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I miss KOME, KFOG, and now Alt 105. 

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

• Aidin Vaziri
   
  
  
•  12 hours ago
  

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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?”

I was going to post this here - http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=4402 - but then I got to wondering if anyone in D00M still listens to the radio. I listen when I drive and am just starting to relax enough into my work@home routine to tune into my weekly local reggae shows (especially since I know some of the local DJs personally). I had been listening to YouTube cinders in the background, but I do love radio for its pop randomness.

So, assuming you still listen to radio, what stations are your go tos? What are your presets in the car programmed at?

I’ll start. My dial has two setting (3 if you count AM but I never go there). One setting is for Mo Bay and the other for Si Valley. Six presets each.

Cruz: Classical, NPR, KZSC (UCSC), Bob, The Hippo, KSQD. I’m debating about swapping The Hippo for KPIG.
Si Valley: Classical, KQED, Bolly, some retro 80-90s station, Alt 105 (now Dave which is another retro station so I need a new alternative), Alice

Whenever I’m in SF and can pick it up, I’m on KPOO. Still loyal to that station since my AFS Days. 

Mite that new alternative that I need. Suggestions?