Lamont Hollywood is speaking out after the Cumulus layoff ended his 37-year run on Bay Area radio, turning a longtime sign-off into a public rebuke of the company behind 107.7 The Bone. In a Facebook post on Monday, the veteran host said he was cut as part of corporate restructuring and deep reductions at Cumulus Media, the station’s parent company.
Hollywood, one half of the longtime Lamont and Tonelli morning show, used the post to blast the modern radio business and the people running it. He said what listeners are watching is the result of debt-heavy media consolidation, with large conglomerates buying up stations and then trimming staff, local newsrooms, and live programming. He also said he lost his job to help preserve executive salaries and bonuses. His remarks were sharp and personal, aimed squarely at the corporate decisions that have reshaped commercial radio across the country.
In the same post, Hollywood argued that executives at company headquarters treat a radio station like a spreadsheet and miss what made local radio work in the first place. He said radio was built on human connection, community trust, and personality, and warned that automation and syndicated content cannot replace those qualities. He said companies that strip away the voices that define a station risk losing the loyalty of the audience that built it.
The Cumulus layoff came after a long stretch of change for Hollywood’s show. His co-host of 35 years, Paul Tonelli, left two years ago. Cumulus ended the show in 2024, then later brought Hollywood back to continue on his own. Hollywood’s latest departure closes out a career that stretched across nearly four decades on Bay Area airwaves.
