I was listening to this station when I was in high school (1987-1991). It was playing in our rental car. Gone are the days of The Ramones, Siouxie and the Banshees, The Smiths, Oingo Boingo, The The, INXS, The Divinals, UB40, Book Of Love, The Smashing Pumpkins, and so many more artists to mention. Steve Masters was the DJ, my favorite, nowadays he reviews Video Games or something related. There was a morning show. It was classified as "New Wave" but then it changed to "Modern Rock." I still have the logo keychain and I remember the bumper stickers that I slapped on my Toyota rubber bumper. I heard 1990s alternative and today's alternative music. There was no edge to it. It's disappointing. read more

After a four year yoga retreat Live 105 is back. One star for NoName and one for Aaron Axelsen. On my Jetta I've got 18 FM presets and so 105.3 got one years and years ago when I got my car. Engine runs so smooth. Even when it turned into this Bollywood station I would still listen to it from time to time. I got a kick out of the advertisements - always the same ones - I remember this realtor speaking highly of herself - shameless promotion in her heavy accent while speaking English. So one day I'm minding my own business shuffling through all the stations frantically and I recognize NoNames voice. I couldn't believe it. No more Bollywood for me. Turns out they were on a yoga retreat. He said so himself. Right when the station returned they had the 1800 number to call in with your opinions during every ad session. Listening to it again was almost like getting in a time machine and going back ten years. I even felt ten years younger again in an instant. Who knew? Potions and lotions and botox had nothing on listening to this station. They recycled the same 15 songs and played them on a loop just like they always had. It was so familiar - very soothing. At the same time it was very very terrible - not like a train derailment - but maybe like a child scribbling some ugly piece of art. Bad but in a good way. One star for NoName. Love the guy. I remember when I met him. He looks just as you would imagine him to look from knowing his voice only. I got some concert tickets from him for knowing some band trivia questions on air. One star for Aaron Axelsen. Sound check is probably one of the only good reasons to listen. Sunday evenings from 8 - 10. New stuff. Interesting stuff. Local stuff. Its not better than Barbara Streissand but its different. All these years had passed. My Jetta now officially slowly slipped into heapdoom status. Saggy headliner, engine light, a knock here and there in the suspension and a big dent on the drivers door from when I had to take Mr Moose to the emergency room and time was of the essence. Engine still runs so smooth but the interior stinks. I'm not sure if Mr Moose did something in there or maybe the a/c evaporator core drain is clogged. It stinks and I don't think I'm going to fix it for it to pass its next smog check. I'm either going to spritz some freshner in it and dump it on CL or donate it to my favorite Cantonese radio station in San Jose. They gave me a shen yun calendar last time. I enjoyed that all year. Nothing can be depended on anymore in life except for Coupe Deville's and that 1053 button in my Jetta. read more

There was a time I would have fought and died for this station. In 1987 it brought the low-rated "Rock of the 80s" format previously done by The Quake to the forefront, showing it could be a success when done right. By the 90s the eclectic format got reduced to grunge rock and little else. Songs by Nirvana and Pearl Jam came along and NEVER WENT AWAY, while lots of great new music wasn't getting played at all. The personality was literally stripped away also, as the DJs were replaced by a computer playing all the music. Ratings dropped low enough for the format to be changed to "Dave FM," which was a decent concept but awful in execution, again just a handful of songs repeated ad nauseum by a computer. Ratings were in the sewer and Live 105 was brought back, but now they're making the SAME mistakes that killed them the first time. There's little to no freshness or variety in the music like there was back in the beginning, with the same 30 year old songs repeated several times a day, and it's STILL played off a computer with no real humans making choices or talking to us about the music or life in general. I can already hear a computer play music in plenty of other places and hear music of my choice, on the radio I should be hearing live people playing new and interesting music I wouldn't have discovered otherwise. That's what this station used to do but no longer. It should be called DEAD 105. read more

