Dori Monson
| Dori Monson | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Dori Monson |
| Born | 1961 Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Show | Dori Monson Show Hawk Talk |
| Station(s) |
KIRO-FM Seahawks Radio Network |
| Time slot | 12:00pm-3:00pm PST various |
| Style | Topical Talk Show Sports Talk Show |
| Country | USA |
| Website | kiroradio |
Dori Monson (born 1961) is a Libertarian American radio personality who hosts the pre-game, post-game and halftime shows on the Seahawks Radio Network and the Dori Monson Show, an afternoon talk radio show in Seattle, Washington, on KIRO-FM.
Monson, who is of Icelandic heritage, was raised in Ballard, a Scandinavian ethnic enclave in Seattle. He graduated from Ballard High School. As a student at the University of Washington he was the play-by-play announcer for Husky football on campus broadcaster KCMU-FM. He began his professional broadcasting career as a producer at KING-TV and sports reporter at KING-AM, then moved to KIRO as part of the Pat Cashman Show.
Monson is married with three daughters and lives in Lake Forest Park, Washington, where he coaches girls' youth basketball. He currently coaches the girls basketball team at Shorecrest High School, of which their 2015-16 team won the WIAA 2A state championship. He has variously described himself as "right-leaning," "center right," and "libertarian", and said he voted for Bob Barr in the 2008 presidential election.
In 1995 Monson was given his own show on KIRO in the noon to 3:00 p.m. time slot, replacing Dave Ross who moved to the preceding 9:00 a.m. to noon morning slot.The Dori Monson Show is heard from noon to 3:00pm PDT on KIRO-FM and is primarily a politically oriented talk radio program. As of winter 2008, his show was the highest rated talk radio program in the Seattle-Tacoma market. In 2008 Monson was nominated for Radio & Records News/Talk/Sports Local Personality Of The Year, ultimately losing to Bill Handel of KFI-AM (Los Angeles).
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