Radio Disney

[Doug Drown]

> On the cable side an operator has no choice but to carry The Disney 
> Channel at a hefty fee because otherwise they can't carry ESPN
unless they pick up Mickey.

If that's the case, either we're gettin' cheated up here or somebody has 
found a loophole.  Our local cable system carries both ESPN and ESPN 2, but 
we don't get Disney.  I've often wondered why.
-Doug




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>
To: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@myfairpoint.net>; "(newsgroup) 
Boston-Radio-Interest" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: Radio Disney


>I saw in the Chicago Tribune yesterday that Paul Harvey was
> responsible for ninety percent of the income of ABC Radio Network.
>
> Also the story noted that Citadel was officially dislisted by the NYSE
> the day before Harvey died.
>
> Disney thinks enough of the Radio Disney franchise that they bought
> 1260. On the cable side an operator has no choice but to carry The
> Disney Channel at a hefty fee because otherwise they can't carry ESPN
> unless they pick up Mickey.
>
> On 3/3/09, Doug Drown <revdoug1@myfairpoint.net> wrote:
>> Interesting how Disney/ABC can continue to run Radio Disney and ESPN but
>> felt financially compelled to spin off the other radio networks and the
>> radio O&Os.  I guess it tells us something about demographics and the 
>> state
>> of things.   -Doug
>>
>