EVIL 105 Spookfest~ This is how it went down. - Radio: Live 105 is hosting Halloween Spookfest at CoooooOw Palace! Me: Ooooh...Halloween carnival! Costumes, corn mazes, haunted houses! How fun! *buys tickets online* Wait. Why is there a lineup? Hmm...must be a concert on the side. That'll be cool too. Night of event~ Me: *walks into Cow Palace* WTF?!?! Am I at a rave?!?! - Apparently it was a subsonic music festival, a little part I missed before purchasing the tickets. It was pretty crazy there. People were dressed up in costumes or raver gear. Some drunk. Some high. And some probably drugged out. The event started at 6:30pm. And we got there after 9pm. The performances were hit or miss. Basement Jaxx and The Crystal Method were pretty good. The Faint was horribly bad live. Luckily for us, we kept ourselves entertained by people watching and playing with the Scion photo booths. The best part of the night was Infected Mushroom, an electronic trance group with live vocalist, guitarist and drummer. They were AMAZING! We danced, we screamed. They saved the night! read more

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Ha! First aaron axleson gets pushed away (subsonic ruled) . and my understanding is the morning show is lame. So. Just to make it clear with everyone. I grew up in california. I love all kinds of music from south of the border and puerto Rico. But we do not have shortage of stations that supply for that market. I am listening tonight and live 105 is having what I am hoping is just a Hispanic segment. If you guys rid of our rock station to appease to political agenda to hell with you. And i wish the bad ass DJs would get some balls and fight for whats right. We are deprived of rock and metal music. Welcome to communism you guys. They have sold us out from every corner. It always starts in censoring the arts etc. We need good rock; punk; metal...metallica come back!! read more

The new music format is awful. This is the genre of music currently found on a dozen other stations while Live 105 was alternative and should have stayed that way. As an avid listener of this station since the 1980's I have stayed loyal until this weekend. Now, your station is no longer saved in my vehicle and I'll have to resort to streaming great music. Guns and Posers? Prince? Pointer Sisters? You felt THAT was the direction you should take the station? Such a sad day in the Bay Area and I'm saddened for Alternative rock bands everywhere because we will have to seek out your music elsewhere. read more

I grew up listening to this station, but for the last five years its been a station of last resort. Turning it into just another station of jumbled up pop music has managed to take something that I already mostly disliked because of the excess of whiny hipster falsetto and songs that all sound like they belong in commercials into something I see no reason to even pretend tolerating. Even hate-listening would not be worth it. With the demise of KVHS to turn it into an endless prog-rock desert because its previous format, while repetitive, was 'too aggressive' (that's certainly not its problem now) I'm calling it quits on any radio music in the bay area. As soon as I can I'm getting a car stereo that plays USB because that's clearly the only way I'll be able to hear any decent music in the car. Namely to bring my own. read more

I Am so disappointed the way you seem to always just let Amazing DJ's go DK was what made your station.. she was fun, honest and had a great reputation... letting her go was a huge mistake .. The morning show sucks now... .. you just lost a listener .. your station sucks without DK !!! read more

Horrible. Why are they playing the same handful of songs over and over, say after day after day?? Who thought this was a good idea? Just shoot me now. read more

Kevin Kline Live was most entertaining, inventive, and engaging morning radio show in the Bay Area. A show that I would literally tell my friends they needed to start listening to. Who else has that effect in radio? Then suddenly it was gone. It's been a while, but my ears still don't know what to do in the morning hours. read more

I was listening to "Live 105" so that I was exposed to recent music. I have all of the 80's music I want on my phone. This new format is just another oldies station read more

Live 105.3 still makes it into my top 6 car pre-sets. I've been listening to it since 7th grade and, while I enjoyed it even more then, I still find some great tunes that I really want to hear. In 7th grade, I think Live 105.3 was the only station I listened to. I'd love listening to Love Line at night at was encouraged to go to my first concert, No Doubt, when I heard about it on 105.3. Live 105.3 makes me a little nostalgic and that alone is worth at least 3 stars! read more

