Live 105 studio in San Francisco circa 2012, courtesy Dallas Osborn. The first discussions to bring back Live 105 happened just a few months ago. Station owner Audacy, which made the call in 2017 to drop popular San Francisco station KITS 105.3’s name for a more generic Alt-105, and…

Insert Foot rejoices at the return of Live 105 to the Bay Area radio waves. Dave is dead. Thank God. Dave FM was a dick. Dave had no respect for my ears. Dave told bad jokes he didn’t know were bad, and that’s coming from a dad who still…

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…

Dave FM. Longtime Bay Area alt-rock radio station KITS 105.3 has been rebranded to the “adult hits” format DAVE FM by Audacy, which operates the station. The station, for many years called “Live 105” before Entercom Radio merged with CBS Radio in 2017, has been in steady decline in recent…