Mike Webb

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Mike Webb (b. 1950) is a radio personality based in Seattle, Washington. He started as a news reporter and is best known as a talk show host and activist.

Webb was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He had an early interest in radio. As a teenager, he was a street reporter broadcasting observations of civil rights, anti-war protests and youth issues for San Francisco radio stations KMPX, KQED and KCBS. KMPX was the nation's first "Progressive Rock" station, started by Top 40 disc jockey Tom Donahue, and took a very unapologetic stance of advocacy journalism.

One of Webb's most notable on-air experiences was reporting the savage murders of San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone by deranged ex-City Supervisor Dan White. Working at KGO, just blocks away from the City Hall tragedy, Webb climbed to the station's rooftop, giving live reports of a city in great shock and grief. Later, when the guilty verdict rendered just a five-year sentence for White, outraged citizens took over City Hall, bashed in the doors, overturned police cars and started fires. Reporters from every major television network joined Webb on that same rooftop reporting all the activity.

Webb went on to other Bay Area radio stations, working as as an air personality for KIOI, KFRC and KSFX.

In the 1980s, Webb moved to Seattle and hosted shows at KPLZ, KEZX and KZOK. He served as Program Director of KVI from 1984 until 1991 and at KIXI until 1994.

Webb is best known for his work at KIRO, where he started in 1996. Webb is also an activist, lobbying for hate crimes legislation and Senator Edward Kennedy's Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).

Outside of his radio show, Webb produces audio and does voiceover work on documentaries, industrial videos, internet and commercial work at his studio, mikewebbmedia.com

Webb counts his interviews with attorney Gerry Spence, activists Michael Moore, and Norman Solomon, United Nations Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter, and "Serving In Silence" author, Grethe Cammermeyer as among his favorites.

Webb was fired from KIRO in December 2005 after he was charged with making a fraudulent insurance claim after an automobile accident the previous June, when his Lexus was struck by an uninsured driver. He has pleaded not guilty and his trial has been postponed until September 5, 2006.

Webb is currently webcasting his talk show, which airs live weeknights from 9PM-11PM PT.