Radio Disney Group

Radio Disney Group, LLC

Company type	Limited liability company
Industry	Radio broadcasting
Founded	July 30, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-07-30)
Founder	ABC Radio Networks
Defunct	December 18, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-12-18)
Headquarters	New York City, New York , U.S.
Area served	Nationwide
Owner	The Walt Disney Company
Parent	ABC, Inc.[1]
Website	none

Radio Disney Group, LLC[2] was a limited liability company that owned most of the Radio Disney radio stations operating in each U.S. state. Radio Disney Group was owned by the Disney–ABC Television Group[3][4] and the headquarters were located in New York City, New York.

History

The company was founded on July 30, 2003[2] 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.[5]

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 13, 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).[6][7][8] While the stations were originally slated to sign off on September 26, the stations remained on the air and continued to carry Radio Disney programming until they were sold.[9] The sale of the last station (WSDZ,[10] to Salem Media Group)[11] was completed on December 18, 2015.[10]

Former owned and operated stations

Callsign[12]	Frequency	City of license	Broadcast area	Comments
WQUA^1	102.1	Citronelle, Alabama	Mobile metropolitan area	Sold in 2005;[13] non-commercial station owned by the Family Worship Center Church, Inc.
KMIK^1	1580	Phoenix, Arizona	Greater Phoenix	Sold in 2015; station owned by Gabriella Broadcasting Licensee.
KDIS-FM^1	99.5	Little Rock, Arkansas	Little Rock, Arkansas	Sold in 2013;[14][15] station owned by the Salem Media Group.
KIID^1	1470	Sacramento, California	Sacramento metropolitan area	In 2007, the station was transferred to Radio Disney Sacramento, LLC, another subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company related to Radio Disney. Was later sold in 2015 to Punjabi American Media.[16]
KDDZ^1	1690	Arvada, Colorado	Denver metropolitan area	Sold in 2015 to Salem Media Group.
WDZK^1	1550	Bloomfield, Connecticut	Greater Hartford	Sold in 2010; station owned by Blount Communications.
WBWL^1	600	Jacksonville, Florida	Jacksonville metropolitan area	Sold in 2010;[17] station owned by the Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation.
WMYM^1	990	Miami, Florida	Miami metropolitan area	Sold in 2014; station owned by Actualidad Radio Group.[18][19]
WDYZ^1	990	Orlando, Florida	Greater Orlando	Sold in 2014 to the Pennsylvania Media Associates, Inc. (subsidiary of the Salem Media Group).[20][21] The sale was consummated on March 27, 2015.[22]
WWMI^1	1380	St. Petersburg, Florida	Tampa Bay Area	Sold in 2015 to Salem Media Group.
WGFY^1	1480	Charlotte, North Carolina	Charlotte Metropolitan Area	Sold in 2015. Owned by Charlotte Advent Media Corporation.
WMKI^1	1260	Boston, Massachusetts	Greater Boston Area	Sold in 2015; station owned by Salem Media Group. The sale was consummated on September 3, 2015.
WMNE^1	1600	Riviera Beach, Florida	Miami metropolitan area	Sold in 2010; station owned by Travis Media.
WSDZ^1	1260	Belleville, Illinois	Greater St. Louis	Sold to Salem Media Group in 2015.
WRDZ-FM^1	98.3	Plainfield, Indiana	Indianapolis metropolitan area	Sold in 2015; station owned by iHeartMedia.
KQAM^1	1480	Wichita, Kansas	Wichita metropolitan area	Sold in 2009;[23] station owned by Steckline Communications.
WDRD^1 ^2	680	Newburg, Kentucky	Louisville metropolitan area	Sold in 2010;[24] station owned by UB Louisville, LLC.
WBYU^1	1450	New Orleans, Louisiana	New Orleans metropolitan area	Station was shut down on October 3, 2012.[25]
KPHN^1	1190	Kansas City, Missouri	Kansas City metropolitan area	Sold in 2014,[26] station owned by the Catholic Radio Network.
KALY^1	1240	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM	Albuquerque metropolitan area	Sold in 2010;[27] station currently owned by KD Radio, Inc.
WDDY^1	1460	Albany, New York	Capital District	Sold in 2013;[15] station owned by Pax et Bonum, Inc.
WFDF^1	910	Farmington Hills, Michigan	Metro Detroit, Flint and The Thumb	Sold in 2014;[28] station owned by The Word Network.[29]
WWMK^1	1260	Cleveland, Ohio	Greater Cleveland	Sold in 2014; station is owned by St. Peters The Rock.[30]
WFRO^2	900	Fremont, Ohio	Sandusky County, Ohio	Station was shut down on June 23, 2004.[31]
KDZR^1	1640	Lake Oswego, Oregon	Portland metropolitan area	Sold in 2015 to Salem Media Group.
WWJZ^1	640	Mount Holly, New Jersey	Delaware Valley	Sold to Starboard Media Foundation.
KMUS^1	1380	Sperry, Oklahoma	Tulsa metropolitan area	Sold in 2011;[32] spanish-language station owned by Radio Las Americas, LLC.
KKSL^3	1290	Lake Oswego, Oregon	Portland metropolitan area	The license was cancelled on February 23, 2006.[33] Under the Disney ownership, the station was operated by Crawford Broadcasting under Local marketing agreement.[34][35]
WDDZ^1	550	Pawtucket, Rhode Island	Providence metropolitan area	Sold in 2010;[36] station currently owned by Starboard Broadcasting.
WWCS^1	540	Canonsburg, Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh metropolitan area	Station owned by Birach Broadcasting Corporation but operated by Radio Disney Group under Time brokerage agreement;[37] the agreement expired on December 31, 2010 and Disney flipped the Radio Disney affiliation to WEAE.[38][39]
KMKI^1	620	Plano, Texas	Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex	Sold in 2015;[15] station owned by the Salem Media Group, now broadcasting a Business News/Talk format.
KMIC^1	1590	Houston, Texas	Greater Houston	Sold in 2014;[40] station owned by DAIJ Media, LLC
KRDY^1	1160	San Antonio, Texas	Greater San Antonio	Sold in 2013;[15] station owned by the Salem Media Group.
KWDZ^1	910	Salt Lake City, Utah	Salt Lake City metropolitan area	Sold in 2015; station owned by iHeartMedia.
WHKT^1	1650	Portsmouth, Virginia	Hampton Roads	Sold in 2010; station owned by the Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation.
WRJR^3	1010	Portsmouth, Virginia	Hampton Roads	Sold in 2010; station owned by the Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation. Under the Disney ownership, Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting operated the station under Local marketing agreement.[41]
WDZY^1	1290	Colonial Heights, Virginia	Greater Richmond Region	Sold in 2013;[42] station owned by the Richmond Christian Radio Corporation.
WKSH^1	1640	Sussex, Wisconsin	Milwaukee metropolitan area	Sold in 2014;[43] station owned by Starboard Broadcasting.

