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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

At the top of the page, click "edit this page". Hope this helps (...).68.20.27.254 18:36, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[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)


[edit] Akon Legal Issues on RD

I e-mailed Radio Disney about Akon songs no longer being played this was my email to them

Comments: I went to request an Akon song on your website and was disappointed to see it is no longer an option anymore. Were there problems with "Lonely" and "Don't Matter"? I know for sure that they were previously played on the air. Just wondering...

They replied with

Dear Radio Disney Listener,

It's so cool of you to drop this e-mail by RadioDisney.com!

Due to legal issues in Trinidad, Akon's songs have been dropped from our playlist.

Keep listening to Radio Disney and have a rockin' day!

Thank You, RadioDisney.com Disney Online Member Services


Maybe if somehow we could find more info on it we could add a 'legal issues' section or something like that... just wondering --♫Twinkler4♫ (Talk to me!) 23:29, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

It was because of him being with hat underaged girl in that club. They found Akon unsuitable for kids.

Yet people continuously replace akon as one of the artist that get their songs played, along with Shop Boyz and Maroon 5, I have NEVER heard these artists on RD. RHCP is a little more likely, but not much. --♫Twinkler4♫ (Talk to me!) 21:25, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Well in my opinion as long as Radio Disney played his music in the past, then he still deserves to be in there. As for Shop Boyz I've heard their "arty Like a Rock Star" on the playlist as well, as for Maroon 5 "She Will Be Loved", "This Love", and "makes me Wonder" are on the playlist, I've heard them continuously on RD sometimes as well. As for RHCP, I've heard "Under the Bridge", "Scar Tissue", and "Dani California" a couple of times, but they are rarely played nowadays since RHCP is pretty much not well known in the generation which RD is current targeting. Mumble45 01:46, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Also I recently heard "Stronger" by Kanye West on RD, yet heavily edited, however received airplay. Mumble45 01:48, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Music featured

I dunno but doesn't RD play RHCP?

[edit] merge proposal

It has been proposed that station specific articles for Radio Disney stations which do not have be merged into Radio Disney where appropriate. Stations which provide no local programming or other content and carry nothing but network provided programming lack sufficient notability to warrant an article. However, any station that does provide sufficient local programming (do any Radio Disney stations provide any local programming?) or has a history which warrants coverage, should not be merged. See WP:WPRS for more information. Any opinions, additional information on these stations or suggestions would be appreciated.--Rtphokie (talk) 04:48, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I'd vote against it. Merging the article into Radio Disney would result in the loss of the broadcast history of the station. Owners and formats come and go. That's my 2¢. --Igoldste (talk) 19:42, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
I'd be weakly against. I'd tend to agree with Igoldste; for example, the article I found the merge tag on, WOLF (AM), is 51% owned by a Craig Fox company, has been on the air since the 1940s, and appear to have had Dick Clark and Marv Albert as station alumni. That might be an unusual example of a station with a history, but I suspect it might not be all that unusual. On the other hand, there are at least a few Radio Disney stations that were established as Radio Disney, if I remember. Maybe stations that came on the air as Radio Disney, or didn't have a very long length of service prior to Radio Disney, might be candidates. Or make a "Radio Disney stations" article with a section for each station; that would let us preserve the infoboxes with coordinates/callsign histories in them. --Closeapple (talk) 23:34, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
I'd vote STRONGLY against this idea, because the individual station frequencies are not owned by Radio Disney, but are LICENSED to serve their individual communities. As long as the identities of such stations are required to broadcast alongside the communities they serve, I believe they meet the notability guidelines of Wikipedia and deserve separate articles. PastorMatt (talk) 00:20, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Comment no history will be lost. Any articles with significant history will be left as is. Articles with a sentence or two will be considered for merging. Articles with no history and nothing more than just the basic FCC and Arbitron information will simply be redirected.--Rtphokie (talk) 01:41, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Strongly opposed to merging WQEW, WOLF (AM), or WMKI; these stations have important histories in their markets (and in the case of WQEW, national importance as a clear-channel station). J. Random X-bander I don't care so much about, particularly for the three or four that have never been anything other than RD. 121a0012 (talk) 07:12, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
I also strongly oppose, due to the fact that many of these stations have rich histories in the past under other formats and owners (such as WWMI). I also suggest reverting the station's pages that have already been redirected. Even though their history may be hard to find, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Give them a chance, will you? -- azumanga (talk) 03:00, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Also strongly opposed. Each station should have an individual page giving at least some minimal history and location/technical data. Mike Doughney (talk) 02:10, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Oppose. Should we merge all radio stations into the article of whoever owns the station? Stations change hands. How much trouble is it going to be to constantly have to be rebuilding pages and moving content from place to place as that happens? We might as well argue that we should wait for a single corporation to own them all, which they're working on anyway. Chadlupkes (talk) 04:41, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Currently/recently popular songs

Radio Disney does NOT play music from Chamillionaire, Soulja Boy, Flo-Rida or T-Pain. Please check their request page here for a list of current and recently played songs that they do play. This article is for the Radio Disney broadcasting in the United States. If a Radio Disney in another country plays these songs, please list them in that particular article. Mathwiz593 (talk) 19:23, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Another error in that section says S.O.S. by the Jonas Brothers was the longest running number one song. The record is actually held by *NSYNC's "Pop," which was the number one song on the Top 30 Countdown for 34 consecutive weeks from June 3, 2001 to January 27, 2002. Denim&Co. (talk) 21:03, 26 May 2008 (UTC)