Is Live 105 gone?
Alt 105.3 FM (Formerly Live 105) Is Now Off The Air, Ending An Era of Bay Area Alternative Radio. At 1 PM, Alt 105.3 FM, the station formerly home to legendary Bay Area radio station Live 105, went off the airwaves, bringing an end to the era of alternative rock radio here in the San Francisco Bay Area.
When did live 105 Change?
December 2017
“Live 105” had operated on the frequency since 1986. It was renamed “Alt 105.3” in December 2017 when CBS Radio merged with Entercom and rebranded as Audacy, which owns 235 radio stations in the United States.
Where is Live 105?
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 before internet radio) is gone. Without warning—which is always the case in the radio business—it became something called Dave FM and/or “totally random radio.”
What happened to Dave FM?
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.
What happened 105.3 kit?
On October 15, 2021, at 1 p.m., KITS ended its alternative rock format after 35 years, and flipped to adult hits as 105.3 Dave FM.
What is the alternative rock station in the Bay Area?
4, 2020 12:27 p.m. A logo for Highway 1 Radio, a new alt-rock radio station in the Bay Area. A new radio station just hit Bay Area airwaves.
What happened to Aaron Axelsen?
Aaron Axelsen, a longtime fixture on Bay Area airwaves as the music director and an on-air personality for Alt 105.3, was dropped from the station’s roster after 23 years on Thursday, April 2, as part of a wave of layoffs at the station amid the economic slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Will rock ever come back?
Thanks to artists such as Post Malone and Miley Cyrus, rock has the capacity to make a comeback. The anger that rock revolves around is not going anywhere, even when quarantine ends. 2020 revealed so many systemic issues that Gen Z is just waiting to scream about in a rock resurgence.
Does KFOG exist?
Legendary rock station KFOG is leaving the airwaves after nearly 40 years of rock and roll. SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — It’s the end of an era for Bay Area Radio. Legendary rock station KFOG is leaving the airwaves after nearly 40 years of rock and roll. It’s the rock station the Bay Area grew up listening to.
When did KFOG go off air?
On August 26, 2019, Cumulus announced that KFOG would drop its rock format on September 6 to simulcast sister station KNBR.
Are there any alternative radio stations in the Bay Area?
Is rock returning in 2021?
As such, 2021 is going to be the most significant and most prolific year for rock music of all time… unless Kendrick drops a pop-punk album and we need to rethink it all again. Read this next: 30 albums to get excited for in 2021.
Did KFOG go off the air?
What happened to KFOG in San Francisco?
KFOG will morph into a simulcast of KNBR. PUBLISHED: August 26, 2019 at 1:11 p.m. | UPDATED: August 27, 2019 at 8:36 a.m. A beloved Bay Area radio station that catered to fans of rock ‘n’ roll for nearly 40 years is about to die. Cumulus Media Inc.