Talk:Radio Disney
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[edit] Most Powerful Station
Radio Disney has several stations that broadast with the maximum power level allowed by the FCC. These include WQEW - New York, KMIK - Phoenix, WDYZ - Orlando, WWJZ - Philadelphia (Mount Holly), WFDF - Detroit, KDIZ - Pasadena.
The area of coverage depends on several factors. During day light hours the main factor is the ground conductivity in the area being served followed by the frequency of the station. Lower frequencies travel further than higher frequencies.
During night hours the level of skywave interference is the main factor. KMIK runs 50,000 watts at night. But the 43mV/m level of sky interference received from stations in Mexico limits the range the station can be heard at night.
[edit] Question
Is radio Disney just one station that is continuously syndicated across the country, or are there multiple stations that carry the Radio Disney name and format? TPREX 06:09, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
== Answer ==
Radio Disney is a Brand. The audio format originates from a single studio and is distributed to various sources around the world. The Radio Disney you hear, here in America orignates from the ABC Radio Networks studios in Dallas, Texas. The format is sent via satellite to several dozen radio stations around the USA. Many are owned by the parent company. A few are not owned by TWDC and these are just affilate stations. The network's distribution to radio stations is done via the ABC Radio Network satellite signal on SES Americom's AMC8 satellite. The format is also sent to XM Satellite Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio, Cable Choice, DirecTV and it is sent over to a cable company in Japan.
The local AM and FM radio stations that air Radio Disney programming do not alter or change the format. They just insert local commercials, liners and station legal ID's. They also do long form public affairs shows on weekends. Since radio stations are licensed by the federal government to serve the public the station's take this time to discuss local issues that are of interest to it's listeners in each community. So in short there is one audio format source that is distributed around the USA on multiple platforms.
There is also a Radio Disney radio station in Argentina. It orginates it's own programming while licensing the brand name.
Thanks for clering that up!TPREX 03:47, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Newbie question
How do I edit the very first paragraph of this article? When I click on the edit tab, what I see starts with the list of stations. I wanted to clean up the last sentence about the legal dispute.
Karl
[edit] Code word
They have the same code word for the day so let's say the code word is "five" the code word is vaild from 12:00am to 11:59PM the next day , at 12:00 Am there will be a new code word. There will only be one word for the code word that day.
69.251.131.9 22:36, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