The Good: One Star for No Name ( that dude has been nothing but cool to me from my band years) Yeah his morning show is not as good as his old days...ok, I'm being biased, sorry. One Star for Souncheck ( the sunday show @ 6:00 pm with Aaron Axlesen.) He's the music director of the station, has brilliant taste in music and only spins up and coming artists. THE BAD: The rest of Live 105.....From the limited playlist ( last year they shoulda called the station " The Offspring Station) to the downhill of BFD ( other than Geographer, Deftones, and Temper Trap ..THE 2010 lineup....WTF?! Cage the Elephant....how??) things have seriously declined. I get it. You do as Clear Channel says. We all gotta day what momma say... And the average " modern rocker" is too dumb to care about a 5 song playlist ( or maybe not judging by the overall low stars here for live 105 yelp) ....................... The Old Days of Live 105: The year was 1994 and I called in to Steve Masters. I was but a youth SM" Hey whaddya doin' ?" Todd B" Playing my bass" SM " Why don't you play a little bit for us" I played my bass on Live 105 , a les claypool inspired jam SM: " That was ripper, brah" ( This is before brah become " bro speak" then won tickets for Lollapalooza that year ( and beatboxed with Beck, not kidding) In fact, in the 90's you could win tickets all the time. This is back when the artists they played had a avg fan base of 200 - 2,000 not 20 million. (Linkin Bro, Broplay, Kings of Broham, Metallibro) The glory days are far behind. We can now just reflect on our youth and the obscure songs we used to love. 2006,2007 and 2009 were good years for BFD though : ) read more

I was really leery of No Name taking over, I'll admit. I never liked him all that much over on 97.3. I guess that was because it was the Sara + No Name show and the dynamic just didn't work for me. Just the No Name show however, does. I like the depressing grunge music. I do not drink in the morning. I love that he'll throw in some reggae. I won a free gas (actual gasoline not flatulence) card on the No Name show. I still haven't transported my ass over to San Francisco to pick it up because I am lame. When they called to verify my information, I guess I expected a bored secretary. Instead I got Katie, who was being harassed by No Name, while I was on the phone with her. :) Speaking of Katie, were we separated at birth? read more

I grew up listening to Live 105. It was the alternative station playing "modern rock". I went to several free concerts thrown by Live 105 including, Jesus Jones, EMF, and They Might be Giants. I also went to some LIVE 105 sponsored concerts that were not free like Depeche Mode. I have been to the Live 105 offices before to photograph some DJs while I was working for a newspaper. They were busy but really nice. Being a radio DJ isn't easy, they create a whole atmosphere out of nothing. Through the years I think this station has gotten worse and worse. Or maybe I am just getting old. It can be so repetitive. The same old crap. One time I took a LIVE 105 bumper sticker and I took a scissors and cut it up. I made the sticker say EVIL 105. I stuck them everywhere. I think I stuck one on the bumper of one of the LIVE 105 vans. LIVE 105 needs more variety and a lot less repetition. Instead of playing just three songs from a band, try playing some of their other stuff. I guess because I grew up with LIVE 105 it has a sweet spot in my heart. Even though these days I prefer college radio, public radio (NPR, etc) and KNGY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KNGY over KITS these days. read more

This is probably the only review that doesn't mention Kevin Klein's show. I found it as trashy and lame as all other "shock jock" morning shows. Good riddance. What I'm complaining about is the lack of variety. I get that rock music has practically dropped off from the music sphere, but they're not even trying anymore. If your idea of a great rock station with variety is hearing Billie Ellis once an hour, you'll love it! It also has the one-hit wonders Portugal the Man and Lovelytheband 25 times a day. They also overplay whatever "flavor of the month" is heard on some car or iPhone commercial. Like all other FM stations, there are loads of commercials and obnoxious station ID's. Now that there is just one modern rock station on the dial (f*** you K-Love for buying out KFOG), there is no choice. read more

Well I should preface my review by saying I'm in my mid-40s. I listen to Live 105 when I want to feel young again. Sometimes it works and other times it doesn't.. read more

Live 105 used to be great alternative music. Now they just play the same handful of similar-sounding songs to death. Virtually no variety. An utter waste of the public airwaves. read more

