KITS Radio 105.3 FM
1983-Present
San Francisco, California
KITS began its life in the late 1950s as KBCO, a classical music station, under the ownership of Saul Levine. In 1964, KBCO became KBRG. It retained those call letters until February 1983, when the station moved to a high-energy Top 40 “Hot Hits” format and became KITS.
In 1987, KITS began programming Modern Rock music and became known as “Live 105.” Among its most popular personalities during this period was Alex Bennett, whose live morning program (complete with a studio audience) featured a bevy of local comedians.
In May 1997, CBS Radio acquired KITS. Bennett was subsequently replaced by the nationally-syndicated Howard Stern program from New York.
FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE…
— Exhibit includes text and audio. — Audio presentation only.
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1984 |
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1986 |
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George “Flip” Fryer and Tom Gilligan on Hot Hits KITS, May 26, 1986 (25 minutes) |
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1990 |
Lori Thompson on Live 105, November 5, 1990 (17 minutes) Alex Bennett is jetting cross-country for an appearance on the “Regis and Kathie Lee” TV show, so morning show sidekick Lori Thompson moves up to the main mike and Harry Osibin (“Harry O”) takes over the news chair. This recording features the famous “lost recording” of “A Bobby Bitter Christmas” starring Larry Bubbles Brown, as well as a traffic report from Lisa Carr … and (of course) a Matthew’s TV & Stereo spot voiced by the inimitable Steven Matthew David. |
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1998 |
Big Rick Stuart on Live 105, 1998 (10 minutes) A live edition of “The Best of Big Rick,” including traffic reports from Sal Castaneda in the Live 105 Black Shadow. |
— Exhibit includes text and audio. — Audio presentation only.
— Fair-to-poor audio quality. 
— Edited (scoped) aircheck.
RP – Courtesy of Randy Painter.
