For years, KSJO was in the city's Top Ten before losing its morning hosts ``Lamont and Tonelli'' to San Francisco competitor KSAN-FM (107.7) two years ago. KSAN/San Francisco's Lamont & Tonelli Carry On An Unusual Bay Area Evel Knevel irate 7-11 call15:54 - 10. Copyright 2005-2023 California Historical Radio Society. Considering their reputation as a macho rock station, this was a complete departure for a day, but audience response was upbeat and KSJO promoted a candid dialogue about HIV/AIDS with their 18-34 audience, the most sexually active group in the U.S. The have a great streaming audio channel on line. The Breeze is behind KLLC (Alice), which went from 3.7 to 4.2. 47 Year Old Man Gets Glass Stuck In His Butt For Three Days. It was a ton of fun. KSJO rode a wave of popularity during the decade due primarily to the appeal of morning personalities Lamont and Tonelli. He works tirelessly in keeping our shit together, and making sure we're up to date with our web and social media. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. It's an endless cycle. Delayed offer opened the door for The Bone. After a few months Elrod and team brought in Bob Sobelman, a radio veteran, to GM the station and Larry Mitchell a top L.A. program director took over the helm. When the Walnut Creek simulcast station, KFJO, became KABL in 2004, many speculated that KSJO would soon drop rock for a Spanish-language format. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. lamont and Tonelli was the hottest thing on the morning circuit. Program Director Ken Anthony and morning personality Paul 'Lobster' Wells organized the event with mid day host Zeb Norris, afternoon personality Laurie Roberts, promo director Bob Jenkins and assistants Martyn Wright and Mike Russell. And there was the live broadcast at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch where a listener blurted out the "C-Word" (crystal clear directly into the mic) during an interview on our final live break of the morning. Veteran Voice Tracker Ready To Work For Your Station! ", Station officials defended their callers and themselves and said their on-air hosts did not use the offensive words first. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. Dirty Friday - Limo Stains Lamont & Tonelli - KSJO | Last.fm Listen free to Lamont and Tonelli - Ksjo. After a few months Elrod and team brought in Bob Sobelman, a radio veteran, to GM the station and Larry Mitchell, a top L.A. program director, took over the helm. Intro1:03 - 2. Roadkill for concert tickets was another promotion where everyone at the station hated us. Lamont and Tonelli appreciation post. On May 25, 2014, at 9:03 PM, following the end of U92.3 programming, KSJO began stunting with the sound of a fictional train named "The Night Train 923" leaving from Nashville. Nick Fenske Celebrity Intertviews With Lamont And Tonelli 92.3 FM KSJO Listen to Lamont & Tonelli every weekday from 6-10am. Sep 11, 2009 #3 KJZ28 Veteran Member. By 1998, KSJO's signal was simulcast on three other separate stations (located near 92.3 on the dial) around the San Francisco Bay Area: 92.7 KXJO in Alameda/Oakland, 92.7 KMJO in Marina and 92.1 KFJO in Walnut Creek.As the new millennium arrived, KSJO's fortunes started to slide. Lamont: Everybody on the show is funny for different reasons. Add artwork, Do you know any background info about this album? If this item contains incorrect or inappropriate information please, Relevant Read about Dirty Friday - Limo Stains by Lamont & Tonelli - KSJO and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Start the wiki. I am in total shock and disbelief ! - Lamont and Tonelli - Facebook It's a well-oiled machine. Here are their demands, Downtown S.F. Will California Finally Regulate It? KQED was the only winner among Northern California stations. 8, August 1945, The American Cinematographer, Vol. Sponsored Sponsored Sponsored. [1] He told us we had no other choice but to take his offer. She usually has a different (read: more reasonable) perspective than Lamont or me, so that is very important. SADE VERY RARE US PROMO ONLY Interview Deluxe CD 1992. Maybe it's just teen nostalgia but I honestly preferred them over Howard Stern. The request came a day after City Councilman Duane Bay suggested changing the city's name to Ravenswood, which the community called itself in the 19th century. Star Wars Phantom Menace tribute37:42 - 19. Do you have the artwork for this album? Even the ad traffickers were laid off and the commercialing is now done in Georgia. Unlike many Alternative stations, Channel 92.3 focused on new music and Alternative classics from the '70s and the '80s, with not as much emphasis on the '90s. Save Alternative continued to stream online at savealternative.com and also added a simulcast on 104.9 HD-2. Longtime listeners were angered at the sudden loss of the Bay Areas last remainingactive rockstation. I had been doing airborne traffic reports (cue "beating chest" SFX) for KSJO for a little over two years. He loves cheeseburgers, pizza, and donuts - thus, the nickname "fat . The station had NO MONEY FOR A PROMOTION (always true), so