After a four year yoga retreat Live 105 is back. One star for NoName and one for Aaron Axelsen…read more 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.

I was listening to this station when I was in high school (1987-1991). It was playing in our rental…read morecar. 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.

97.3 FM.....this is the station that plays when I'm doing Yelp. Easy listening music, even the ads…read moreare easy to listen to. I don't listen to morning shows. I just want easy to listen to music, while I write reviews, do research, or just read yelp talk. Usually it just plays over an Echo device. So....."Alexa, play Alice at 97.3 FM."

Not sure why everyone's reviewing the morning talk show only. This is a music radio station and my…read moreone star is because in the early 2000s this station used to play Rock and alternative music and now all they play is pop and r&B. They play NSYNC, Britney spears, Alicia keys, a bunch of crappy r&B and old cumbersome rap. They don't play any Rock whatsoever anymore.

Bring back Dave totally random radio. That was the best music and excellent listening. Now we are…read moreback to the same old boring crap from live 105 and nonstop Green Day.

EPIC FAIL, this station blows…read more How does this radio station make it? It has such a small playlist and yet manages to replay the same songs over and over again?? Irritating is what it is. Thanks for playing a few good bands but running them to the ground-this includes songs that were great back in the day. Sheesh

I have been listening KCBS for many years. There are only so much "mindless" talk radio that one…read morecould listen , ... Whenever they emphasized on the facts, not on drama, sound bites and "mindless" opinions. Their news broadcasting is superb. KCBS's idealistic pursuit of the precise execution is pretty good. One can set their schedule on their various timely news reports. While being predictable, they are not perfect at all. But their broadcasting of the news is superior than the other Bay Area news sources. When their game is on, their "signal over noise" is greater than the basic "noise over signal.". Four stars for their quality news. One extra star for being a positive mainstay in the SF Bay Area for many years..

KCBS-740 is doing a late night simulcast with KNX in LA. When I heard Los Angeles traffic reports…read moreat 1am, I thought it was a mistake. Maybe the signal was bouncing off the atmosphere late at night? A little research said KCBS runs one statewide traffic report. Who came up with this useless idea? Listening to traffic on the 8's isn't a reliable source of info if I have to wade from LA traffic reports.

Aside from the the ANNOYING commercials, Because I know you have to pay your rent! I miss you guys,…read moreliving in another state, I still listen online! Brian Sussman and Katie Green were my TOTAL favorites in the morning, they ALWAYS made me laugh! I also liked Rush Limbaugh once upon a time, but he's become SO stale and predictable lately! Keep up the good work guys!!

When I turn on the radio and The Vince Show is on the air, I turn it off…read more I can only understand half of his words at the best while he is talking because of how he speaks and worse, how he rambles back and forth before getting to the point. And this does not even address his constand cheerleading instead of providing valuable thoughts.

I think it would be positively received by your audience as well as your reputation if you gave…read more10-15 seconds to care of pets in this extreme heat. You warn about sneaker waves when a fraction of listeners will ever see one compared to those with pets. Water, shade, keeping off asphalt, etc. Mention it a lot. Thank you. P Ward Sausalito

So much nonsense that is considered news to them that is not news. Count how many times they say "…read morenon profit " and "crisis " in a 1 hour drive. Sport is not sports. Almost no scores even for local teams but can a least give playoff scores. Instead they come up with obscure , meaningless stories. An example is just a day ago a WNBA team signed the girlfriend of a player. Really? Thats sports news? I am as middle of the road as you can get it the decline of and real / relevant stories glaring. I will also never forget the snake expert a few weeks ago. KCBS lady rebuking the expert about rattlesnakes " you dont always SEE the rattle " . Really? We trust her to objectively report news???

Do you miss Energy 92.7?…read more Booohooo me too, BUT...Movin 99.7 and St. John have created Pulse HD radio for you and it's FREEEEEEEEE! Good beats to get your dance on. Listen on your HD Radio or online at http://player.play.it/player/player.html?v=4.7.124b&id=2238&onestat=kmvq-fm

Movin 100.7 (the local Top 40 radio station) may have moved out of my town, but this station…read moresponsored by the same people is great to listen to when I miss 92.7. They play all techno and house and mix it up from new hits like stuff from Deadmau5 to old stuff like Darude's Sandstorm. There's also some house remixes of Top40 thrown in for good measure. This is an HD2 station, so you need to have an HD Radio or listen to it online. http://player.radio.com/player/RadioPlayer.php?station=2238

Neal Boortz! (Rightish Libertarian)…read more Big Vinny! (Leftish flavor of the Bay guy) THE GARDEN COMPASS!!! That is my favorite show to listen to when I get up early on Saturday mornings and get myself to the Farmer's Market at the Veterans Bldg. It's all about gardening and planting, with Special Guests", and lots of interesting callers with great questions. They just moved here a few weeks ago. Also has a show called The Green Hour or The Green Show and it's all about environmental issues (from a very leftwing perspective). So, this station has something for everyone! Lastly, if there aren't any conservatives in the Bay Area, how come we support 3 SF conservative talk radio stations? As far as I know, we have the most in the USA and they all have huge ratings.

I like to think I'm supporting the local taxi/cabs out there with my dollars. But the truth is I'm…read morelazy, my red CD player is broken, and I'm fascinated by San Francisco cab drivers. I've learned alot about San Francisco from many a cab driver. Alot of them have lived in San Francisco for years and have the stories to back it up. Two that I've come across both partied with Janis Joplin back in the day, another pays $200 for a 2br (sigh, rent control), and countless others have painted pictures of what the Mission and the Haight once was back in the day. But my favorite thing about San Francisco cabs is the radio. I can't get enough of it. Of course there has been many a cab driver playing stuff that makes me want to get out right there wihout tip (i always tip though). But as of late, I've been really smitten by the stuff crooning during my cab rides. And apparently it's because everyone's listening to 106.9. 106.9 plays the classics. Not the cheesy stuff. But the good stuff. The kind that encourages you to tell the cabbie to take the long way around, just so you can hear Tiny Dancer all the way through.

CLOSED: On September 1, 2011 KFRC changed their call letters to KZDG and changed their format to…read moreAsian, branded as "Desi Radio". We'll have to find our oldies elsewhere. Sad. Wait wait wait. CALM DOWN EVERYONE!! Oldies are back at 1550 AM. Yes it's that great monophonic AM sound with all the old tunes you love. The ones you sing along to. The ones that make you feel sad in that achingly sweet nostalgic way. The ones you haven't heard in a long time and you hear them and you think wow those guys were really good musicians. An interesting DJ who digs around for little gems like the original recording of Peggy Sue Got Married that Buddy Holly did in his apartment with one mic and a tape recorder. They recently had Big Baby Day where all the songs had Baby in the title. Now let's all relax, have a Cherry Coke with our steady and enjoy the oldies because They Are Back.