After abruptly dropping the alternative rock format and introducing “戴夫调频: Totally Random Radio” on Friday, Oct. 15, KITS 105.3 FM experienced a glitch-filled weekend that temporarily had the station flip back to its old playlist.

Starting at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, the new “Dave FM” started running four hours of straight commercials because of a “corrupted music database,” according to the industry journalRadio Insight. At midnight, the station began airing an archived day of “Alt 105.3” programming from the spring of 2020.

It wasn’t until 10 a.m. the next day that “Dave FM” stirred back to life with Tom Petty’s “Don’t Do Me Like That.”

The technical issues compounded a rough transition for Audacy, which sent Bay Area fans reeling by killing off the region’s leading modern rock station after 35 years. The new station offers a shuffle-mode retro Top 40 format built around acts such as Starship, MC Hammer, Phil Collins, Train and Hall & Oates.

“Alt 105.3,” known to a generation of listeners as “Live 105,” played a critical role in the region by breaking artists such as Green Day, Nirvana, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Oasis, No Doubt and countless others.It also promoted the summertime BFD festival and the December concert series Not So Silent Night.

After the technical mishap, Aaron Axelsen, who served as music director and an on-air personality for “Live 105” for more than two decades and is now head of programming atFlood.FM, took to social media and posted: “See what happens when there are no employees left in the building?”

See what happens when there are no employees left in the building? My point exactlyhttps://t.co/MgGeQI2WD4

— aaron axelsen (@AaronAxelsen)October 17, 2021

DAVE FM BRINGING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!https://t.co/XptoOONkcJ

— Smash Mouth (@smashmouth)October 18, 2021