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Radio Disney Joins the iTunes Radio Line-Up.


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: DIS), the number one radio destination for kids, tweens and families in the U.S., is now available via streaming live broadcasts on the iTunes Radio Tuner, in the "Top 40/Pop" section. The 24-hour, kid-driven radio network is also heard on over 50 stations in the U.S. and in the United Kingdom, Japan and most of South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . In the U.S., Radio Disney is also available on XM and Sirius satellite radio
"SIRIUS" redirects here. For other uses, see Sirius (disambiguation).
Sirius Satellite Radio NASDAQ: SIRI is one of two satellite radio (SDARS) services operating in the United States and Canada, along with XM Satellite Radio.
, digital cable television's Music Choice channel, an on-demand music channel on Verizon/VOD, on XM/DIRECTV and on RadioDisney.com.

Jill Casagrande, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Radio Disney, says, "A generation of kids are accustomed to listening to their music, their way on Radio Disney and we've seen their demographic advance a digital media revolution so extending our Radio Disney programming to the iTunes Radio Tuner platform furthers our goal to provide Disney-quality entertainment to kids and families wherever they are and whenever they want it."

Celebrating 10 years on the airwaves, Radio Disney is a 24/7 radio network devoted to kids, tweens and families. Kids help pick the music that is played and are encouraged to interact via a toll-free line to the Radio Disney studio. The network's current playlist A file that contains an index to a selected group of music files on the computer. Using digital jukebox software such as iTunes and Winamp, playlists are created by the user by dragging and dropping titles from a master index. The software may be able to create a playlist automatically. , driven by listener requests and representing major record labels, includes recording artists Everlife, Hilary Duff, Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana, Rihanna, Bowling for Soup Bowling for Soup is an American Grammy nominated, comedy influenced pop punk band who originally formed in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1994. Now based in Denton, Texas, the band is best known for their singles "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" (a 2003 Grammy Award nominee) and "1985. , B5, Weezer, Aaron Carter, Raven-Symone, Jump 5, Pink, The Cheetah Girls, JoJo, Ashlee Simpson and Jesse McCartney.

Radio Disney's local radio stations across the U.S. further connect with millions of listeners through daily community-based events ranging from concerts, charity fundraisers, sponsored events and street team and personal appearances. Radio Disney brand extensions include multiple Radio Disney Jams CDs from Walt Disney Records Walt Disney Records is a record company and part of The Walt Disney Company.

The label was established in 1956 under the name Disneyland Records; its first release was A Child's Garden of Verses. The company changed to its current name in 1989.
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Radio Disney has been honored with the "Silver Angel Award for Excellence in Programming," the iParenting "Media Excellence Award," the Radio Ink "Reader's Choice Award" for Best Full Time Format, and Media Industry Newsletter's "Integrated Marketing Award."

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