Notes:

• ^1 Former Radio Disney owned-and-operated station.
• ^2 Former ESPN Radio owned-and-operated station.
• ^3 Former Disney independent radio station.

See also

• Radio Disney
• Cumulus Media Networks (formerly ABC Radio Networks and Citadel Media)
• Disney–ABC Television Group

References

1. Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations - FCC
2. "RADIO DISNEY GROUP, LLC Entity Information". Corporation and Business Entity Database. New York Department of State's Division of Corporations, State Records and Uniform Commercial Code. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
3. CHANGES IN INTERESTS - KIID application to assign broadcast station
4. United States District Court - Central District of California - Western Division (May 10, 2012). "Case No. CV12-04073" (PDF). The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
5. Rosenthal, Phil (February 7, 2006). "Disney in deal to merge ABC Radio with Citadel". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
6. Lafayette, Jon (August 13, 2014). "Exclusive: Radio Disney Moving Off Air to Digital". Retrieved August 13, 2014.
7. Venta, Lance (August 13, 2014). "Radio Disney To Sell All But One Station". Radio Insight. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
8. "Radio Disney to Sell the Majority of Its Stations". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
9. "NERW Extra: No Signoffs for Disney AMs". Northeast Radio Watch. September 26, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014. (subscription required)
10. Consummation Notice - Federal Communications Commission
11. Salem Acquires Radio Disney’s Final Five - Radio Insight
12. "Application for Consent to Assign Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License or to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station or License" (ABC, Inc. to Radio Disney Group, LLC) - FCC and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement 2003
13. "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License" (WQUA) - FCC
14. Faith Talk Launches In Little Rock - Radio Insight
15. Radio Disney Sells Three - Radio Insight
16. "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 29, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
17. Radio Disney & ESPN AM Cutbacks - Radio Insight
18. Actualidad Buying WMYM 990-AM/Miami - Radio Ink Magazine
19. Station Sales Week Of 2/13 - Radio Insight
20. Parties to the Application - FCC
21. "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
22. Consummation Notice - FCC
23. Steckline buys Disney Radio station - Wichita Business Journal
24. Radio Disney Sells WDRD-A/Louisville - All Access Music Group
25. FCC status page for WBYU
26. Disney Sells KPHN Kansas City - Radio Insight
27. ESPN Back On In Louisville - All Access Music Group
28. Radio Disney Sells WFDF/Detroit To The Word Network - All Access
29. WFDF Detroit Joins The Word Network - Radio Insight
30. Disney Sells WMMK Cleveland - Radio Insight
31. FCC status page for WFRO
32. Radio Disney Sells Tulsa AM - All Access Music Group
33. FCC status page for KKSL
34. ABC buys two Portland radio stations - Portland Business Journal
35. The Big Trip 2006, Part VII: East From Portland
36. Salem Buys Former Radio Disney Station In Providence;Three Station Deals In California - All Access Music Group
37. WEAE Annual EEO - 2010
38. Pittsburgh ESPN 1250 changing format to Radio Disney - Pittsburgh Business Journal
39. Fybush, Scott (January 3, 2011). "New Year Dawns with Format Changes". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
40. "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 5, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
41. Hampton Roads - VARTV.com
42. Wilkins Acquires Two From Disney - Radio Insight
43. Starboard Media Foundation Acquires WKSH - Radio Insight

External links

• Radio Disney Medianet