Dori Monson

Dori Monson (born October 2, 1961[1]) is a libertarian[2] American radio personality who hosts the Dori Monson Show, an afternoon talk radio show in Seattle, Washington, on KIRO-FM. He also hosts the pre-game, post-game, and halftime shows on the Seahawks Radio Network.

Dori Monson
Monson in 2013
Born
Dori Monson

(1961-10-02) October 2, 1961
Seattle, Washington, United States
Career
ShowDori Monson Show
Hawk Talk
Station(s)KIRO-FM
Seahawks Radio Network
Time slot12 pm – 3 pm PST
StyleTopical talk/comedy show
Sports talk show
CountryUnited States
Websitemynorthwest.com/category/the-dori-monson-show/

Personal life and early careers

Monson, who is of Icelandic heritage, was raised in Ballard, a Scandinavian ethnic enclave in Seattle. He graduated from Ballard High School.[3] 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.[4]

Monson is married with three daughters and lives in Lake Forest Park, Washington.[3] He has variously described himself as "right-leaning", "center right", and "libertarian", and said he voted for Bob Barr in the 2008 presidential election.[1]

Current work

In 1995 Monson was given his own show on KIRO in the noon to 3:00 pm time slot, replacing Dave Ross who moved to the preceding 9:00 am to noon morning slot.[5] The Dori Monson Show (also referred to as "The Big Show") is heard from noon to 3:00 pm PST 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).[6]

The dominant political orientation of his program began as roughly middle-of-the-road throughout the 1990s. He often sided with then President Bill Clinton against the conservative Republicans running Congress, particularly during the impeachment hearings following the Monica Lewinsky scandal. He said he voted for Al Gore in the year 2000 presidential election.[7] However, his show turned decidedly conservative around the time of the September 11 attacks in 2001, enthusiastically supporting the Iraq invasion and accusing global warming activists of being "phony, global warming cultists".[8] He also once asked Washington State Democratic Party Chairman Dwight Pelz if he was a communist.[1]

Among the regular features on The Dori Monson Show is a weekly "one on one against the nuns" segment where Monson tests his football acumen against two nuns, Sisters Kath Silverthorn and Cele Gorman of the Archdiocese of Seattle, each making predictions for the next Sunday's NFL games. "I wanted to find the absolute most incongruous people we'd normally never associate with football analysis," Monson explained. "I thought that would be either Sherpas or nuns and it'd probably be easier to find nuns."[9]

Since 2002 Monson has hosted Hawk Talk, a day-of-game broadcast carried on the Seahawks Radio Network, a network of 46 radio stations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and British Columbia,[10] that airs games of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. Monson also anchors the pre-game, post-game and halftime shows during Seahawks broadcasts, when he is joined by Sam Adkins, Paul Moyer, and Dave Wyman.

Controversy

Monson has been criticized for interviewing Ted Nugent who espoused "birther" conspiracies.[11][8]

References
  1. Conklin, Ellis E. (December 11, 2012). "Dori Monson: A Tempest of Outrage". Seattle Weekly News. Archived from the original on June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  2. MyNorthwest (2012-08-01), Monson in a Minute 8-1-12, retrieved 2018-08-26
  3. "Dori Monson - KIRO". MyNorthwest.com. 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
  4. Paynter, Susan (September 23, 1994). "Dori, Dustin Find a Home". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  5. Taylor, Chuck (1995-05-05). "Entertainment & the Arts | In Seattle Radio, Youth Is Definitely Being Served | Seattle Times Newspaper". Community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
  6. "R&R 2008 News/Talk/Sports Award Winners!". Radio & Records. Archived from the original on 2009-04-22.
  7. Seattle Weekly, December 11, 2012
  8. Monson, Dori. "Dori: Why I am certain the global warming cult is phony". My Northwest.
  9. Thomas, Linda (January 12, 2006). "Watching Seahawks football is a habit for two nuns". The Catholic Northwest Progress. Archived from the original on 2008-03-12.
  10. "Seahawks Radio Network". Seattle Seahawks. Archived from the original on 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  11. http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/12/03/holiday-message-tune-in-downtown-seattle-turn-off-dori-monson/
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