we held a contest for the biggest bowel movement the day after the Super Bowl. On November 10, 2010,RadioInsightannounced that Principle Broadcasting Network San Jose, LLC, which owns brokered ethnic stations in various cities, made an agreement with Clear ChannelsAloha Station Trustto buy KSJO. KSJO rode a wave of popularity during the decade due primarily to the appeal of morning personalities Lamont and Tonelli. Tonelli kept quiet through most of Hollywoods interviews with their guests. (Santa Rosa-based KXFX, the Bay Area's only other commercial active rock station at the time, continued with the format until 2011, when it flipped to the Top 40 station KHTH. 7, July 1939, The American Cinematographer, Vol. Nick Fenske Celebrity Intertviews With Lamont And Tonelli 92.3 FM KSJO VO Fenske 3 years ago Radio 11 VO Fenske 16 18 Follow Report Follow VO Fenske and others on SoundCloud. Add an image, Do you know any background info about this artist? In the mid to late 1970s, KSJO was known for its outrageous morning show. Combined with strong marketing and a guerrilla street presence from promotions director Bob Jenkins and assistant Rodney Whitaker, KSJO dominated as The Bay Areas Home for Rock & Roll for most of the 1980s. She's married to a professional drummer and she used to be a personal assistant to actor Sean Astin (no the rumors are NOT true). Mtley Cre's Nikki Sixx Talks Openly About His Sobriety. However, in 1982, led by broadcast veteran Jack Chunn, KSJO started to dominate the Rock Radio scene in San Jose (and with respectable ratings to the north in San Francisco and to the south in Monterey/Santa Cruz). 1999 KSJO Lamont & Tonelli Dirty Friday call (Tanning Salon) KSJO is rebroadcast on the following FM Booster: Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. When the Walnut Creek simulcast station, KFJO, became KABL in 2004, many speculated that KSJO would soon drop rock for a Spanish-language format. KSJO - Wikipedia La Preciosa, meanwhile, was moved to 104.9. Listen to Lamont & Tonelli every weekday from 6-10am. KSJO's ratings started to slide as the demographics of the Bay Area changed. [1] Radio veteran Dave Wohlman was named PD in 2004 and began the task of re-inventing the rock legend with a new staff, sound and direction. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Tonelli seems to have found himself as the 49ers voice and is satisfied with that and doesn't (or can't) contribute much to the show. Fire Department soon arrived and took over. The 2021 inductees for the BAY AREA RADIO HALL OF FAME (BARHOF) were released on SATURDAY, JULY 17th and included several ex KOME/SAN JOSE and KSJO/SAN JOSE alums and BAY AREA rockers, including . Some Bay Area FM stations have towers three times that height. Soon, said Cleaveland, It was tough for him to get out of his mouth what he wanted to (say) and everything was very funny. He looked awed. A real quality guy, KSJOis the second call sign assigned inSan Jose, California, initially applied to both an AM station (KLIV) and an FM station. Privacy Policy. He is also a broadcaster, ranging from DJ work on KSAN, the pioneer free-form station in San Francisco, to television profiles of Paul McCartney, Steve Martin, Grace Slick, B.B. I followed his lead, and the partnership just kind of worked out. KSJO-FM1, a 67-watt booster station, simulcasts KSJO in Pleasanton, California. With all of the sources of information now available, the toughest parts of show prep is sifting through the bullshit and whittling down all of the information out there; and trying to find those nuggets which most of the people haven't heard about yet. KSJO (92.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to San Jose, California, and broadcasts to the San Francisco Bay Area. KOIT had a strong 5.3, well ahead of new rival KISQ (The Breeze) at 3.8 (down from 4.3.) People from the SF Bay Area, what the hell happened to KSJO? KSJO: The Best of Lamont & Tonelli (CD, 2000) OZZY & AC/DC - eBay 24, No. At 10 AM, KSJO launched a new Chinese-language format branded as China 92.3. She has a ton of musical knowledge and great "general" knowledge, especially in the entertainment world. Hmm, it looks like we dont know much about this album. Like other stations, KSJO "bleeps out" the words identified by the Federal Communications Commission as obscenities. Second: Traffic reporting job for Traffic Central in Hayward and actually being on the air in the Bay Area. By 1998, KSJO's signal was simulcast on three other separate stations (located near 92.3 on the dial) around the San Francisco Bay Area: 92.7 KXJO in Alameda/Oakland, 92.7 KMJO in Marina and 92.1 KFJO in Walnut Creek. South Bay salute: KLIV (1590 AM), which dominated the Top 40 scene in and around San Jose throughout the 60s, was honored by the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame as the Legendary Station for 2017. Props to whoever has the Lamont and Tonelli era KSJO sticker - Reddit Longtime listeners were angered at the sudden loss of one of the Bay Area's last remaining active rock stations. KSJO airs a Bollywood music radio format branded as Bolly 92.3. For much of its history, KSJO was locked in a bitter rivalry withKOME, which also flipped to rock in 1971. