On November 10, 2010, RadioInsight announced that Principle Broadcasting Network San Jose, LLC, which owns brokered ethnic stations in various cities, made an agreement with Clear Channel's Aloha Station Trust to buy KSJO. KSJO is credited with airing the first-ever AIDS radiothon in 1987, raising $25,000 for a San Jose AIDS hospice. and our Every time someone sat in the flour a HUGE cloud of flour dust would permeate the studio. 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. It was after my six months of doing shows as Barry McCackinher and Craven Morehead that I decided I'd better get a job doing this before my parents saw my GPA. "The problem with humor is that the stupidest things people say, people laugh at," Jang said. And last but not least is Baby Huey (Dan Delmore), who wears many hats (and women's clothes) behind the scenes. Tonelli: Chasta has been a valuable addition to our show as our in studio traffic gal. By 1949, KSJO was airing on both 95.3 FM and 1590 AM. The DJs are careful, he said, not to let many things be aired, such as derogatory comments about child abuse. (for life) Only later did he learn that the nice young lady with the brownies was Janis Joplin.. Lamont: Living life dangerously. The bidder was revealed to be Cumulus Media, who planned to air country music under Cumulus' new Nash FM branding. Even though I'm leaving the area, I'm going to be sad when they retire. 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. Program Director Larry 'Baby Lee Roy' Hansen assembled a strong group of air personalities including Trevor Ley and Jim Taylor (mornings), Ken Anthony (afternoons), Nicki Stevens (evenings) and Jim Seagull (overnights). The staff consisted of Joe Sib in the mornings, Jessie on middays, MegaTanner (formerly on KITS in San Francisco), and Teddy and Chris. SADE VERY RARE US PROMO ONLY Interview Deluxe CD 1992. Jasper, Texas? (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.). ", "The next one slipped through. He's been happily married for 21 years although his wife says it seems more like 21 minutes - underwater. 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. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Thanks to the vision of GM David Baronfeld (best GM we've had) it was the opportunity of a lifetime. Tonelli: Jan. 2003. Do you have the artwork for this album? At 10 AM, KSJO launched a new Chinese-language format branded as China 92.3. Longtime Southbay Radio Personality Laurie Roberts has passed away. Category: Music Tags: music songs tracks misc Humour. Listen to Lamont & Tonelli every weekday from 6 - 10am. KSJO's ratings started to slide as the demographics of the Bay Area changed. I can't count how many time's he's interrupted Chasta to pop off about whateveritis. Announcing The Bay Area Radio Hall of Fames Class of 2020. Anal Leakage14:01 - 9. We said "Really ! Lamont: "The Rock of the Prairies" CKDM/Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada -- Country music during the day, one-hour newscasts for dinner, funeral announcements and bug reports, Bible tapes, then straight into Ozzy Osbourne at night! In November 2013, KSJO-HD2 ended its dance music format and re-introduced the S*ALT (Save Alternative) alternative rock format. Chasta seems ambitious and hopefully she can break out of the feminine ying to Lamont's 13 year old yang. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Let's go back to Texas and get in the back of a pickup truck," he said, referring to how an African-American in that state was killed earlier this year by being dragged behind a truck. The staff consisted of Joe Sib in the mornings, Jessie on middays, MegaTanner (formerly onKITSin San Francisco), and Teddy and Chris. Chasta seems ambitious and hopefully she can break out of the feminine ying to Lamont's 13 year old yang. Been listening more off than on since I moved here in 2014 and it seems like he's gotten worse about being THE voice in the morning. Come on, get a grip. 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 . Former KOME air personality, Gary T. joined for afternoon drive with overnights performed by Dave Numme from KZAP in Sacramento. The rock war heated up when stations in San Francisco started changing to the format. 1.46K subscribers Lamont and Tonelli debuted their exclusive new song by Big Men On Campus, a Sully auto-tune remix of Michelle Clark's "Kabooya," news interview about the hail storm in. An increasingly large local Hispanic population and the rise of Hip Hop helped to chip away at the heritage rock station. 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. Lamont: So many. Some Bay Area FM stations have towers three times that height. We just had a local radio version of that on the Lamont & Tonelli Show, on KSAN (The Bone). It also included heavy promotions of savealternative.com. Also, many of the San Francisco rock stations had long changed to different formats as well. as found this date 6/4/2021. "It's a moral violation.". Remember when David Letterman had heart surgery and paid an on-air tribute to his doctors and nurses? Spanish language KBRG posted a 0.5 improvement to 3.3, ahead of KMVQ (Now), at 3.0. You get ideas when you hear stuff going on throughout the day. Copyright 2023 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes. He is one hilarious m-f. Lamont: I wake up every day at 2:30a. Lamont and Tonelli do their weekday morning shows (mostly) live, but there isn't a local music director for that station anymore. 