KITS, San Francisco
Live 105 Playlist
Volume 92
Winter 1994
This “playlist” — a term used instead of the terminally un-hip “music survey” — shows the transition Live 105 (KITS/105.3) made from the so-called modern rock in the Eighties to the more grunge-centric “Rock Of The Nineties,” also proclaimed here as “21st Century Rock!™”
Although not dated (showing only as “Volume 92”), an estimate would put it late in 1994, perhaps October or November; “About A Girl,” Nirvana‘s first hit after Kurt Cobain‘s April 1994 suicide, debuted on the mainstream Billboard Top 40 chart on October 22 of that year, although Pearl Jam‘s “Better Man” and Weezer‘s “Buddy Holly” didn’t debut on Billboard until mid-December.
Below, from the flipside of the chart, is station information, including the weekday program schedule featuring Alex Bennett with Lori Thompson doing news (mornings 6-10 a.m.); Mark Hamilton (middays 10 a.m.-2 p.m.); Big Rick Stuart (afternoons 2-6 p.m.); Steve Masters (evenings 6-10 p.m.); the “Pajama Party” with Roland West (late nights 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.); and Lisa Carr (2-6 a.m. overnight).
SOURCE: Bay Area Radio Digest Collection.
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This was when the format lost its magic- the pop, synth and dance stuff was pretty much gone in favor of more guitar-based grunge which mostly sounded the same. And when these songs came around, they NEVER STOPPED playing most of them! I’d be happy never hearing “Zombie” by the Cranberries ever again, since they played it non-stop then and it seems ever since the “revival” of Live 105 they’ve STILL been playing it every day while current songs get no airplay at all. Such a shame, I would have fought and died for Live 105 at one time but I wasn’t even sad when they changed to Dave FM. Since bringing Live 105 back they’re now making the same mistakes that got them canned the first time around.