio’s Dori Monson