Dale Cardwell

Who is Dale Cardwell?

William Dale Cardwell is a consumer investigator and television journalist based in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2001, Cardwell and his family were placed in the protective custody of police when Cardwell appeared on a "hit list," based on his investigative reporting of corruption in DeKalb County, Georgia.

Cardwell is the host of TrustDaleTV, a consumer problem-solving show, airing multiple times and multiple cities per week including WXIA-TV/11 Alive and WATL in Atlanta, WTSP News 10 in Tampa as well as WDEF-TV in Chattanooga. Cardwell also hosts TrustDale Radio on WSB-AM and now 95.5 FM. Off air, Cardwell owns and operates TrustDale.com, a venue where consumers can inspect and review recommendations for products and services across numerous "categories." Cardwell collects a nominal advertising pool fee from each company which pays him and his team, and allows him to make his choices known. Cardwell told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Rodney Ho, “I choose the companies, they didn’t choose me.” Cardwell was previously a long-time investigative reporter for Atlanta's WSB-TV. Before that, he worked for Nashville, Tennessee's WSMV, WRAL-TV in Raleigh/Durham, and also served stints at TV stations in Birmingham, Alabama and western Kentucky.