"''NewsRadio 1080''" is a dual format
News and
Talk Radio Station owned by
Infinity Broadcasting Corporation and located in
Dallas, Texas . KRLD is affiliated with the
CBS Radio Network . The
Callsign originated from the station's original owners, Dallas Radio Laboratories, transposed as Radio Laboratories of Dallas.
KRLD is the radio affiliate of the
Texas Rangers Major League Baseball team and interrupts other programming to broadcast all home and away games.
KRLD was also used as the callsign of the
CBS Television affiliate on Channel 4 in Dallas, Texas from 1949 to 1970, and later the callsign of the
Metromedia owned television station on Channel 33 in Dallas from 1983 to 1986.
Beginning in 1926, KRLD broadcast six
Hours a
Day , except on
Wednesdays when the station closed down to make repairs and recharge the
Batteries . Since 1938, KRLD has broadcast at an
Effective Radiated Power of 50,000
Watt s, the highest allowed by the
FCC . KRLD can be heard at night in 38
States . In the
Summer of 1941, KRLD moved to 1080 on the dial.
In April, 1978, KRLD switched from a
Music -based format to become the first news and information station in Dallas/Fort Worth.
During the 1970s and 1980s, KRLD was the flagship station for the NFL's
Dallas Cowboys and since 1995 the flagship for the
Texas Rangers of the American League.
Brad Sham , who worked with KRLD from 1976-92 and again from 1995-98, provided both color analysis and play-by-play for both teams (Sham is still the Cowboys' lead voice as of 2006).
KRLD originally broadcast from the
Adolphus Hotel in Dallas. KRLD's main studios were formerly located at
Ameriquest Field , aka The Ballpark at Arlington, in
Arlington, Texas . In summer 2005, the station moved to a fifth floor office at the southwest corner of Fitzhugh and
Central Expressway , in
Dallas, Texas .
KRLD has achieved many firsts in the field of radio broadcasting:
KRLD currently broadcasts several different types of programs each
Week , including news, talk, baseball games,
Do It Yourself , and
Paid Programming . A listing of all programs broadcast and their scheduled air times can be found on the
KRLD programming page .
