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24-448: (Redirected from KRLD-TV ) KRLD may refer to: KRLD (AM) , a radio station (1080 AM) licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States KRLD-FM , a radio station (105.3 FM) licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States KZPS , a radio station (92.5 FM) licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States; formerly KRLD-FM from 1948 to 1972 KRLD-TV, the former call sign of KDFW from 1949 to 1970 KRLD-TV,

48-571: A local marketing agreement with Martz Communications Group . KZPS KZPS (92.5 FM ) is an iHeartMedia classic rock formatted commercial radio station licensed to Dallas, Texas , and serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex . Its studios are located along Dallas Parkway in Farmers Branch (although it has a Dallas address). KZPS has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts . The transmitter site

72-499: A Texas-themed classic rock/ country rock hybrid format that was previously heard on 92.5-HD2. About a year later, KZPS changed back to its previous classic rock format, keeping the "Lone Star 92.5" branding. Since KZPS rebranded as "Lone Star 92.5", the classic rock format was briefly heard on 92.5- HD2 . In April 2008, when KZPS returned to classic rock, 92.5-HD2 switched to an adult album alternative format branded as "The Music Summit" (previously on KDMX-HD2 ). In October 2013, it

96-508: A talk station. On September 27, 2010, KRLD began broadcasting continuous news from 5am-8pm on weekdays, as well as weekend mornings, with talk programming at night and during most of the weekend. The weekday non-stop all-news format came to an end on June 17, 2024, when KRLD started carrying syndicated conservative talk host Chad Benson weekdays from noon to 3:00, breaking up the all-news block. On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom (now known as Audacy). The merger

120-431: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages KRLD (AM) KRLD is a Class A , 50,000 watts , clear channel station . The daytime signal is non-directional , covering North Texas and part of Oklahoma . KRLD shares AM 1080 with Class A WTIC Hartford , so at night, KRLD switches to a directional antenna , using a two- tower array . The transmitter

144-575: Is in Garland , off Saturn Road. KRLD's AM station also broadcasts in HD Radio . KRLD is simulcast over co-owned 105.3 KRLD-FM 's secondary HD Radio subchannel. KRLD is also available online via Audacy . KRLD first signed on the air in October 1926 . It was originally owned by Radio Laboratories of Dallas, hence the call sign . At first it was on the air for six hours each day, except on Wednesdays when

168-579: Is off West Belt Line Road in Cedar Hill , amid the towers for other Dallas-area FM and TV stations. The station uses HD Radio technology, although it currently offers no separate digital subchannels . The station first signed on the air on April 1, 1948 with the KRLD-FM call sign . (That callsign is currently used on a sports radio station owned by Audacy , KRLD-FM .) The original KRLD-FM initially simulcast co-owned KRLD . KRLD-AM-FM were owned by

192-474: The Golden Age of Radio , KRLD carried CBS network programming, including dramas, comedies, news, sports, game shows, soap operas and big band broadcasts. KRLD expanded into FM radio in 1948 with the original KRLD-FM 92.5 (now KZPS ). The following year, it added a TV station, KRLD-TV Channel 4 (now KDFW ). For most of the 1960s and 1970s, KRLD ran blocks of different local programming, including middle of

216-588: The MLB 's Texas Rangers . In 2009, weekday games moved from KRLD to KRLD-FM. KRLD relinquished the Rangers' English language radio rights in 2011 to sports radio station 103.3 KESN . Rangers broadcasts returned to KRLD-FM in 2015 with broadcasts moving over to KRLD (AM) when conflicting with other programming, such as Cowboy games, on the FM channel. Over the last several decades, KRLD has gone between being an all-news station and

240-476: The Classic Rock station". John Boy and Billy were later replaced by local hosts Sam "Bo" Roberts and "Long" Jim White ("Bo and Jim") in mornings. Evergreen Media bought the station from Bonneville International in 1997 . Evergreen was later acquired by Clear Channel Communications , a forerunner of iHeartMedia. Through the years, notable disk jockeys included Sam "Bo" Roberts and "Long" Jim White (still hosting

264-505: The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex added its second CHR station after KAFM dropped its short-lived adult contemporary formats. It was known as "92½ FM" with its slogan "Maximum Hits". In 1986, it was rebranded as "Z92.5" with its slogan "Your Power Station Z92.5". Its current call sign KZPS originated from that rebrand, with the last two letters representing "Power Station", a MOR format, and an adult contemporary format. From 1971 to 1978,

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288-618: The Times Herald Printing Company, along with daily newspaper The Dallas Times Herald . A TV station was added the following year, KRLD-TV (now KDFW ). KRLD-FM was one of only three 24-hour FM stations in the Dallas market in the 1960s. In the late 1960s, the Federal Communications Commission began requiring AM-FM combos in large cities to offer separate programming much of the day; a progressive rock format

