Quote:‘Live 105’ back from the dead temporarily after ‘Dave FM’ glitch

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After abruptly dropping the alternative rock format and introducing “Dave FM: Totally Random Radio” on Friday, Oct. 15, KITS 105.3 FM experienced a glitch-filled weekend that temporarily had the station flip back to its old playlist.
Starting at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, the new “Dave FM” started running four hours of straight commercials because of a “corrupted music database,” according to the industry journal Radio Insight. At midnight, the station began airing an archived day of “Alt 105.3” programming from the spring of 2020.
It wasn’t until 10 a.m. the next day that “Dave FM” stirred back to life with Tom Petty’s “Don’t Do Me Like That.”
The technical issues compounded a rough transition for Audacy, which sent Bay Area fans reeling by killing off the region’s leading modern rock station after 35 years. The new station offers a shuffle-mode retro Top 40 format built around acts such as Starship, MC Hammer, Phil Collins, Train and Hall & Oates.
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“Alt 105.3,” known to a generation of listeners as “Live 105,” played a critical role in the region by breaking artists such as Green Day, Nirvana, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Oasis, No Doubt and countless others. It also promoted the summertime BFD festival and the December concert series Not So Silent Night.
After the technical mishap, Aaron Axelsen, who served as music director and an on-air personality for “Live 105” for more than two decades and is now head of programming at Flood.FM, took to social media and posted: “See what happens when there are no employees left in the building?”

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Bay Area's Live 105 Returns to Alt-Rock Format Following Fan Revolt

5 JUNE 2023/ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/JAY BARMANN

Live 105, a.k.a. 105.3 FM, was for decades the radio-dial home of the likes of Radiohead, New Order, Green Day, and Nirvana. And in some good news especially for older Millennials and Gen Xers who still listen to FM radio, the station is dropping the 105.3 Dave FM "random" format its had the last couple of years, and going back to the original.
Look for personalities like Party Ben and Miles the DJ to return to the airwaves, as radio station owner Audacy has decided to listen to fans and not mess the old, heavily 90s-rock formula.
"The people have spoken, and we are excited to answer the call,” says Stacey Kauffman, regional vice president and market manager for Audacy San Francisco and Sacramento, in a statement. “We are proud to bring back this local favorite that gives our loyal listeners and favorite alternative artists from the ’90s to today a place to call home again, right here in the Bay Area.”
And, per a press release, Live 105 returns today (June 5) with "music from every era of its history as the ‘Bay Area’s Alternative'” with the core list of artists including "Red Hot Chili Peppers, Linkin Park, The Killers, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Blink-182, Foo Fighters, Depeche Mode, the Cure and more."
As Bay Area News Group reports, you'll mostly just be hearing music to start on the revamped Live 105, with the on-air personalities 
"The first priority is to re-establish that the Live 105 music is back on the radio," says brand manager John Allers, per the news group. "We will continue to honor Live 105’s rich history and legacy by bringing back brand mainstays such as ‘Soundcheck’ with Aaron Axelsen and other familiar voices while collaborating with Live 105 alumnus ‘Miles the DJ’ in guiding the evolution of Live 105 into the future," Allers adds.
The rebranding to "Dave FM: Totally Random Radio" happened in 2021, several years after the formation of Audacy, which followed a merger between CBS Radio and Entercom. The station had previously undergone a December 2017 rebranding as Alt 105.3.
Some surveying of fans in the last two years told the company that most of them just wanted the old Live 105 back.

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Live 105 dates back to 1986, and was always the region's more alternative and rock-centric option beside the popular and more pop-y Alice 97.3 — which is also now owned by Audacy. As the Chronicle reports, veteran Alice music director Jayn will also be music-directing the new 
Starting in the 90s, Live 105 began doing popular summer and holiday-season festival-type shows — their annual BFD shows in June at Shoreline Amphitheater, and December concerts at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and later the Oakland Arena called Live 105's Not-So-Silent Night, which ran through December 2017 and were an important rite of passage for a certain segment of Bay Area teens.
The station won't be only backwards-looking in terms of artists, despite the above-mentioned list. Allers tells the Chronicle that there will be new tracks as well, and "Live 105 will represent the past, present and future of alternative music."
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