As I'm sure you've already heard, the alternative rock era of KITS is over. The station flipped in October to Dave.fm, essentially an "adult hits on shuffle" format.
Since I chronicled a period of Live 105's history with this blog, I figured I'd present this Spotify playlist I put together of the station's entire musical history from its beginnings in 1986 to its end as Alt 105.3 in 2021. It also serves as a history of alternative rock's evolution or "de-evolution," depending on how you want to look at it.
I basically started by throwing in songs that Made Live 105's year-end countdowns as well as a Memorial Day countdown the station did in 1988. It became trickier for the years 1995 and 1996, since the full countdowns aren't available on the internet. For that, I had to go through old issues of Radio & Records and posting any songs that turned up on their weekly playlists. There were some interesting discoveries there. (Live 105 played Jars of Clay? I didn't know that.)
It became trickier again after 2008 when Live 105 stopped doing year-end countdowns, so I had to go into the Wayback Machine for information on what the station played in the ensuing decade. Then the playlists became inaccessible on their archives website, and I wasn't listening as much in the last few years, so I had to rely on my memory and what alternative songs were big during that time. (It basically did become an alternative top 40 station in its last few years.)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Yb8WOWpWbYH0dfhz7laHe?si=51ebf4b2097f4eba
RIP Live 105.