312-611: The former call sign of KDAF from 1984 to 1986 Richland Airport (Washington) (ICAO code KRLD) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title KRLD . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KRLD&oldid=836531889 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Airport disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

336-554: The government and the Federal Bureau of Investigation , near Waco, Texas . During the 1970s and 1980s, KRLD was the flagship station for the NFL 's Dallas Cowboys , with Brad Sham providing color analysis and later play-by-play. (Sham continues as the Cowboys' lead voice, though the team's games now air on sister station KRLD-FM.) Beginning in 1995, KRLD served as the radio flagship of

360-491: The only mainstream Top 40 station in the metroplex, while KEGL continued its success of being a rock-based Top 40 format, but gradually died down by the late 1980s. However, AC station KVIL-FM also gained major success with a small mix of CHR as well, making it more dominant in the market. KZPS's classic hits format gradually transitioned to classic rock , and added the syndicated John Boy and Billy morning show in 1995. The station imaging switched to "Ninety Two Five KZPS,

384-668: The recipient of the prestigious 2013 National Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Newscast in the Large Market Radio category. KRLD has long served as the flagship station for the Texas State Network , which provides KRLD and other stations around the state with news, sports and weather info. Some reporters are based at the KRLD studios, with others at the state capital in Austin and other parts of Texas. ** = Audacy operates pursuant to

408-629: The road and country music , with some news and talk. In April 1978 , KRLD switched from a music-based format to become, at the time, the third news and information station in Dallas/Fort Worth. KRLD originally broadcast from the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas and for a time had its main studios in Arlington, Texas , at Ameriquest Field, now known as Globe Life Park in Arlington . In the summer of 2005,

432-587: The station closed down to make repairs and recharge the batteries . The Dallas Times Herald , then published by Edwin J. Kiest, purchased KRLD within a year of its debut, in 1927. Since 1939, KRLD has broadcast at a power of 50,000 watts, the highest allowed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In the summer of 1941, KRLD moved to 1080 on the AM dial as a result of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA). During

456-598: The station moved operations to a 5th floor office at the southwest corner of North Fitzhugh Avenue and Central Expressway in Dallas. KRLD achieved several firsts in the field of radio broadcasting: History books dispute whether KRLD, KDKA in Pittsburgh , or WEAF in New York City (today WFAN ) was the first station to broadcast commercial announcements on radio. Branch Davidian leader David Koresh used KRLD to broadcast his messages in 1993 during his standoff with

480-465: The station was owned by the family of former Dallas Mayor J. Erik Jonsson . It was sold to Bonneville International in the summer of 1978. The year 1987 was a hard one for Top 40/CHR in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as two of the four CHR stations flipped to new formats. KZPS flipped to classic hits in February, and its nearby successor KTKS flipped to Smooth Jazz later that September. That left KHYI as

504-594: The weekday morning show), Jay Philpot (middays, later in Baltimore), Jon Dillon (afternoon drive, until his release in 2012), Stubie Doak (nights), Pamela Steele (middays), Ed Budanauro ("Enerjazz" host from 1987 to 1989), Benn McGregor ("McGregor" - 1982–86 writer/producer, co-host of "Morning Drive" with Andy Barber 1984–1985), Jerry Vigil (middays, production director), Pete Thomson (afternoons), John Shomby (program director), and Paul Donovan (evenings). On April 23, 2007 , KZPS rebranded itself as "Lone Star 92.5", and adopted

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528-491: Was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on the 17th. Despite this, KRLD and former sister TV station KTVT (a CBS owned-and-operated affiliate) maintained a strong partnership up until April 26, 2018, when Entercom struck a new content deal with NBC owned-and-operated KXAS-TV . The Radio Television Digital News Association announced on June 12, 2013, that the KRLD Afternoon News had been chosen as

552-426: Was instituted on the FM. The call letters changed to KAFM in 1972 , and the station underwent a number of format changes through the 1970s and 1980s. From 1972 to 1975 the format was "Cosmic Cowboy" first wave; Jerry Jeff Walker, Rusty Weir, BW Stevenson, etc. The Dallas-Fort Worth market was left without a single CHR station throughout parts of the early 1980s, but it wasn't until the first few quarters of 1983 when

576-558: Was simulcasting from iHeartRadio 's "World Class Rock" network utilizing the same format as before. Since April 2015, it was renamed to "The iHeart Current" and a month later, renamed again as "iHeart Eclectic". The AAA station in May 2018 rebranded as "Eclectic Rock". Since mid-2019, the Eclectic Rock feed was discontinued on KZPS-HD2, leaving the digital subchannel with no programming replacement. KZPS's HD2 signal did resume programming for

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