1 Reply Share ReportSave In November 2013, KSJO-HD2 ended its dance music format and re-introduced the S*ALT (Save Alternative) alternative rock format. 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. Alanis Morissette parody22:58 - 13. 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. [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. KSJOs ratings started to slide as the demographics of the Bay Area changed. KSJO rode a wave of popularity during the decade due primarily to the appeal of morning personalities Lamont and Tonelli. Tonelli: Jan. 2003. Listen to Lamont & Tonelli every weekday from 6-10am. KSJO San Jose Lamont & Tonelli 1999 California Aircheck Video CaliforniaAircheck 3.98K subscribers 5.4K views 12 years ago http://californiaaircheck.com Lamont & Tonelli have been the big. Lamont and Tonelli were hillarious when I was in middle school. Lamont & Tonelli The Best of Lamont & Tonelli (2000) from 92 KSJO\n This misc cd contains 25 tracks and runs 60min 55sec. 2, February 1950, The American Cinematographer, Vol. \"Panocha\" (Ricky Martin parody)13:22 - 8. 31, No. Soon, said Cleaveland, It was tough for him to get out of his mouth what he wanted to (say) and everything was very funny. On April 30, 2014, U92.3 broadcasters were given notifications to leave within 30 days as the station had been leased to an unnamed bidder. A mere week after that message, Tonelli returned to the show, and on June 22, the duo were joined in the studio by several people they credited with saving his life. We are the PBS of fart jokes. KLIV panel: left to right, it's Kim Vestal, Bob Kieve, John McLeod, Bob Ray, and George Sampson. The Dance/EDM format can still be heard online on UStream athttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/bay-area-tech-radio. 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. Baby Huey (Dan Delmore) is our producer/show archivist and organizer/Green Day fan boy. KSJO rode a wave of popularity during the decade due primarily to the appeal of morning personalities Lamont and Tonelli. 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. Go directly to shout page, Do you have any photos of this artist? Save Alternative continued to stream online at savealternative.com and also added a simulcast on 104.9 HD-2. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. He wasnt breathing for about four minutes. The men didnt know how to perform CPR, and one of them ran to the front desk, where a club member, Deb Hall, offered to help, and did chest compressions. KQED continues as the market leader with 6.7 percent of the audience (they had 7.0 in April), with KCBS following at 6.1. Even the ad traffickers were laid off and the commercialing is now done in Georgia. KSJOis the second call sign assigned inSan Jose, California, initially applied to both an AM station (KLIV) and an FM station. As the new millennium arrived, KSJOs fortunes started to slide. 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. [1] KSJO has an effective radiated powerof 32,000 watts. Marriott Hotel illegally kept $9 million in workers tips, judge says. guy. In addition, former KOME/SAN JOSE and KRQR/SAN JOSE air talent PETER B. COLLINS was inducted along with former 2014 ROCK RADIO HALL OF FAME inductee KOME/SAN JOSE, which was inducted into the BARHOF in the "Legendary Station" category for its many years (1971 to 1998) rocking the BAY AREA. Evel Knevel irate 7-11 call15:54 - 10. Save alternative must have been saved. Notice soon as they left, KSJO went out of . 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. 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. David's decision to put us together, and Lamont's years of patience, drive and attention to detail have combined to change my life and let me live a dream. The station came into its own after Robert Kieve and fellow investors bought the station in 1967. Tonelli: If I had known you were going to ask me to remember stuff, I would have drank less the past 25 years. Entertainment Longtime listeners were angered at the sudden loss of the Bay Area's last remaining active rock station. Shirley Q (1)17:16 - 11. Every city has people like them on their rock stations but they're one of the best and it always felt like listening to a friend or your cool af uncles or something. It's an endless cycle. Big shift in weather is headed to California. He told us we had no other choice but to take his offer. KSJO's ratings started to slide as the demographics of the Bay Area changed. KSAN was the main San Francisco competitor throughout the 1970s, and more stations arrived. She usually has a different (read: more reasonable) perspective than Lamont or me, so that is very important. By the end of the decade, KOME had surpassed KSJO in the ratings. ", Lamont: We have accumulated quite a staff! Dirty Friday phone call - mother in law7:31 - 5. KSJO (92.