 Download Northwest News Radio from your app store today. Stay connected, stay informed on news, traffic, and weather with the Northwest News Radio app, News Radio 97.7 FM and AM 1000. People News this morning here. People News here for the morning. Sex therapist Ruth Westheimer, known as Dr. Ruth, passed away Friday at the age of 96 at her home in Manhattan. Westheimer first came to prominence in 1980. She hosted a segment called Sexually Speaking on a radio station in New York.