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KIRO-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with CBS and Telemundo.Owned by Cox Media Group, the station maintains studios on Third Avenue in the Belltown section of Downtown Seattle, and its transmitter is located in the city's Queen Anne neighborhood, adjacent to the station's original studios.
Dave Ross (born April 10, 1952) [1] is a retired talk show host on Seattle's KIRO-FM radio station. He joined KIRO as a news anchor in 1978 and was given his own talk show in 1987. He has sometimes broadcast his show while on assignment in other locations, including overseas, such as Baghdad, Iraq in April 2004.
Past announcers include: Pete Gross, who called games from 1976 until just days before his death from cancer in 1992, is a member of the team's Ring of Honor, Steve Thomas (Radio: 1992–1997), Lee Hamilton also known as "Hacksaw" (Radio: 1998–1999), Brian Davis (Radio: 2000–2003), and Warren Moon (2004–2017).
KIRO-FM (97.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, and serving the Seattle-Tacoma radio market. It airs a news/talk radio format and is owned by Salt Lake City –based Bonneville International , a broadcasting company owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .
Larson (right) in 2010. Margaret Larson (née Pelley; born February 24, 1958) is an American broadcast journalist and television presenter.Her most notable position was with NBC News.
During that time, KIRO staff grew increased from 45 to 100, and KIRO-TV was at or near the top of the ratings in the Seattle market for most of the decade. [2] He sparked controversy in 1986 for refusing to air safer sex advertisements, with Bea Kelleigh from the NW AIDS Foundation dubbing the rejections as due to "homophobia". [ 13 ]
Kathi Goertzen was born in Seattle on April 30, 1958. She graduated from Queen Anne High School and had initially set out to be a veterinarian. However, she changed her career goals after witnessing a dog necropsy, and then aspired to become a journalist, enrolling at Washington State University.
After 23 years, KIRO-TV cancelled the show because of declining ratings, and the final episode was broadcast on September 25, 1981. After the show ended, Wedes continued to portray J.P. at many public and private charity events for another thirty years [ 13 ] despite suffering in later years from incurable (but in remission) blood cancer .