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February 03, 2009
"Your Sports Station" 105.3 The Fan to Serve as Weekday Flagship Radio Station of Texas Rangers
KRLD-AM Continues Long Standing Partnership With Team Broadcasting Weekend Contests
Your
Sports Station, 105.3 The Fan is proud to announce a partnership with the Texas
Rangers whereby Dallas/Fort Worth’s newest all-sports radio station will
feature live weekday coverage of the AL West team. Live play-by-play coverage of
all regular season and playoff games played Monday-Friday will be carried on
105.3 The Fan. CBS RADIO sister station
NewsRadio 1080 KRLD will continue to broadcast play-by-play of weekend games
throughout the regular and post-season.
Both
stations will carry a limited number of Rangers pre-season games beginning on Thursday,
Feb. 26 with The Fan’s coverage of the Cactus League opener versus the Kansas
City Royals in Surprise Stadium.
Play-by-play
coverage will be led by veteran broadcaster Eric Nadel now in his 31st
season with the Rangers - his 15th serving as the lead voice of the
team. Nadel is
a four-time recipient of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters
Association Texas Sportscaster of the Year Award, and three-time winner of the
Associated Press award for best play-by-play in Texas. Dave Barnett will be joining Nadel in
his first season providing both play-by-play and color analysis on Rangers
radio broadcasts. Barnett spent the last 13 years with ESPN, serving as a
play-by-play voice for baseball, basketball, football, and golf telecasts.
In addition to play-by-play coverage, the duo will host pre- and
post-game shows which will be broadcast 30 minutes prior to and immediately
after the games. Following the post-game program, Mike Ogulnick will host “Rangers
Replay” talking live with listeners and providing clubhouse reaction.
“The
Rangers are very pleased to make this announcement,” commented team President
Nolan Ryan. “The sound, quality, and strength of KRLD-FM’s signal will provide
a new listening experience for our fans. Programming conflicts have all but
been eliminated, and the consistency in the broadcast schedule means fans will
always know where to find the games depending on the day of the week they are
tuning in.”
Gavin
Spittle, who serves as Program Director for both stations, said, “Since The
Fan’s launch less than two months ago we’ve steadily enhanced our lineup with
live, local programming catering to the market’s most passionate sports fans. This announcement continues that strategy and
you can expect more along the same lines as we continue to strengthen our brand
in the days and months ahead. I can’t
wait to hear the crack of the bat on a 100,000 watt FM signal in addition to hearing
it on such a heritage station like KRLD-AM 1080.”
Senior
Vice President and General Manager of 105.3 The Fan David Henry commented, “We’ve
shared a tremendous relationship with the Rangers for many years and we’re
excited to grow it to an entirely new level.
There are tremendous opportunities for our two stations as they work
together to promote, and deliver the wealth of programming this agreement
provides us. But mostly the fans and our
clients will benefit from the strong commitment we’ve made to feature one of
Dallas/Fort Worth’s most popular teams.”
The
Rangers spring training radio broadcast schedule increases from 12 to 18 games
in 2009. The complete spring training
schedule is listed below.
2009 TEXAS
RANGERS SPRING TRAINING RADIO SCHEDULE (All Times Central)
Thursday, February 26 Kansas City Royals Surprise Stadium 2:05 p.m. 105.3 FM
Saturday, February 28 Arizona Diamondbacks Tucson 2:05 p.m. 105.3 FM
Sunday, March 1 Seattle Mariners Surprise Stadium 2:05 p.m. 1080 AM
Thursday, March 5 San Diego Padres Surprise Stadium 2:05 p.m. 105.3 FM
Saturday, March 7 Chicago White Sox Surprise Stadium 2:05 p.m. 105.3 FM
Sunday, March 8 Chicago Cubs Mesa 3:05 p.m. 1080 AM
Monday, March 9 Los Angeles Dodgers Surprise Stadium 3:05 p.m. 105.3 FM
Saturday, March 14 Chicago White Sox Glendale 3:05 p.m. 105.3FM
Sunday, March 15 San Diego Padres Surprise Stadium 3:05 p.m. 105.3FM
Saturday, March 21 Colorado Rockies Surprise Stadium 3:05 p.m. 105.3FM
Sunday, March 22 Los Angeles Dodgers Glendale 3:05 p.m. 105.3FM
Tuesday, March 24 Seattle Mariners Peoria 3:05 p.m. 105.3FM
Wednesday, March 25 Arizona Diamondbacks Surprise Stadium 8:05 p.m. 105.3
FM
Friday, March 27 Milwaukee Brewers Surprise Stadium 8:05 p.m. 105.3 FM
Saturday, March 28 Kansas City Royals Surprise Stadium 3:05 p.m. 105.3 FM
Sunday, March 29 Los Angeles Angels Surprise Stadium 3:05 p.m. 105.3FM
Friday, April 3 Kansas City Royals Dr.
Pepper Ballpark 7:05 p.m. 105.3 FM
Saturday April 4 Kansas City Royals Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 1:05
p.m. 1080 AM
About 105.3 The Fan
The Fan is anchored by the
popular Jagger Show from 5:30AM
-9:00AM, followed by market veteran Kevin
Scott and former NFL and Texas A&M football player Greg Hill from 9:00AM-12:00PM.
KRLD-FM’s afternoons are anchored by Newy Scruggs and Sean Salisbury from 12:00PM-3:00PM with The Ben and Skin Show along with Tim Cowlishaw on afternoons
3:00PM-7:00PM. Rounding out the day’s
lineup are Pete Stein and Mike Rodriguez from 7:00-10:00PM and
FOX Sports programming beginning at 10:00PM. 105.3 The Fan can be heard each
day online at www.1053thefan.com.
105.3 The Fan is Your Sports
Station with 100,000 watts of sports opinions. The Fan is also the home
of The Texas Rangers, Texas Motor Speedway, NASCAR, the BCS Championship, the
NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl. KRLD-AM is the source
for local news, talk and information in Dallas/Fort Worth and is the flagship
of the Texas State Networks. TSN, the Texas State Networks, serves over 130
radio affiliates in two time zones with news, talk and sports programs. 105.3 The Fan, KRLD and TSN are owned and
operated by CBS RADIO, one of the largest major-market radio operators in the United States.
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