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to San Jose, California, and broadcasts to the San Francisco Bay Area. 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. 7, July 1939, The American Cinematographer, Vol. 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). The bikini is the greatest symbol of democracy. The rest are allowed to be aired, he said. ). It also included heavy promotions of savealternative.com. Lamont is a Bay Area broadcast veteran that has often been described as a "perfect ten.". Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account. I am in total shock and disbelief ! The station was later sold to Sterling Recreation Organization (SRO) of Seattle, Washington. "I was, like, wait a minute," Spivey said of what he heard. And rounding out the top 20: KFOG and KGMZ (The Game) with 2.0. Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. ", Station officials defended their callers and themselves and said their on-air hosts did not use the offensive words first. Here are their demands, Downtown S.F. Delayed offer opened the door for The Bone. On September 18, 2009, KSJO picked up the "Channel 104.9" modern rock format from KCNL, branded as "Channel 92.3". It has been an absolute blast! 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. 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. 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. NewsMaker Line With President Joe Biden & Donald Trump Lamont & Tonelli made their weekly check-in on their NewsMaker line and this time around got a call from President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Paul Harvey 1-800-BONG24:19 - 14. The station developed and aired a number of programs in Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Vietnamese and Persian. Principle also ownsKLOK AMin San Jose. 24, No. I played rugby for many years until I lost a testicle, I played softball until recently when I almost lost the other testicle, I am an amateur degenerate gambler, I'm in a dart league at a local bar, and I play BINGO on Thursday nights at a local church. For more information, please see our "I was taking my kids to the YMCA camp, and we heard it on the car radio. I followed his lead, and the partnership just kind of worked out. We had a contract in our hands 12 hours after our contract expired. As KLIV in the early 60s, it featured surf music. Prior to 1968, KSJO was owned by SRD Broadcasting, consisting of Scott Elrod of San Francisco, Don Bekins of Bekins Van Lines and Richard "Dick" Garvin. Do you a favor call - Joe the cheater31:23 - 16. [1], KSJO has an effective radiated power of 32,000 watts. Listen free to Lamont and Tonelli - Ksjo. In addition, Save Alternative was broadcast on 104.9 KCNL every Saturday and Sunday night from 8 PM until midnight. Tag this album, Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. A San Jose radio station that takes pride in attracting an audience it dubs "brutal," angered East Palo Alto officials Wednesday when it aired comments that city residents consider racist. An increasingly large local Hispanic population and the rise of Hip Hop helped to chip away at the heritage rock station. The previous simple female-sex-symbol logo morphed into a red-white-and-blue logo and bumper sticker designed by Diane Roberts of Los Gatos, and the announcing staff was all-male for many years. 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. The rock war heated up when stations in San Francisco started changing to the format. Dr. Laura's hairy25:11 - 15. "Dirty Friday" is far and away our most popular benchmark. It's like a sitcom with well-developed characters. Lamont & Tonelli is a top rated rock radio morning show from the Bay Area. Today I learned my friend Paul Pravettoni, aka Billy Steel passed away. She has a ton of musical knowledge and great "general" knowledge, especially in the entertainment world. Also, many of the San Francisco rock stations had long changed to different formats as well. KSJO is the second call sign assigned in San Jose, initially applied to both an AM station (now KLIV) and an FM station. Contract issues at KSJO. The FM station began broadcasting in 1947 as 95.3 FM. The move was made in 1959. I only liked about 1/4 of the music when they were on KSJO, but listened to it just for them. Sad News for Bay Area radio fans. 20, No. When the Walnut Creek simulcast station, KFJO, became KABL in 2004, many speculated that KSJO would soon drop rock for a Spanish-language format. As the new millennium arrived, KSJO's fortunes started to slide. "I was absolutely outraged that people feel comfortable being so obviously disrespectful to communities of color," said East Palo Alto Vice Mayor Sharifa Wilson. Photo by Kenny Wardell. March 28, 2023. One listener crapped himself on the way to the station!
