Radio Disney Group

Radio Disney Group, LLC was a Delaware limited liability company that owned and operated 15 radio stations in 13 states. Radio Disney Group was owned by the Disney–ABC Television GroupCHANGES IN INTERESTS - KIID application to assign broadcast station and the headquarters were located in New York City, New York City.
==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 includedABC RADIO TO MERGE WITH CITADEL BROADCASTING - Disney Corporate (among which, Radio Disney Group owned the majority of the owned-and-operated affiliates).
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 continud carrying Radio Disney programming until they were sold. The sale of the last station (WSDZ,Consummation Notice - Federal Communications Commission to Salem Media Group)Salem Acquires Radio Disney’s Final Five - Radio Insight was completed on December 18, 2015.
==Former owned and operated stations==
Callsign"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	Frequency	City of license 	Broadcast area 	Comments
WQUA1 	102.1 	Citronelle, Alabama 	Mobile metropolitan area 	Sold in 2005;"Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License" (WQUA) - FCC non-commercial station owned by the Family Worship Center Church, Inc.
KMIK1 	1580 	Phoenix, Arizona 	Greater Phoenix 	Sold in 2015; station owned by Gabriella Broadcasting Licensee.
KDIS-FM1 	99.5 	Little Rock, Arkansas 	Little Rock, Arkansas 	Sold in 2013;Faith Talk Launches In Little Rock - Radio InsightRadio Disney Sells Three - Radio Insight station owned by the Salem Media Group.
KIID1 	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.
KDDZ1 	1690 	Arvada, Colorado 	Denver metropolitan area 	Sold in 2015 to Salem Media Group.
WDZK1 	1550 	Bloomfield, Connecticut 	Greater Hartford 	Sold in 2010; station owned by Blount Communications.
WBWL1 	600 	Jacksonville, Florida 	Jacksonville metropolitan area 	Sold in 2010;Radio Disney & ESPN AM Cutbacks - Radio Insight station owned by the Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation.
WMYM1 	990 	Miami, Florida 	Miami metropolitan area 	Sold in 2014; station owned by Actualidad Radio Group.Actualidad Buying WMYM 990-AM/Miami - Radio Ink MagazineStation Sales Week Of 2/13 - Radio Insight
WDYZ1 	990 	Orlando, Florida 	Greater Orlando 	Sold in 2014 to the Pennsylvania Media Associates, Inc. (subsidiary of the Salem Media Group).Parties to the Application - FCC The sale was consummated on March 27, 2015.Consummation Notice - FCC
WWMI1 	1380 	St. Petersburg, Florida 	Tampa Bay Area 	Sold in 2015 to Salem Media Group.
WGFY1 	1480 	Charlotte, North Carolina 	Charlotte Metropolitan Area 	Sold in 2015. Owned by Charlotte Advent Media Corporation.
WMKI1 	1260 	Boston, Massachusetts 	Greater Boston Area 	Sold in 2015; station owned by Salem Media Group. The sale was consummated on September 3, 2015.
WMNE1 	1600 	Riviera Beach, Florida 	Miami metropolitan area 	Sold in 2010; station owned by Travis Media.
WSDZ1 	1260 	Belleville, Illinois 	Greater St. Louis 	Sold to Salem Media Group in 2015.
WRDZ-FM1 	98.3 	Plainfield, Indiana 	Indianapolis metropolitan area 	Sold in 2015; station owned by iHeartMedia.
KQAM1 	1480 	Wichita, Kansas 	Wichita metropolitan area 	Sold in 2009;Steckline buys Disney Radio station - Wichita Business Journal station owned by Steckline Communications.
WDRD1 2 	680 	Newburg, Kentucky 	Louisville metropolitan area 	Sold in 2010;Radio Disney Sells WDRD-A/Louisville - All Access Music Group station owned by UB Louisville, LLC.
