'Hey, This is Len Tillem, K-G-O, How Come You Callin' a 'Loyer?!"

Len Tillem wants to know "why you callin' a 'loyer? And even if its justified?...."hey pal, take a deep breath, relax, don't call the cops, sit down and sip a cream soda, and be patient, OK?"

Tillem is KGO Radio's in-house "loyer", or for you and me, "lawyer." He can walk the walk and talk the talk and what began as a simple attorney advice program crammed away on the weekends has now become ingrained on the weekday live circuit, (from 1-2 PM, M-F and 4-7 PM, (repeats,) on Sunday.)

Tillem is straight talk, no-nonsense "This is what you have to do, caller"-radio performed like a true tactician, a sort-of  "smash-mouth"-audio ballet coming at you full speed. It helps that Tillem, who sounds a little bit like a NY deli owner with one foot out the door, is funny, at times bordering on hilarious and knows he's found a niche in the market and is enjoying it. It's a shame KGO doesn't doesn't give him extra time, maybe a two-hour show, but that's for another topic.

Tillem can be blunt and even controversial. He took a lot of flack last year, for example, when he'd suggested a caller poison her neighbor's Pit Bull, (he later apologized,) but even then that's what you get when you hear Tillem. He's about as PC as Scarface after two drinks. And that is why we listen. Talk about radio with an edge.

"Len, my boyfriend keeps cheating me and uses up my credit cards, but I'm still in love with him--what should I do? Tillem: "Marcie, GET RID OF THE GUY--He's a CREEP!"

A prediction: sooner or later Tillem is going to go the syndication route ...sort of a legal Dr. Edell, with just a more oompth amount of energy and east-coast vibe that I'm certain will resonate in other parts of the country as well as the Bay Area.

And get this: Tillem himself may need a loyer to negotiate the contract. (Yo, Lenny, I want a cut.)

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