Industry Radio broadcasting Area served Nationwide Founded 30 July 2003 | Founder ABC Radio Networks Headquarters New York City Ceased operations December 18, 2015 | |
Former type Limited liability company Defunct December 18, 2015 (2015-12-18) Owner The Walt Disney Company Parent organization Disney–ABC Television Group | ||
Radio Disney Group, LLC was a Delaware limited liability company that owned and most of the operated Radio Disney radio station in each state. Radio Disney Group was owned by the Disney–ABC Television Group and the headquarters were located in New York City, New York.
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History
The company was founded in July 30, 2003 by the ABC Radio Networks, a former subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.
In the sale of the ABC Radio Networks to Citadel Broadcasting (in 2007), the Radio Disney Network and their owned-and-operated radio stations are not included.
In 2010, Radio Disney Group was started to sell their stations located outside of the 25 largest radio markets. The majority of the stations have gone silent, while others changed their format or maintained their regular format. On August 17, 2014, It was announced that Radio Disney will be selling off all of their stations (the majority owned by Radio Disney Group) except KDIS (owned on or before September 26, 2014) to focus on the digital XM radio and livestream radio (such as on TuneIn). While the stations were, originally, to sign off on September 26, the stations remained on the air and continued to carry Radio Disney programming until they are sold. The sale of the last station (was WSDZ, to Salem Media Group) was completed on December 18, 2015.
Former owned and operated stations
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