WBYU1 	1450 	New Orleans, Louisiana 	New Orleans metropolitan area 	Station was shut down on October 3, 2012.FCC status page for WBYU
KPHN1 	1190 	Kansas City, Missouri 	Kansas City metropolitan area 	Sold in 2014,Disney Sells KPHN Kansas City - Radio Insight station owned by the Catholic Radio Network.
KALY1 	1240 	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM	Albuquerque metropolitan area 	Sold in 2010;ESPN Back On In Louisville - All Access Music Group station currently owned by KD Radio, Inc.
WDDY1 	1460 	Albany, New York 	Capital District 	Sold in 2013; station owned by Pax et Bonum, Inc.
WFDF1 	910 	Farmington Hills, Michigan 	Metro Detroit, Flint and The Thumb	Sold in 2014;Radio Disney Sells WFDF/Detroit To The Word Network - All Access station owned by The Word Network.WFDF Detroit Joins The Word Network - Radio Insight
WWMK1 	1260 	Cleveland, Ohio 	Greater Cleveland 	Sold in 2014; station is owned by St. Peters The Rock.Disney Sells WMMK Cleveland - Radio Insight
WFRO2 	900 	Fremont, Ohio 	Sandusky County, Ohio 	Station was shut down on June 23, 2004.FCC status page for WFRO
KDZR1 	1640 	Lake Oswego, Oregon 	Portland metropolitan area 	Sold in 2015 to Salem Media Group.
WWJZ1 	640 	Mount Holly, New Jersey 	Delaware Valley 	Sold to Starboard Media Foundation.
KMUS1 	1380 	Sperry, Oklahoma 	Tulsa metropolitan area 	Sold in 2011;Radio Disney Sells Tulsa AM - All Access Music Group spanish-language station owned by Radio Las Americas, LLC.
KKSL3 	1290 	Lake Oswego, Oregon 	Portland metropolitan area 	The license was cancelled on February 23, 2006.FCC status page for KKSL Under the Disney ownership, the station was operated by Crawford Broadcasting under Local marketing agreement.ABC buys two Portland radio stations - Portland Business JournalThe Big Trip 2006, Part VII: East From Portland
WDDZ1 	550 	Pawtucket, Rhode Island 	Providence metropolitan area 	Sold in 2010;Salem Buys Former Radio Disney Station In Providence;Three Station Deals In California - All Access Music Group station currently owned by Starboard Broadcasting.
WWCS1 	540 	Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 	Pittsburgh metropolitan area 	Station owned by Birach Broadcasting Corporation but operated by Radio Disney Group under Time brokerage agreement;WEAE Annual EEO - 2010 the agreement expired on December 31, 2010 and Disney flipped the Radio Disney affiliation to WEAE.Pittsburgh ESPN 1250 changing format to Radio Disney - Pittsburgh Business Journal
KMKI1 	620 	Plano, Texas 	Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex 	Sold in 2015; station owned by the Salem Media Group, now broadcasting a Business News/Talk format.
KMIC1 	1590 	Houston, Texas 	Greater Houston 	Sold in 2014; station owned by DAIJ Media, LLC
KRDY1 	1160 	San Antonio, Texas 	Greater San Antonio 	Sold in 2013; station owned by the Salem Media Group.
KWDZ1 	910 	Salt Lake City, Utah 	Salt Lake City metropolitan area 	Sold in 2015; station owned by iHeartMedia.
WHKT1 	1650 	Portsmouth, Virginia 	Hampton Roads 	Sold in 2010; station owned by the Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation.
WRJR3 	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.Hampton Roads - VARTV.com
WDZY1 	1290 	Colonial Heights, Virginia 	Greater Richmond Region 	Sold in 2013;Wilkins Acquires Two From Disney - Radio Insight station owned by the Richmond Christian Radio Corporation.
WKSH1 	1640 	Sussex, Wisconsin 	Milwaukee metropolitan area 	Sold in 2014;Starboard Media Foundation Acquires WKSH - Radio Insight 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==
==External links==
*Radio Disney's website
*Radio Disney Medianet
*Disney–ABC Television Group
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