KRLD-FM

KRLD-FM (105.3 FM, "105.3 The Fan") is a sports talk radio station serving the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, Metroplex. KRLD-FM is owned by CBS Radio. It also re-transmits on Washington D.C. sister station WJFK-FM 106.7 HD-2 through a secured internet feed. The station's studios are located along North Central Expressway in Uptown Dallas and the transmitter site is in Cedar Hill.

History

KSFM/KSPD/The Sound Of Success

105.3 FM went on the air in January 1958 with a classical format as KSFM. In 1960, the station went dark and then resurfaced with an automated Beautiful Music format as KPSD, only to go dark again by the end of the year. Century Broadcasting purchased the dark KPSD in 1962 and returned it to the air as KMAP, "The Sound of Success," featuring classical music and later Broadway show tunes. In 1968, Century sold KMAP to Dawson Communications, who changed the call letters to KXXK and the format to MOR music.

Coax/Cozy 105.3/Young Country

KRLD

KRLD may refer to:

KRLD (AM)

KRLD "NewsRadio 1080" is an all-news radio station owned and operated by CBS Radio. Licensed to Dallas, Texas, KRLD serves the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and Northern Texas. The station's studios are located along North Central Expressway in Uptown Dallas and the transmitter site is in Garland.

KRLD(AM) broadcasts in the HD Radio format and can also be heard in HD on KRLD-FM 105.3 HD2.

Station history

KRLD, whose call sign came from founding owners Dallas Radio Laboratories, launched in 1926, broadcasting six hours each day, except on Wednesdays when the station closed down to make repairs and recharge the batteries. Since 1938, KRLD has broadcast at a power of 50,000 watts, the highest allowed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Its nighttime signal covers a number of states, while its daytime signal provides secondary coverage as far north as Oklahoma City and as far south as the outer suburbs of Austin. In the summer of 1941, KRLD moved to 1080 on the dial. It is directional to the Southwest from the Garland, Texas tower site to protect co-channel WTIC in Connecticut.