At first, 105.3 seemed to have everything for me: the fun, pop-punky music of the 2000s that I and my generation fondly look back on; some new and interesting and sometime alternative stuff that plays an appropriate number of times before it gets "discovered"; and a quirky, often self-deprecating, occasionally sardonic morning show with unanimously attractive voices and unique topics for each day. As time went on, I realized that the same seven or so pop-punky songs played every hour and the formerly alternative stuff drowned itself in plays in between each of the aforementioned pop-punky songs. But 105.3 remained my #2 preset for over two years for one reason. Kevin Klein Live. The subjects of the show varied from day to day, artfully strung together by the banter of the hosts as well as the inside jokes that they and their audience kept running over a week, a month, or even a year (see: "fergur"). Segments like "He Cray She Cray", "Guess the STD", "Is It Berkeley?", "Nickelback or Throwback" kept my mornings going. Mind you, I used to commute from Hollister to San Carlos at least three days a week. It was a heck of a commute in the morning. Though I only just got the opportunity to attend Not So Silent Night and I was never able to attend any of the show's individual events, like their birthday party, the 420 Wake-and-Bake, or the celebration with Joey "Jaws" Chestnut at the M8trix in San Jose, Kevin, Ally, Twinkie, Dead Eyes, and even the Useless Weirdo felt like family. I got to be in on their inside jokes. The stories of their personal lives. Like this motley group of dorks, weirdos, hamburger asses, and monster faces, I found a home among the misfits. In late 2017, the station changed hands from CBS Radio to Entercom. Even later, Entercom re-branded the station: "ALT 105.3." And in doing so, became the least alternative station on the air. Playing a mishmash of random genres at all times of the day (don't get me wrong; I enjoy both Childish Gambino and the Foo Fighters, but I'm rarely in the mood where I want to hear one after the other), ALT 105.3 became that weird 29-year-old that persistently hangs out at a college he never went to. It tried to pander to an audience that it had no idea about. It failed its goals miserably. Especially when it cut Kevin Klein Live from the mornings. It's safe to say that 105.3 will be coming off my presets, and that I don't intend to listen to their shoddily-assembled station again. Kevin Klein Live, their listeners, and every manner of misfit associated with the morning show (Optimus Andrew, Secondhand Cindy, Creepy Creeper, Green Dean, and James Bong, just to name a few) deserve better than the new ALT 105.3. If you're just reading in about this station, I recommend going anywhere else. You won't find a shred of integrity or individuality here anymore. read more

I've listened to Live 105 for over 15 years. They were one of the last standing alternative rock stations out there after others went off the air in the early 2000s like KSJO and KMBY. They struggled to maintain relevance and made some bad decisions and format changes and became more corporate with the same 8 songs on repeat. While they put on some great concerts, their music and format kept taking a shit throughout the 00s and we all thought alternative radio was on its last breath. Then they gave Kevin Klein live a try. That morning show was hands down the best thing to happen to the station in 10 years. While the song rotation during the day still sucked and was the same canned bullshit you hear on every other mainstream "alt" radio station, Kevin Klein Live was hilarious, in your face, and truly alternative and not the typical annoying bullshit like you hear from syndicated radio hosts who have the sense of humor and personality of a rock. Yet despite all the ratings and listener base and hilarity, Live 105 decided to merge with Entercom and rebrand themselves into a heaping pile of mainstream horse shit. You got rid of the best morning show in the Bay Area and somehow think hip hop falls under the category of "alt". You change the logo to the same bullshit Entercom has used with multiple stations across the country that looks like something a 10 year old made in photoshop. Change some colors, copy and paste and boom you have Alt 105. Live 105 is officially dead and the abortion that is Alt 105 should be put out of its misery as the only people it could possibly cater to are mindless, mainstream loving cookie cutter schmucks who think that something is alternative just because you don't hear it over the loudspeaker while you're buying bath mats at Kohls. Fuck you Entercom. Fuck you Alt 105. I think I speak for a majority of Live 105 listeners when I say I hope you go off the air as quickly as possible. Your station as well as your "new format" can go back to whatever sweaty taint it crawled out Edit: this wonderful piece of shit station now conveniently hides comments from their social media while refusing to respond to any feedback. One more reason they just need to pull the plug and let it all die. read more

