Longtime Conservative Seattle radio host Dory Monson has died. Cairo News Radio announced that Monson died at a Seattle Hospital on Saturday. In 2011, King 5 interviewed Monson discussing his broadcasting/radio career.
‘It’s fun, I mean, it’s a real challenge every single day, but I can’t imagine a more enjoyable way, a rewarding way to make a living news’ -stated Monson. Monson was the Midday host on Cairo FM. Seattle, born and raised, also coached basketball at Shorecrest High School.
In 2016, Monson guided Shorecrest to the school’s lone girls’ basketball state championship. He was the top-rated host for Cairo News Radio, where he worked since the early 90s, and also worked for King TV.
Several other people shared their condolences on Twitter, including Terry Holloman, who writes, ‘Dori gave us our very first opportunity to be on the radio. He was my friend, and I’m forever grateful for him. King County Council member ‘Reagan Dunn’ wrote ‘He will be truly missed.’
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Who Is Dori Monson?
Dori Monson is an American Radio host and personality who presented the ‘Dori Monson Show’ on KIRO-FM from Seattle, Washington, mostly in the afternoons. Monson, a person of Icelandic descent, grew up in Ballard, which is a Scandinavian cultural neighborhood in Seattle.
He did his high school studies at Ballard High School. He worked as a physical game commentator for the Husky football on-campus transmitter ‘KCMU’ when he was an undergraduate student at the University of Washington.
Condolences to the @KIRONewsradio family on the untimely loss of Dori Monson.
He enjoyed being a lightning rod on the air, but he was always very kind to me.
This was the only test he ever sent me: pic.twitter.com/uHJzGmm2Nv— Gary Horcher (@GaryKIRO7) January 2, 2023
Monson started his professional free-to-air career in the role of sports producer at KING-TV and even as sporting events journalist and presenter at KING Am. All of this happened when the longstanding Seattle broadcaster Bill O’Mara took him to King Broadcasting founder Dorothy Bullitt.
After that, he then went to KIRO-FM 100.7 during the ‘Pat Cashman Show’ and decided to shift stations in 1994. Monson resided in Lake Forest Park, Washington, alongside his soulmate and three girls. He described or identified himself as “straight,” “center-right,” and “free” at varying moments. In the 2008 election for president, Monson revealed that he stood for Bob Barr.
How Did Dori Monson Die?
Monson passed away on December 31, 2022, just at number 61, in a Seattle hospital, Washington, after enduring a cardiovascular episode 2 days earlier. A long time back, in 2011, in an interview with KING, he stated – ‘About 20 years ago, there were three things that I wanted to be a husband and father.
A basketball team coach and a host of a talk show. So the fact that I’m able to do all of those things at the same time, how lucky could anybody possibly get?’ Dori was going through some health issues recently, which led to the shock in the field of news and information on New year’s Eve.
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As the K5 Mornings anchor says, ‘It’s an incredible loss to the Seattle media.’ He was very controversial in his views and very outspoken. He was very passionate, and he cared a lot about the topics he talked about. Dory Monson leaves behind a wife and three adult daughters.
Kelly Anna Brooking Words On Facebook
It’s very sad news for the family and friends of Dory Monson. An American radio host of the Dory Monson shows, a midday discussion show broadcast on Cairo FM in Seattle, Washington, USA. According to Kelly Anna Brooking on Facebook, said hearing Dory Monson on Cairo News Radio pass this weekend is a tough way to start 2023.
Dory was such an inspiration and truly one of the kindest people I have ever met. It was an honor of a lifetime being a speaker with him, and I’ll forever be grateful for all the support and advice he gave me. R.I.P Dori. It is a tough way to start 2023 for those who are close to him. He often called to encourage me to continue to do our cause radio brand of broadcasting, even though it was a foreign concept to the execution format at that moment.
He was the first host to invite us to crosstalk, which marked the beginning of our two shows dominating Seattle ratings for over 13 years together and through the years. He later contacted me to congratulate me on becoming a parent and then rang once more when my baby sister vanished as well as when we had asked to depart the radio network.’
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