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City | Dallas, Texas |
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Broadcast area | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex |
Branding | 105.3 The Fan |
Slogan | Your Sports Station |
Frequency | 105.3 MHz (also on HD Radio) 105.3 HD-2 - KRLD 1080 simulcast 105.3 HD-3 Dallas Cowboys/Fox Sports Radio |
First air date | January 1958 (as KSFM) |
Format | Sports |
Language(s) | English |
Audience share | 2.4 (January 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
ERP | 97,000 watts |
HAAT | 574.2 meters (1,884 ft) |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 1087 |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°35′02″N 96°57′48″W / 32.58389°N 96.96333°W |
Callsign meaning | see KRLD (AM) |
Former callsigns | KSFM (1958-1960) KPSD (1960-1962) KMAP (1962-1968) KXXK (1968-1971) KOAX (1971-1985) KQZY (1985-1990) KRSR (1990-1992) KRRM (1992) KYNG (1992-2003) KLLI (2003-2008) |
Affiliations |
CBS Sports Radio Dallas Cowboys Radio Network (NFL) Texas Rangers Radio Network (MLB) |
Owner |
CBS Radio (CBS Radio Texas Inc.) |
Sister stations |
KJKK, KLUV, KMVK, KRLD, KVIL also part of CBS Corp. cluster: TV stations KTVT and KTXA |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 1053thefan.com |
KRLD-FM (105.3 MHz, "105.3 The Fan") is a commercial radio station licensed to Dallas, Texas and serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. KRLD-FM is owned by CBS Radio and airs a sports radio format. The station's studios and offices are located along North Central Expressway in Uptown Dallas and the transmitter site is in Cedar Hill.
The station airs local sports talk shows most of the day and evening, and carries nationally syndicated programming from CBS Sports Radio late nights. KRLD-FM is the flagship station of the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network and the Texas Rangers Radio Network. Some early hours on weekends are paid brokered programming.
In the sports radio format, KRLD-FM's chief rival is Sportsradio 1310/96.7 The Ticket. In addition, 103.3 KESN in Allen, Texas, serves as the Dallas/Fort Worth outlet for ESPN Radio, as well as airing local sports shows.
KRLD-FM broadcasts in HD Radio. It carries the all-news radio format of its sister station 1080 KRLD on its HD 2 subchannel. Its HD 3 subchannel is devoted to coverage of the Dallas Cowboys football team, with additional programming from the Fox Sports Radio Network.