Cold War Kids perform at Live 105’s BFD at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on June 10, 2017. Audacy, the media company that owns KITS 105.3 FM on Sunday has decided to bring back the alt-rock format listener-favorite station Live 105, with several familiar DJs, killing off DJ-less “adult…

Insert Foot vs. Dave FM. The Bay Area just lost a huge chunk of its musical soul—and just as big of a slice of its cool factor. San Francisco alt-rock station KITS-105.3 (Live 105/Alt 105; it switched names in 2017, but was always Live 105 to those remembering life…

The 1975 performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on April 22, 2019. Twenty One Pilots, The 1975 and Mumford and Sons were among the acts announced to perform at radio station Alt 105’s annual holiday concert, Not So Silent Night. The lineup also includes Jack White and…

Florence and the Machine performs at Not So Silent Night at SAP Center in San Jose on Dec. 8, 2018. Photos: Alessio Neri. SAN JOSE — All music, all the time—the theme was simple at Saturday’s Not So Silent Night, the annual alt-rock holiday concert presented by San Francisco’s…