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Ronn Owens has had the top-rated program with KGO 810 for over 35 years. In that time he has had thousands of guests in the hot seat, including President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Steve Martin, Condoleezza Rice, Benjamin Netanyahu, John McCain, Eliot Spitzer, Joe Montana, Tony Bennett, Jimmy Carter, Willie Mays, Secretaries of State, CIA Directors and community leaders.As a versatile talk host and author, Ronn covers everything from politics to pop culture, and his show has been called the “ultimate town hall meeting.” Similar to KGO’s listenership, Ronn is unpredictable and has long been the voice of reason in the Bay Area, balancing issues so that listeners can make up their own minds.As Ronn says, “I’m just like everybody else – I look at the world around me and comment on it.”Over the years, Ronn has won numerous awards and was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in December 2007 and Chicago’s National Radio Hall of Fame in 2015. The National Association of Broadcasters presented him with the prestigious Marconi Award for Major Market Personality of the Year Award in 2003 and again in 2010. Talkers Magazine named Ronn one of the Top 25 Greatest Radio Talk Show Hosts of All Time, ranking him 13th and the top local personality in the country.His first book, Voice of Reason: Why the Left and Right are Wrong, was published in 2004. Ronn is married to former KCBS anchor Jan Black. They have two daughters, Sarah and Laura, and live in San Francisco.

February 12 2020: Ronn Owens Report: Ronn gives us his thoughts on the “real” Democratic leader for president

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With New Hampshire now behind us, I gave a recap of the results and where the major candidates stand as of today. Sanders won, not by as much as expected but still a clear leader. Buttiege a

February 11 2020: Ronn Owens Report: Ronn talked with Mark Curtis, National Political Director for whitehousepatch.com about the New Hampshire primary

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For the first time, actual votes are being cast today as voters in New Hampshire go to the polls in the nation’s traditional first Primary election. We talked with Mark Curtis, National Political Director for whitehousepatch.com., discussing what

February 10 2020: Ronn Owens Report: Ronn spoke with political pundit Carla Marinucci about the upcoming California Democratic primary

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With California’s Democratic Primary next month actually meaning something for once, candidates are coming here and running ads like never before. So says our guest, Politico’s Carla Marinucci. Bernie Sanders has been leading the polls here, still

February 7 2020: Ronn Owens Report: Ronn is ahead of the curve and decided to “trash” the Oscar's today

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For literally decades we’d spend an hour every Monday after the Oscars having callers gat a chance to trash the Academy Awards show. So today’s Report was a first: we PRE-trashed them. I brought up my way

February 6 2020: Ronn Owens Report: Ronn spoke with Washington Post columnist, E.J. Dionne as they discuss the “stand” Mitt Romney made with his vote

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Washington Post syndicated columnist E. J. Dionne joined us to talk about his new book out this week, “Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates can Unite to Save our Country.”  We discussed both his ideas and also the

February 5 2020: Ronn Owens Report: Ronn gives us HIS feelings about The SOTUS

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Dominic is the producer of our Report. Politically, we tend to agree on the way President Trump is handling his job. So imagine my surprise when his first words to me were how ashamed he was at

February 5 2020: Ronn Owens Report: Ronn gives us HIS feelings about The SOTUS

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Dominic is the producer of our Report. Politically, we tend to agree on the way President Trump is handling his job. So imagine my surprise when his first words to me were how ashamed he was at

February 4 2020: Ronn Owens Report: Ronn talked with KGO political analyst, Gary Dietrich about the Iowa Caucus

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So we have the first votes that count in Iowa and, until this afternoon at best, we still have no results. Why? There were apparently “inconsistencies” in the reporting of results and the state’s Democratic Party wanted

February 3 2020: Ronn Owens Report: Ronn chatted with Sarah Owens about yesterday's Super Bowl commercials

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The Super Bowl ads were our topic on today’s Report, as we were joined by Sarah Owens, Director of Business Development for Cutwater, an independent creative and media agency. (Full disclosure:  Sarah is my older daughter.) We

January 31 2020: Ronn Owens Report: Ronn spoke with KNBR's morning man, Brian Murphy about LIV

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The Super Bowl is this Sunday and with the ’49ers in it this year, interest is off the charts. So we talked with KNBR’s Brian Murphy, who is in Miami covering the big game for his “Murph

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