Lamont Hollywood and Paul Tonelli have packed their bags, gagsand pranks up north to San Francisco. Their show, “Lamont andTonelli,” was the staple of 92.3 KSJO’s morning programming. Now,the veteran radio tag team has taken their bag of tricks to 107.7KSAN. They say about the only thing that’s changed on their show isthe position on the dial.
LA VOZ: Why did you leave KSJO? Was it a problem withmanagement, or just a better deal all around?
PAUL TONELLI: We wanted to work at a better radiostation. The level of professionalism here is much higher, alongwith the levels of competence and confidence.
LAMONT HOLLYWOOD: We finally got back to being a full BayArea morning show. The excitement in this building is more than Ihave experienced in at least 14 years.
LV : And by full Bay Area show, you mean?
LH: Originally, people were able to hear KSJO from SanFrancisco. But because of mergers, the station had to cut power 40percent so a bunch of people could no longer hear us in the NorthBay. We’ve wanted to bring that back for quite some time now.
LV : Are you happy with The Bone?
LH: Oh, it’s been a great move. No stress whatsoever.
LV : Why is that?
LH: I think it’s because of the feeling of the building;the excitement. We haven’t seen it like this in a long time. We’removing up in market size, without moving our residences, and we getto do our Bay Area show. We still feel that we’re talking to theSan Jose people.
LV : Why do you think you’re still popular after nearly15 years on the air?
LH: I think it’s because we don’t rehearse anything!
PT: We just try to go in there and have a good time. Ifwe’re having fun in the studio, then people are having funlistening to us. We talk about things that are relative to ouraudience. That’s why we’re still popular.
LH: We’re also all like family here.
LV : Are you going to make any changesto the show?
LH: We’re still going to have Dirty Friday, Ta-TaTuesday. We had to change [Whip ’em Out Wednesday] because someslime ball went out and copyrighted the name. So when we’re throwna curveball, we deal with it.
LV : Any regrets about your career in radio?
LH and PT: No way.
LH: There’s a reason things happen as they do.