This used to be my favorite station. I thought someone was finally breathing life back into it when Kevin Klein Live came on board for the morning show. Kevin, Ally, Dead Eyes, Twinkie, and Useless Weirdo made the annoyingly repetitive playlist bearable. I would gladly suffer through just to hear them pick on each other ("Drop the Subject!") or make jokes during the Mattress Firm and other commercials. I already miss listening to their banter with Secondhand Cindy, Creepy Creeper, and Optimus Andrew. I will NEVER listen to this station again. Keep your crappy playlist with crappy 21 Pilots repeating every other freaking song. Entercom, you suck! read more

I will be boycotting Live 105 until they bring back Kevin Klein Live. That show was the only thing I had to look forward to in the mornings stuck in rush hour traffic. The "new" alt live 105 is bulls**t so until KKL is back I will be changing my presets. Everyone who agrees should sign the petition on change.org to bring back the morning show. Bring back Kevin Klein Live! Bring back Kevin Klein Live! https://www.change.org/p/entercom-bring-back-kevin-klein-live?recruiter=283938621&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=autopublish.nafta_milestone_share_ask_1.72_hour_ask read more

I hope this message is heard. Live 105 was great when Kevin Klein Live was on. Now that they've rebranded to ALT 105, there is no reason to listen anymore. Why would they remove the highest rated show on their station? I get that the station was sold, but why on earth was this decision made? I first noticed something was wrong when, on Christmas day, there were no cats singing Christmas carols. Then at the start of the year, I kept waiting to hear KKL, but all I got was music. Oh, and the music they play now is reminiscent of what Live 105 played, but I have noticed an increase in crappy, "pop-rock", top 40 songs. What next? Is BFD cancelled, or are you going to rebrand it to something like "Large Music Gathering"? Live 105 rhymed and was a catchy name. KKL was the hook that kept this fish on the line. I guess my mornings will be spent listening to comedy on Pandora (funny, but not at all like Kevin and Ally). In summary, f*ck you KITS. Get your oversized heads out of your asses and put Kevin back on, and don't you dare try putting some new morons on in the morning. Maybe KFOG will pick them up. I honestly don't care what station they go to. I'm done with KITS unless they return. read more

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The newer Stryker & Klein show is an improvement over the original. But the newer "2 Minute Promise" commercial break is a good idea, badly executed. When will the so-called business pros get the clue? If you want to keep customers, maybe you shouldn't piss them off... read more

I will not listen to this station any longer on my morning commute unless Kevin Klein Live (and its entire cast) is brought back on the air. That show made my morning commute and insane traffic tolerable, and often times fun. Thanks for nothing KITS Live 105. Two thumbs way down. Bring back Kevin Klein Live or loose more listeners. read more

Who knew I would actually take the time to rate a radio station? Definitely not me. After the holidays, Live 105 rebranded as alt105. That's fine I guess. However, cancelling KKL, a morning show that was loved by many, and not letting them say goodbye was a huge fuck up on the radio station's part. Not only that, but I listened to live 105 to get away from the top 40 bullshit that replays over and over on 94.9 and 99.7. The other day I heard Post Malone's 'Rockstar' on the station. What the fuck is that? Your radio station's brand literally has the word "alt" in it and that song is far from alternative. Welp, good riddance to the most decent radio station the bay had to offer. read more

When it was Live 105, it was a decent station to listen to. Maybe a little too much hipster music for my taste, but hey, musical trends shift. I get that. Now, it's not much different except for a little less hipster rock, a little more tired alternative tracks that Live 105 played to death years ago, commercials teasing how we now get to hear great songs like these, followed by clips of songs Live 105 had been playing for a while already, as if they were doing something fresh and new, and thirty years of heritage tossed aside for the privilege. Oh, and ads for $cientology. Gag. Me. The only live voice I've heard since the rebrand is Aaron Axelsen, so at least they kept him around. Otherwise, it's another boring crapbox of unoriginal corporate playlist garbage presented to us like it's the greatest thing. No innovation here, just...blah. Hard pass, thank you. read more