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Big shift in weather is headed to California. I think they started in the early 90s or so but I didn't move here until '96. KSJO rode a wave of popularity during the decade due primarily to the appeal of morning personalities Lamont and Tonelli. A heart-to-heart with KSANs Paul Tonelli, Bay Area DJ retiring after more than four decades on air, Radios Summer of Love: flowers on the air. Atlanta, Georgia 30328 | 877.481.5750, ~ THANKS FOR PEEKING AT MY LISTING ~ Be sure to take a gander at our expansive, rawkin' listening arsenal.. "La Preciosa", meanwhile, was moved to 104.9. BTW, it was the last year they let us think up the Super Bowl promotion. He's been happily married for 21 years although his wife says it seems more like 21 minutes - underwater. It also featured a conductor taking the tickets of country stars while saying that the time of arrival would come the next day at 9:23 AM, as well as the Nash FM instrumental jingles and bits of music from the artists admitted. The launch of Nash FM came at the time promised, withHow Country FeelsbyRandy Houserbeing the first song played. KSJOs owner,iHeartMedia, Inc.(then Clear Channel Communications), had instituted an ambitious initiative to introduce moreSpanish-languageprogramming into various markets across the country. KSJO San Jose Lamont & Tonelli 1999 California Aircheck Video I played hoops until I blew out a knee, I golfed until I developed tendonitis, I used to snow ski until I hit a tree and lost three teeth, I water skied until an out-of-control ski hit me in the head and I nearly lost an eye. Please email me cadman9800@aol.com. One of the funniest, most creative guys in radio. The format was pure free-form progressive rock. Lamont and Tonelli were hillarious when I was in middle school. By the end of the decade, KOME had surpassed KSJO in the ratings. Your credit card or PayPal account will be charged. Lamont: Living life dangerously. Lamont: Well, we were getting screwed around in our contract negotiations by a complete douchebag. Anyone else listening to 107.7 the BONE in the morning with these 'two'? Cookie Notice This was due to Clear Channel being above the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ownership limits. During the morning we will check what's happened overnight and figure out how to incorporate the dynamic news of the morning with the bits prepared overnight. 9, September 1941, The American Cinematographer, Vol. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. KSJO is the second call sign assigned in San Jose, initially applied to both an AM station (now KLIV) and an FM station. [3], On March 16, 2011, former Channel 92.3 hosts Teddy and Madden were invited back to give the station and its alternative rock format a proper send-off. Save Alternative continued to stream online at savealternative.com and also added a simulcast on 104.9 HD-2. Copyright 2023 All Access Music Group All rights reserved. Sammy Hagar Says He Misses Eddie Van Halen 'Dearly' . Sad News for Bay Area radio fans. - Lamont and Tonelli - Facebook "The Light from Below" was one of the early slogans but did not live long ("below the San Francisco Bay"). At one point, in the early 1970s (September 1974 through June 1975), KSJO briefly switched to a Top 40 format, before returning to rock. On August 4, 2008, Clear Channel placed the station's assets into an entity called the Aloha Station Trust in order to sell off the station. This S.F. "I was taking my kids to the YMCA camp, and we heard it on the car radio. Dr. Laura's hairy25:11 - 15. Lamont & Tonelli is a top rated rock radio morning show from the Bay Area. On May 1, 2012, the station rebranded as U92.3 The Universal FM, also called La Universal 92.3 FM. The station developed and aired a number of programs in Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Vietnamese and Persian. We said "Really ! The induction comes about 70 years after the station began with the call letters KSJO. L&T World - The Lamont & Tonelli Show The station will be honored in New York City this fall for its report Theres a Cancer-Causing Chemical in My Drinking Water. The bidder was revealed to be Cumulus Media, who planned to bringcountry musicback to the Bay Area for the first time since 2012, whenEntercom-ownedKBWFdropped the format forsports talk, under Cumulus newNash FMbranding. Lamont and Tonelli do their weekday morning shows (mostly) live, but there isn't a local music director for that station anymore. KSJO radio is back | NastyZ28.com One of my favorites is when we got flour dust ALL over the studio and in the equipment at KSJO when we tried to find the biggest butt in the Bay Area. He paid for us to have a night on the town in SF at Fisherman's Wharf (on tradeprobably true) and Tonelli and I hit it off and decided, "let's make this thing work.". Ksjo Lamont and Tonelli | Last.fm By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Contract issues at KSJO. Lamont: Hands down, Super Bowel for Super Bowl. I try to get to work