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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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