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.

On November 12th, 2005 the station made world news when a riot erupted at their Jingle Jam Concert featuring B5 forced the venue Northtown Mall to be closed. Members of the group were stripped of shirts, shoes and earrings.

Adam Watt - Account Executive
Amy Yamor - Account Executive (2005-2006)
Brian Acker - General Manager (1996-2001)
Chuck Henninger - Account Executive
Dan Lemke - Account Executive
Denise Manzer - Account Executive
Diane Kline - Receptionsist/Account Executive
Erin Schnobrich - Account Executive/Promotions Director (2001-2006)
Heather Radford/Francis - Intern/Account Executive
Heather Schuester/Jacobson - Promotions Assistant
Jennifer Crawford
Jody Bergen - Receptionist
Kathy Haram - Business Office
Kevin McCarthy - Promotions Director (2006-Current)
Kim Martinez - Business Office
Laura Olson - General Manager (2001-2006)
Maren Ludwig - Account Executive (2006-Current)
Nicole Eller - Business Office
Paul Serafin (PJ The DJ) - Promotions Assistant
Rachel Anderson/Buechler - Promotions Director (1997-2000)
Teresa Joiner - Account Executive (1997-2001)
Tess Juntunen - Promotions Assist/Promotions Director

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




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 | KZTG | WCCO | WCTS | WDGY | WLOL | WMIN | WWTC

Satellite Radio Local Traffic/Weather: XM Channel 219

See also: MSP (FM) (AM)

Minnesota Radio Markets
Duluth-Superior AM/FM  · Fargo-Moorhead AM/FM  · Grand Forks (ND) AM/FM  · Mankato-New Ulm-St. Peter  · Minneapolis-St. Paul AM/FM  · Rochester AM/FM  · St. Cloud
See also: List of United States radio markets
The Walt Disney Company (ABC)
v • d • e

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

Publishing Assets: Disney Adventures | ESPN The Magazine | Hyperion
Interactive Assets: Disney.com | Disney Interactive Studios | ABC.com | ABCNews.com | ESPN.com | 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 Animation Studios (formerly 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 | ESPNHD | ESPN2HD | ESPN Now | ESPN Plus | ESPN PPV | ESPN360 | NASN
Other Cable Television Networks: Disney Channel | Jetix | SOAPnet | Toon Disney | A&E Television Networks (37.5%) | Lifetime Entertainment Services (50%)
Television Production and Distribution: ABC Television Studio (Formerly Touchstone Television) | Buena Vista Television | Walt Disney Television | Walt Disney Television Animation
Radio Stations (most pending sale to Citadel Broadcasting): 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 (sale to Citadel Broadcasting pending) | 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
Miscellaneous Assets: Reedy Creek Energy Services | The Muppets Studio

¹Licensed and designed by Disney, owned and operated by The Oriental Land Company

*These five ESPN Radio stations are excluded from the pending sale of ABC Radio to Citadel Broadcasting.

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


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