Live 105 was a great radio station with a pretty great lineup. The radio station started off the day right, with Kevin Klein Live and honestly Kevin Klein Live was the only reason why I listened to 105.3. When I heard that Kevin Klein Live was canceled, I was shocked. I don't understand how a company can come in and turn the station upside down. Kevin Klein and the team turned the radio station into a success and for a company to come in and pull the plug on something that had great success is beyond me. When I travel out of the Bay Area I would listen to their podcast or on radio.com to keep up with the show. I don't know what is going to happen with Kevin and the team but I just hope that they don't go their separate ways because honestly I would pay to listen to them talk privately. read more

Been a listener since day one. Long live Kevin Klein Live read more

Not only my favorite, but the favorite of many fellow Bay Area listeners of Kevin Klein Live have now had our favorite radio show taken away. KKL was the ONLY reason I listened to radio because of how out of the box and entertaining they are. The whole crew was hilarious. Whether it was the traffic update being butchered, or comments about Ally's gargantuan forehead. I was entertained. My commute to hell was less worse than it had to be and I at least walked into the office with a smile and it was solely because of the KKL crew. Hopefully they begin a new venture soon where our little cult *cough* I mean fan base can reunite and enjoy their antics. Until then, "KITS" you're boycotted from me. See ya. read more

This would be my main radio station in the car to listen to...if only it were 1995..right? I mean you know when Weezer, Green Day, Pearl Jam, and godknowswhatelse were current and relevant. Now they just play recycled alternative music...maybe Nirvana, throw in some STP..those were the good days right? But that is over and long gone...Now there really isn't much good popular alternative rock music to play..sometimes there's Lorde, Halsey..but do we need anymore Walk the Moon or Imagine Dragons all day..I'm curious to see what new crap they'll find to play on this redundant station without a clue as to style themselves. This does not fit my lifestyle anymore. I am not an adolescent. I find myself listening to the classical music station more than this or KFOG. read more

I would give this station zero stars after they reimaged and killed Live 105... Alt 105.3 is no good. They have destroyed a great station and its personalities. Kevin Klein Live was a great show. read more

The last "decent" radio station just bit the dust. First Kfog, now live 105? This totally random radio? Dave? It sucks royally and whoever decided on this change should be fired. The Bay Area radio scene is dead. Guess I'm going to stream from now on. What happened to the city so full of musicians and artists? If you listened to our radio options you'd think we lived in the middle of nowhere. Very disappointing day for the Bay Area. read more

Don't know what happened to my last review for KKL and how amazing it was. Changed to 1 star for cancelling KKL. read more

1. KKL was the best thing that ever happened to this station. 2. I am SO glad I don't have to listen to Scar Tissue 10 times a day now... If you ever come to your senses, just lemme know. Until then, buh bye. read more

Bring back Kevin Klein Live. Listening to the radio everyday to work, the same music and stations get very boring. So I tried talk shows. Most talk shows were pretty annoying; either they laughed too much at their non-funny jokes or were just plain uninteresting. However, KKL was the one show that had flare, originality, and honestly the best humor. KKL stood out from the rest, and had a fun dynamic that literally kept me sitting in my car listening to it minutes after I arrived at work. Sad to see it dissolved, some BS. read more

They got rid of the only reason I listened to this station. Kevin Klein Live was like family and they got rid of them.

I don't understand why Kevin Klein was taken off the air. The station has truly gone down the drain. Why would listeners not want a morning show? Kevin Klein Live was hands down the best talk show in the morning! Bring them back! read more

1 star (0 stars if I could) for changing to ALT105.3 and canceling the Kevin Klein Live morning show. Boo! Boo! Boo! The corporate jerks at Entercom, who bought the station recently from CBS, have no soul and are slashing and burning stations across the country. Shame on you for canceling Kevin Klein Live and taking down the podcasts of the show. I will no longer listen to Live 105/ ALT105.3 or any other station owned by Entercom. read more

Worst Christmas Present Ever! It was not a good surprise when I heard "New Alt105.3" on Live 105 after the holidays. After my initial shock & relief that Live105 wasn't being turned into another pop station, my first thought was, "I hope they're not getting rid of Kevin Klein Live!". I had been listening to the station for 11 years, and your morning show was by far my favorite. Yes, you did take it too far sometimes, but you were oh so entertaining. Thank you for making my commute better over the past couple years. I will miss you! read more