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Ross Mitchell

Ross Mitchell Brown Jr (born January 12, 1955) is an American radio news anchor and voice-over artist. Mitchell is known most widely as the former announcer on the nationally syndicated Coast to Coast AM radio show with Art Bell and George Noory and The Savage Nation with Michael Savage. Mitchell is currently the radio announcer for Red Eye Radio 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 disc jockey, news director and reporter in California. In 1983, he moved to Reno, Nevada and joined what was then KOH. He hosts Reno's Morning News weekdays from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. His previous co-hosts were Monica Jaye (2002–2018), Dan Mason (2018–2021) and Ryan Nutter (2021–2023). Mitchell was also the voice of XM Talk on XM channel 168 from 2009 to 2013. ZZ Top has also spotlighted Mitchell, featuring a clip of his introduction of the band on the album XXX. On April 10, 2012, George Noory on Coast to Coast AM 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.…

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Ross Mitchell Brown Jr (born January 12, 1955) is an American radio news anchor and voice-over artist. Mitchell is known most widely as the former announcer on the nationally syndicated Coast to Coast AM radio show with Art Bell and George Noory and The Savage Nation with Michael Savage. Mitchell is currently the radio announcer for Red Eye Radio 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 disc jockey, news director and reporter in California. In 1983, he moved to Reno, Nevada and joined what was then KOH. He hosts Reno's Morning News weekdays from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. His previous co-hosts were Monica Jaye (2002–2018), Dan Mason (2018–2021) and Ryan Nutter (2021–2023). Mitchell was also the voice of XM Talk on XM channel 168 from 2009 to 2013. ZZ Top has also spotlighted Mitchell, featuring a clip of his introduction of the band on the album XXX. On April 10, 2012, George Noory on Coast to Coast AM 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.…

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1955-01-12 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of death: 2018 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1955-01-12". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of death is "2018". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339545763

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