Dori Monson Obituary

Dori Monson was an American radio personality. Dori Monson died on December 31, 2022, at the age of 61.

According to Kiro News Radio, he died in a Seattle hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest. He had some health issues in recent years, but he still enjoyed deep sea fishing and playing pickleball.

Dori Monson grew up in Ballard, a Scandinavian ethnic enclave in Seattle. He attended Ballard High School.

He was the play-by-play announcer for Husky football on-campus broadcaster KCMU while a student at the University of Washington.

Dori Monson began his professional broadcasting career as a sports producer at KING-TV and a sports reporter and host at KING AM, before moving to KIRO-FM 100.7 in 1994 when the Pat Cashman Show changed stations.

Dori Monson hosted the KIRO-FM show since 1995, taking over for Dave Ross, who moved to the 9 a.m. to noon morning slot.

The Dori Monson Show, also known as The Big Show, was a primarily political talk-radio programme. It was the highest-rated talk show in the Seattle-Tacoma market at times.

In 2018, he was one of five finalists for the Marconi Award for Large Market Personality of the Year from the National Association of Broadcasters.