Radio Disney Group, LLC was a

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that owned most of the Radio Disney radio stations operating in each U.S. state. Radio Disney Group was owned by the

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and the headquarters were located in

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, New York.

History

The company was founded on July 30, 2003 by the

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, a former subsidiary of

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. In the sale of the

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(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 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

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and livestream radio (such as on

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). 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. The sale of the last station (

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Former owned and operated stations

Notes: *¹ Former Radio Disney owned-and-operated station. *² Former ESPN Radio owned-and-operated station. *³ Former Disney independent radio station.

References

External links

Radio Disney Medianet
{{Disney–ABC stations

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History

Former owned and operated stations

See also

References

External links