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and ''

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'' with

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. Mitchell is currently the radio announcer for ''

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'' and ''Eye on Washington'' on KKOH. Mitchell began working in radio at age 13. He graduated from the University of the Pacific with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. Mitchell was a

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, news director and

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in California. In 1983, he moved to

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and joined what was then KOH. He co-hosts ''Ross and Ryan in the Morning'' on weekday mornings from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. along with Ryan Nutter. Mitchell was also the voice of XM Talk on XM channel 168 from 2009 to 2013.

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has parodied Art Bell for many years on his own radio talk show, and impersonations of Mitchell's program introductions have always been an important element. Usually, these are focused on variants of "East of the Rockies, call...", twisted around to "If you're calling from

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, or from

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, call

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has also spotlighted Mitchell, featuring a clip of his introduction of the band on the album

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. On April 10, 2012, George Noory on ''

'' announced that Ross Mitchell's employer no longer wanted Mitchell to do the announcements for the show because the station no longer was an affiliate. According to the show's Facebook page, two other announcers — Charles Tomas and Dick Ervasti — were hired as replacements and announced that day. This ended up being just a change in location, not absence, however, as Mitchell was immediately hired by

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as that show’s voiceover announcer.“Coast To Coast” adds new VO talent; Ross Mitchell joins “Red Eye Radio”
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as announcer for Bell's new

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show, ''

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''.

References

External links

www.kkoh.com
KOH-AM 780 News Talk website {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Ross 1955 births Living people American radio news anchors Coast to Coast AM Radio personalities from Nevada People from Fresno, California People from Reno, Nevada University of the Pacific (United States) alumni