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…

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…

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…

DJ Aaron Axelsen performs at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on Sept. 16, 2016. Alessio Neri/STAFF. Former longtime ALT 105 music director Aaron Axelsen, who was laid off last spring as part of numerous layoffs by owner ENTERCOM, has been named head of programming for a new streaming…

Aaron Axelsen performs at Live 105’s BFD 2017 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on June 10, 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF Entercom Radio on Thursday announced companywide layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts. The company operates numerous radio stations in the Bay Area and in 2017 purchased ALT 105.3 from CBS…

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…

Marking the end of an era in the Bay Area, Entercom Radio, which in November merged with CBS Radio, has rebranded KITS 105.3 to “The New Alt-105.3.” The radio station had been known as Live 105 for more than 30 years. The move was part of a large shake-up of Bay…

The Killers. Photos: Alessio Neri (all but The Killers, which are courtesy of Rob Loud) OAKLAND — Do you think that the Killers‘ frontman Brandon Flowers stood in front of the mirror while his band was writing its new album, Wonderful Wonderful, and asked himself how he could be…