KDIZ

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KDIZ
City of license Golden Valley, Minnesota
Broadcast area Minneapolis-St. Paul
Branding Radio Disney
Frequency 1440 AM (kHz)
Format Commercial; Children's music
Power 5,000 watts (day)
500 watts (night)
Callsign meaning DIZ=Disney
Owner Disney/ABC
Website www.radiodisney.com

KDIZ (1440 AM) is a radio station serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. They are owned by The Walt Disney Company, and air the Radio Disney radio network.

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The original call letters were WEVE and they played country music for many years. At one point, they were owned by the same company that owned KMSP, channel 9. When they acquired an FM station, they called it KADM (as in "Adam and Eve"). Eventually, the call letters for both stations became KQRS. The KQRS call sign stayed with 1440 AM, as a simulcast with their FM sister, until 1996, when that frequency changed over to become part of Radio Disney, with a children's format that competed with WWTC 1280 AM, then the flagship station of "Radio Aahs."

Disney had previously been collaborating with Radio Aahs, who's flagship was WWTC, also in Minneapolis. Disney dropped out of the contract and began competing with the outlet. After a lawsuit, a settlement was made between Disney and the former Aahs owners in 2002, finally being paid in 2005. With accumulated interest, it was a $12.4 million payment.

[edit] Radio Disney

Radio Disney stations in the United States
By call sign

KALY · KAVT · KDDZ · KDIS-FM · KDIS-AM · KDIZ · KDZR · KIID · KKDD · KKDZ · KMIC · KMIK · KMKI · KMKY · KMUS · KOCY · KOIL · KPHN · KQAM · KRDY · KWDZ · KYDZ · WAJD · WALL · WBWL · WBYU · WCOG · WDDY · WDDZ · WDRD · WDSS · WDWD · WDYZ · WDZK · WDZN · WDZY · WEOK · WFDF · WGFY · WHKT · WKSH · WMKI · WMNE · WMYM · WNEX · WOLF · WOLF · WOWW · WPGA · WQEW · WRDZ · WRDZ · WSDZ · WWCS · WWJZ · WWLF · WWMI · WWMK
By city

Albany · Albuquerque · Atlanta · Boston · Canonsburg/Pittsburgh · Charlotte · Chicago · Cleveland · Cumberland · Dallas/Fort Worth · Denver · Farmington Hills/Detroit · Fresno · Gainesville · Grand Rapids · Greensboro · Hartford · Houston · Indianapolis · Jacksonville · Kansas City · Little Rock · Louisville · Macon · Macon · Memphis · Miami · Middletown · Milwaukee · Minneapolis/St. Paul · Mt. Holly/Philadelphia · New Orleans · New York · Norfolk · Oklahoma City · Omaha · Omaha · Orlando · Pasadena/Los Angeles · Phoenix · Portland · Poughkeepsie · Providence · Richmond · Riverside · Sacramento · Salt Lake City · San Antonio · San Francisco · Seattle · St. Louis · Syracuse · Syracuse · Tampa · Tulsa · West Palm Beach · Wichita


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AM radio stations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market (Arbitron #16)

By Frequency: 630 | 690 | 740 | 770 | 830 | 900 | 950 | 980 | 1030 | 1080 | 1130 | 1220 | 1280 | 1330 | 1400 | 1440 | 1470 | 1500 | 1530 | 1570

By Callsign: KDIZ | KFAN | KFXN | KKMS | KLBB | KMNV | KQSP | KSTP | KTIS | KTNF | KUOM | KYCR | KYMN | WCCO | WCTS | WDGY | WLOL | WMIN | WWTC

See also: MSP (FM) (AM)

See also: List of United States radio markets
The Walt Disney Company

Board of directors: John Bryson | John S. Chen | Judith Estrin | Robert Iger (President, CEO) | Steve Jobs | Fred Langhammer | Aylwin Lewis | Monica Lozano | Robert Matschullat | George J. Mitchell (Chairman) | Leo J. O'Donovan | John E. Pepper, Jr. | Orin C. Smith

Publishing Assets: Disney Adventures | ESPN The Magazine | Hyperion
Interactive Assets: Disney.com | ABC.com | ABCNews.com | ESPN.com | Buena Vista Games | Go.com | Movies.com
Buena Vista Music Group: Walt Disney Records | Lyric Street Records | Hollywood Records | Mammoth Records
Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group: Buena Vista Distribution | The Walt Disney Studios | Walt Disney Pictures | Walt Disney Feature Animation | Touchstone Pictures | DisneyToon Studios | Pixar Animation Studios | Miramax Films | Miramax Family Films | Hollywood Pictures
ABC owned Television Stations: KABC | KFSN | KGO | KTRK | WABC | WJRT | WLS | WPVI | WTVD | WTVG
American Broadcasting Company: ABC1 | ABC Family | ABC News | ABC News Now | ESPN on ABC
ESPN Networks (80% owned): ESPN | ESPN2 | ESPNEWS | ESPN Classic | ESPNU | ESPN Deportes | ESPN HD | ESPN2 HD | ESPN Now | ESPN Plus | ESPN PPV | ESPN360
Other Cable Television Networks: Disney Channel | Jetix | SOAPnet | Toon Disney
Television Production and Distribution: Buena Vista Television | Touchstone Television | Walt Disney Television | Walt Disney Television Animation
Radio Stations: KABC | KDIS | KDIS | KDIZ | KESN | KGO | KKDZ | KLOS | KMKI | KMKY | KQRS | KSCS | KSFO | KSPN | KSPN | KTYS | KXXR | WABC | WBAP | WDRQ | WDVD | WEAE | WEPN | WFDF | WGVX | WGVY | WGVZ | WJR | WJZW | WKHX | WLS | WMAL | WMKI | WMVP | WPLJ | WRQX | WWMK | WYAY | WZZN
Radio Networks: ABC News & Talk | ABC News Radio | ABC Radio (sale to Citadel Broadcasting pending) | ESPN Radio | ESPN Deportes Radio | Radio Disney
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts: Disneyland Resort | Walt Disney World Resort | Tokyo Disney Resort¹| Disneyland Resort Paris | Hong Kong Disneyland Resort | Disney Cruise Line | Disney Regional Entertainment | Walt Disney Imagineering
¹Licensed and designed by Disney, owned and operated by The Oriental Land Company
Miscellaneous Assets: Reedy Creek Energy Services | Muppets Holding Company

Annual Revenue: $30.8 billion USD (2004) | Employees: 129,000 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: DIS | Website: disney.go.com


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