by 4a where I then listen to the sound bites and the sound and bits that we wrote the day before so we can hit the ground running at 5:30 when we go on the air. Paul Tonelli, 59, was playing basketball at the Bay Club on May 11 when he had what he had been calling a heart event. But, he told me, Essentially, it was a heart attack., Tonelli, whos been teamed with Lamont Hollywood, 56, on morning radio since 1989 14 years on KSJO in San Jose, and on The Bone since 2003 posted a message on KSANs site less than two weeks later, saying that, thanks to modern medicine, he was back on track and that any rumors of surgery or name change to Caitlin are categorically false.. Lamont and Tonelli were signed away by KSAN-FM in late 2002, and KXJO was sold to a separate entity that same year, flipping to a CHR format. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. "The problem with humor is that the stupidest things people say, people laugh at," Jang said. She is the female voice of reason on the show, and she has big boobs (34D true)! Its not a radio station, but the Center for Investigative Reporting, based in Emeryville, won two awards, for its documentary Dropped and Dismissed: Child Sex Abuse Lost in the System, and for sports reporting, for Making the Team. Both pieces were in partnership with PRX, which distributes programs to public radio stations. Copyright 2023 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes. Freedb: 6f0e4519 Buy: from Amazon.com. By the end of the decade, KOME had surpassed KSJO in the ratings. (Save Alternative was discontinued on-air in May 2012, when KCNL was sold to the USC and flipped to KDFC's classical format but the format remains online and can be listened to at savealternative.com.). 6, June 1954, 2023 - WorthPoint Corporation | 5 Concourse Parkway NE, Suite 2900. The 2021 inductees for the BAY AREA RADIO HALL OF FAME (BARHOF) were released on SATURDAY, JULY 17th and included several ex KOME/SAN JOSE and KSJO/SAN JOSE alums and BAY AREA rockers, including morning hosts LAMONT & TONELLI (KSJO/SAN JOSE and currently KSAN (107.7 THE BONE)/SAN FRANCISCO), PAUL "LOBSTER" WELLS (KSJO/SAN JOSE, KOME/SAN JOSE, KRQR/SAN FRANCISCO and KSAN/SAN FRANCISCO), and DANA JANG (KSJO/SAN JOSE, KOME/SAN JOSE, KUFX/SAN JOSE, and KBAY/KEZR in SAN JOSE). Longtime Southbay Radio Personality Laurie Roberts has passed away. KSJO airs a Bollywood musicradio formatbranded as Bolly 92.3. Lamont and Tonelli were signed away byKSAN-FMin late 2002, and KXJO was sold to a separate entity that same year, flipping to aCHRformat. Save alternative must have been saved. Copyright 2023 All Access Music Group. It's like a sitcom with well-developed characters. Also, many of the San Francisco rock stations had long changed to different formats as well. I will usually throw in a pun, quick quip or other "under the radar" comment that might get a chuckle and nod, rather than a guffaw. Contract issues at KSJO. He told . One listener crapped himself on the way to the station! Kieve, who had a Top 40 station in Rochester, N.Y., and before that served as a speechwriter for President Dwight Eisenhower, is 95, and, as Len Shapiro of the Broadcast Legends said, Hes in his office virtually every day. Kieve, said Shapiro, navigated the station through its peak years and through numerous changes in the last couple of decades, from rock to standards to news to classic country. Vintage KSJO Radio Sticker More Items From eBay 21, No. Lamont and Tonelli - Kabooya Sully Auto-Tune Remix - YouTube We worked with Laurie when she was with KSJO and KFOX from 1989 - the early 2000's. Laurie loved. [2] The sale was completed on February 28, 2011; at this time, the staff of KSJO was let go, and the station ran without airstaff, playing a broad-based alternative format dubbed "SALT: Save Alternative". I offer more of a "knuckleheaded" voice of reason perspective. CUMULUS MEDIA Classic Rock KSAN (107.7 THE BONE)/SAN FRANCISCO will broadcast the LAMONT & TONELLI Morning Show's 22nd annual "Do Not Drink & Drive Show" on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd, from 5-10a. All rights reserved. Asfreeform rockwas growing in popularity, with Tom DonahuesKMPXin nearbySan Franciscobecoming a national trendsetter, KSJO dropped jazz, starting in the evening only with Mark Williams and Jim Hilsabeck. Create a SoundCloud account A call about a contest from Married with Children's Al Bunday and a Spring Training Phone Call with the Oakland A's Rickey Henderson. [2]The sale was completed on February 28, 2011; at this time, the staff of KSJO was let go, and the station ran without airstaff, playing a broad-based alternative format dubbed SALT: Save Alternative. Not sure. Lamont Hollywood (real name Tod Fryfogle ) is the comedy genius, with his sense of timing and amazing vocal skills. 26, No. The DJs are careful, he said, not to let many things be aired, such as derogatory comments about child abuse. The Light from Below was one of the early slogans but did not live long (below the San Francisco Bay), the format was pure free-form progressive rock. 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