The network broadcast music programming oriented towards children, pre-teens and teenagers, focusing mainly on current hit music and a heavy emphasis on teen idols (particularly those signed with Disney Music Group record labels, such as Hollywood and Walt Disney); compared to most CHR stations, Radio Disney was far more aggressive in playing only current hits and eschewed recurrent rotation.

[14] On August 26, Radio Disney was launched in Los Angeles on KTZN/710, and by the end of the year, the network had 14 affiliates.

Radio Disney purchased KAAM (AM) (Plano, Texas) for $12 million and switched the station to the network in August.

[21] In April 2002, Radio Disney began using a new logo, which was followed by the network redesigning its website, and changing its slogan to "Your Music, Your Way" on May 28, 2002.

[24] 2006 marked the network's 10th anniversary; Radio Disney rebroadcast its first hour of programming from November 18, 1996, on June 6, 2006, at around 4:58 pm.

[citation needed] Also, as part of the 10th anniversary, Radio Disney held the "Totally 10 Birthday Concert" on July 22, 2006, at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California.

[citation needed] In August 2006, operational duties of Radio Disney were transferred to the company's Disney–ABC Cable Networks Group (currently d.b.a.

[30] In November 2008, Radio Disney relocated its main operations from Dallas to Los Angeles.

[17] On October 8, 2008 the network launched the Next Big Thing feature which allowed listeners to vote on young unsigned artists' songs to be played.

[33] By 2009, Radio Disney was starting to reduce its station footprint to the larger markets to make the network more profitable.

[2] On August 13, 2014, Radio Disney's general manager Phil Guerini announced plans to sell all but one of its remaining owned-and-operated stations on or before September 26, 2014, in order to focus more on the network's programming, co-branded events, and digital outlets.

[4][5] Radio Disney began to wind down operations on December 31, 2020, as their DJ's hosted their final shows, and was discontinued on SiriusXM on that same date.

On January 1, the station ceased its Top 40 format and switched to an automated throwback playlist which mainly consisted of songs from throughout the 24-year history of the network.

[6] The Radio Disney app and website shut down on January 22, 2021, while the station continued to broadcast on iHeartRadio until it was removed sometime during March.

The final song Radio Disney played prior to being switched was “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield.

The network aired edited versions of some Top 40 songs (which remove profanity and any other suggestive content, and in most cases replaces it with re-recorded lyrics specifically for the station) to make them appropriate for younger listeners.

[49] My Dream stars Daphne Blunt as a 14-year-old girl trying to make a name for herself in the music industry while dealing with the usual struggles, responsibilities and emotional ups and downs of an everyday teen.

[50] Radio Disney carried a number of features from interactive contests to informational programs.

In 2000 and 2001, Radio Disney launched two separate "world tours" that traveled to major U.S. cities including Atlanta, New York City, Boston, Dallas, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.

In 2000, the tour featured up-and-coming talent (No Authority, Myra) and then Radio Disney DJs, Mark and Zippy.

[52][56] Like its sister station, Radio Disney Country emphasized current hits and used little recurrent rotation.

[58] In July 2019, Radio Disney Country opened a Nashville Music Row based studio.

The hour long block focused on music for the preschool age plus fun "audio theater" with Disney Junior characters.

The last separately-owned Radio Disney affiliate, WOLF in Syracuse, New York, left the network on February 1, 2014.

KDIS would be retained to serve as the originator of Radio Disney's programming, and its operations was assumed by the network's national staff.

Internationally, there are Radio Disney stations in Chile, Poland, Argentina, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Panama, and the Dominican Republic.

Similar to Radio Disney in the U.S., it broadcasts in Spanish to Argentina,[89] Bolivia, Chile,[90] Nicaragua,[91] Ecuador,[92] Guatemala, Paraguay,[93] Uruguay,[94] Dominican Republic, Panama, Costa Rica,[95] Mexico,[96][97] Peru[98] and in Portuguese to Brazil.