KDFW FOX 4

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The history of KDFW FOX 4 begins more than 80 years ago, during the "golden age" of radio. On Oct. 30, 1926, KRLD-AM radio signed on the air for the very first time. The call letters KRLD came from an acronym from the station's joint owners: Edwin J. "K"iest and the "R"adio "L"aboratories of "D"allas.

A year later, in 1927, the founders sold KRLD to the Dallas Times Herald newspaper. The same year, the station signed up to be the very first Texas affiliate on the brand-new Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) radio network.

In the 1940s, in the dawn of the "television age," KRLD's owners decided to open their own TV station. KRLD-TV Channel 4 was the fourth Texas TV station granted a license to operate by the Federal Communications Commission.

Channel 4 signed on the air Dec. 3, 1949. The very first telecast? Typical Texas: a football game -- SMU vs Notre Dame. We soon added news and local entertainment programs, and hooked our sails to the CBS television network.

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