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Radio Disney Group, LLC
Limited liability company
Industry Radio broadcasting
Founded July 30, 2003 (2003-07-30)
Founder ABC Radio Networks
Defunct December 18, 2015
Headquarters ,
Area served
Nationwide
Owner The Walt Disney Company
Parent ABC, Inc.

Radio Disney Group, LLC was a Delaware 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 and the headquarters were located in New York City, New York.

Former owned and operated stations

Callsign Frequency City of license Broadcast area Comments
WQUA1 102.1 Citronelle, Alabama Mobile metropolitan area Sold in 2005; 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; 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; station owned by the Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation.
WMYM1 990 Miami, Florida Miami metropolitan area Sold in 2014; station owned by Actualidad Radio Group.
WDYZ1 990 Orlando, Florida Greater Orlando Sold in 2014 to the Pennsylvania Media Associates, Inc. (subsidiary of the Salem Media Group). The sale was consummated on March 27, 2015.
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; station owned by Steckline Communications.
WDRD1 2 680 Newburg, Kentucky Louisville metropolitan area Sold in 2010; station owned by UB Louisville, LLC.
WBYU1 1450 New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans metropolitan area Station was shut down on October 3, 2012.
KPHN1 1190 Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City metropolitan area Sold in 2014, station owned by the Catholic Radio Network.
KALY1 1240 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque metropolitan area Sold in 2010; 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; station owned by The Word Network.
WWMK1 1260 Cleveland, Ohio Greater Cleveland Sold in 2014; station is owned by St. Peters The Rock.
WFRO2 900 Fremont, Ohio Sandusky County, Ohio Station was shut down on June 23, 2004.
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; 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. Under the Disney ownership, the station was operated by Crawford Broadcasting under Local marketing agreement.
WDDZ1 550 Pawtucket, Rhode Island Providence metropolitan area Sold in 2010; 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; the agreement expired on December 31, 2010 and Disney flipped the Radio Disney affiliation to WEAE.
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.
WDZY1 1290 Colonial Heights, Virginia Greater Richmond Region Sold in 2013; station owned by the Richmond Christian Radio Corporation.
WKSH1 1640 Sussex, Wisconsin Milwaukee metropolitan area Sold in 2014; 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.
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