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…

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 more of…

Photos: Alessio Neri OAKLAND — Live 105’s Not So Silent Night started Friday at the Oracle Arena with performances by Welshly Arms, Manchester Orchestra, Vance Joy, Portugal. The Man and The Lumineers. Not So Silent Night: The Killers, Weezer, Foster the People, Walk the Moon, Alice Merton 6 p.m., Tonight Oracle Arena Tickets:…

Alice Merton has had nine homes since she was born. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany, but her parents soon moved to Connecticut, and then again to Ontario, Canada. When she was 13, they moved back to Germany after bouts of homesickness; this time to Munich, followed by a…

The Killers and The Lumineers will headline radio station Live 105’s annual two-night holiday concert, Not So Silent Night. Joining the Lumineers at Oracle Arena on Dec. 8, the first night, are Portugual. The Man, Vance Joy, Manchester Orchestra and Welshly Arms. Alongside the Killers, Weezer, Foster The People, Walk The Moon and Alice Merton will perform…

Photos: Alessio Neri MOUNTAIN VIEW — Thomas Mars and Phoenix brought their traveling Italian disco show to radio station Live 105’s BFD festival at the Shoreline Amphitheatre Saturday. The Parisians, the final of 25 acts to perform at the annual radio station start of summer show, played three songs off…

Radio station Live 105 Monday unveiled the lineup for its annual BFD concert at Shoreline Amphitheater, and while most will be buying tickets to see French Anglo-rockers Phoenix and Scottish angular pop revivalists Franz Ferdinand, among many others, the festival again will feature a full lineup of Bay Area acts…