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Nikki Sixx is talking sobriety. 35, No. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); [] launched in 1981 was called Sheila Rene Backstage. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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. 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! Flower Moon, a lunar eclipse and a meteor shower unfold this week, Oakland teachers set to strike starting Thursday. "What concerns me is, where do we go next? The end came unannounced at 7PM on October 28, 2004, when KSJO, after 35 years as a rock station, played its last song, "Mexican Radio" by Wall of Voodoo, and immediately launched a new Mexican oldies format as "La Preciosa". Frying bacon in the nude and hockey. The studios and offices are on Hellyer Avenue in San Jose. One listener crapped himself on the way to the station! Add artwork, Do you know any background info about this album? 6, June 1954, 2023 - WorthPoint Corporation | 5 Concourse Parkway NE, Suite 2900. [1] It also included heavy promotions of savealternative.com. SADE VERY RARE US PROMO ONLY Interview Deluxe CD 1992. Dirty Friday - failed drug test22:05 - 12. Lamont and Tonelli appreciation post. KSJO (92.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to San Jose, California, and broadcasts to the San Francisco Bay Area. An increasingly large local Hispanic population and the rise of Hip Hop helped to chip away at the heritage rock station. Ben Fong-Torres is a San Francisco freelance writer. East Palo Alto resident Jack Spivey, who is African-American, said he and his family were listening to San Jose's KSJO radio (92.3 FM) in their car when hosts Lamont Hollywood and Paul Tonelli asked listeners to suggest names for East Palo Alto. Can you help us out? 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. \"Panocha\" (Ricky Martin parody)13:22 - 8. $34.95 + $4.50 shipping + $4.50 shipping + $4.50 shipping. Maybe it's just teen nostalgia but I honestly preferred them over Howard Stern. He is one hilarious m-f. Lamont: I wake up every day at 2:30a. Today I learned my friend Paul Pravettoni, aka Billy Steel passed away. Its transmitter is in Santa Teresa County Park south of downtown San Jose. Jackson said the DJs had just used the "flush" on a previous caller but didn't have time to rewind the sound to use it on the caller who suggested "Niggerville. It is owned by Silicon Valley Asian Media Group. Lamont and Tonelli - KSJO Alcatraz Video 2,473 views Mar 9, 2015 11 Dislike Share Save HueyCam 1.49K subscribers Lamont & Tonelli Induction Into The Bay Area Radio Hall Of Fame 09-24-21. Sponsored Sponsored Sponsored. Tonelli: Jan. 2003. 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.". 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. [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. The launch of "Nash FM" came at the time promised, with How Country Feels by Randy Houser being the first song played. (KSJO rock radio morning guys in the late 90s/early 00s, on 107.7 still. Ted Ramey is our Sports guy, and according to his wife, his one-minute sports reports are the most enjoyable 60 seconds of her morning (not true, he doesn't usually last 60 seconds). 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. At 10 AM, KSJO launched a newChinese-languageformat branded asChina 92.3. KSJOs owner,iHeartMedia, Inc.(then Clear Channel Communications), had instituted an ambitious initiative to introduce moreSpanish-languageprogramming into various markets across the country. Bay Area Murrows: Kudos to KQED-FM, winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting. The Warriors and As flagship improved 0.3 from April. Sammy Hagar calls in about golf11:23 - 7. Alanis Morissette parody22:58 - 13. 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. 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. In the mid to late 1970s, KSJO was known for its outrageous morning show. As KLIV in the early 60s, it featured surf music. Radio Day: The California Historical Radio Societys Radio Day by the Bay takes place July 22 in Alameda, with live and silent auctions of all things radio; music from the Golden Gate Radio Orchestra, the announcement of inductees into the 2017 Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame, and a radio play, Candy Matson YUkon 2-8209: The Cable Car Murder. Details at www.californiahistoricalradio.com. On April 30, 2014, U92.3 broadcasters were given notifications to leave within 30 days as the station had been sold to an unnamed bidder. 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. 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. I followed his lead, and the partnership just kind of worked out. Bay Club staffer Bob Young called 911 and joined in resuscitation efforts. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. Tonelli: First, I think show prep happens throughout the day by knowing what's going on. He has won three Emmy Awards as co-host of KTVUs telecasts of the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade. The bidder was revealed to be Cumulus Media, who planned to air country music under Cumulus' new Nash FM branding. #ElectionDay : @mommagunk Sign Up Log In Messenger Facebook Lite Watch Places Games Marketplace Facebook Pay Bob Dole Viagra parody ad38:46 - 20. KSJO is the second call sign assigned in San Jose, initially applied to both an AM station (now KLIV) and an FM station. We are the PBS of fart jokes. Jang added that the station staff has nicknamed its listeners "the most brutal audience in rock and roll. Longtime listeners were angered at the sudden loss of the Bay Area's last remaining active rock station. However, savealternative.com is a domain available for more than $3,000. The studiosand offices are on Hellyer Avenue in San Jose. Lamont & Tonelli is a top rated rock radio morning show from the Bay Area. We're always trying to find stuff before it goes viral and mine bits out of it. 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. We said "Really ! 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. In addition, Save Alternative was broadcast on 104.9KXSCevery Saturday and Sunday night from 8 PM until midnight. Bits are collaborated on the day before to get set for the next morning. Come on, get a grip. (Save Alternative was discontinued on-air in May 2012, when KCNL was sold to theUSCand flipped toKDFCsclassicalformat but the format remains online and can be listened to at savealternative.com.). I only liked about 1/4 of the music when they were on KSJO, but listened to it just for them. Several Ex KSJO & KOME Rock Jocks Inducted. We encouraged people to eat as much as they could over the weekend, and we would weigh their "movements" and pay $100 an ounce to the biggest contributor. ). There was no real blueprint or show outline. Instead, program director Dana Jang said, "they may have repeated the reference. You get ideas when you hear stuff going on throughout the day. The DJs are careful, he said, not to let many things be aired, such as derogatory comments about child abuse. Do you a favor call - Joe the cheater31:23 - 16. guy. The format was pure free-form progressive rock. 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. On September 18, 2009, KSJO picked up the "Channel 104.9" modern rock format from KCNL, branded as "Channel 92.3". He's been happily married for 21 years although his wife says it seems more like 21 minutes - underwater. Specifically Lamont. Jones was scheduled to meet with Jang Thursday afternoon to discuss the issue. Lamont: Well, we were getting screwed around in our contract negotiations by a complete douchebag. I can't count how many time's he's interrupted Chasta to pop off about whateveritis. 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. Billy was a great guy who's love of radio and metal was only exceeded by his love of his family. Thanks to the vision of GM David Baronfeld (best GM we've had) it was the opportunity of a lifetime. [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. Ben Fong-Torres is The San Francisco Chronicles radio columnist and is best known for his work with Rolling Stone,where he was an editor and writer. Copyright 2023 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes. Baby Huey (Dan Delmore) is our producer/show archivist and organizer/Green Day fan boy. He told . Peter Cleaveland, the luncheons emcee, told a story about KLIV newscaster John Lester. 5, May 1940, The American Cinematographer, Vol. 1999 Lamont & Tonelli KSJO Comedy Radio CD JPMcFly1985 Retro Videos 4.19K subscribers Subscribe 2.6K views 2 years ago Skits, parody songs and calls from what was 92.3 an AOR/hard rock radio. Photo by Kenny Wardell.