The Rise & Fall of The Disney Channel

Explore the untold history of The Disney Channel! From its origins in the 1970s, the channel’s near collapse in the 80s, the peak in the 90s & drastic changes into the 2000’s & Today.


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PRIMARY SOURCES:

The Disney Touch - Ron Grover

Prince of the Magic Kingdom - Joe Flower

https://www.infinitydish.com/blog/history-cable-tv-entertainment/

TDC Opening Day & Countdown Launch - https://archive.org/details/tdc-launch-pack-opening-day-countdown-1983-04-18 - waltsvault

A Report on the upcoming launch of The Disney Channel - Entertainment Tonight - https://archive.org/details/tdc-launch-pack-opening-day-countdown-1983-04-18 - waltsvault

Uploader main page for Disney Channel Launch Pack footage- https://archive.org/details/@waltsvault

ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

J-BoZ61, SN9DA - DeviantArt.com (DC logos)

https://blog.bendbroadband.com/business/2013/09/23/happy-birthday-bendbroadband/

https://www.cablecompare.com/blog/the-complete-history-of-cable-tv

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney_Channel_original_films

https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0017/001700035-001.pdf

https://lostmediawiki.com/Dreamfinders_(unproduced_Disney_Channel_series_based_on_%22Journey_Into_Imagination%22_Epcot_ride;_1983)

https://www.mouseplanet.com/12387/Dreamfinders_The_Disney_Channel_TV_Series_That_Never_Was

Dreamfinder Script:

https://archive.org/details/DREAMFINDER - Waltsvault

https://www.cablecenter.org/the-barco-library/the-hauser-oral-history-project/i-j-listings/james-jimirro-program-penn-state-collection

https://www.c-span.org/video/?88768-1/disney-channel-launch

https://www.c-span.org/video/?88713-1/women-cable

https://www.c-span.org/video/?599-1/hollywood-cable-industry

http://www.thetvratingsguide.com/2020/02/tvrg-ratings-history-update-20.html

Inside the Rise of HBO - Bill Mesce, Jr.

https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/disney-shifts-to-basic-1117468360/

https://d23.com/a-to-z/disney-channel-premiere-films/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Channel
VIDEO & IMAGE CREDITS:

(In Order of Appearance)

(The rest are continued in a pinned comment)

90s Toy Commercials Vol. 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzD1lQCF20Y - The Comic Coalition

Disney's Aladdin for SEGA Genesis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs0RbXne5dI - Genkisan

Disney Channel Pre-Launch 1983 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUFKJlGpSl0 - TooniFNT's Tape Trove

1991 Free Disney Channel Preview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSWKcd2lF68&t=11s - TheClassicSports -

Dumbo’s Circus - A Lion Needs a Mane - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7KKWaXa2pI&t=132s - The DVD Hole’3’

Disney Channel Commercial Bloack 997 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BN67YopTKc&t=556s - Analog Commercial Compilations & Blocks

Mousercise 1983 Episode 19 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A-rgLgSKCs&t=16s - Mary Woodhouse

Welcome To Pooh Corner Intro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC3jfYqKDmE - HunnyPot

Disney’s Our Channel Music Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmYOH6bvo7M - RetroCommercialsGuy2000

Disney Channel Commercials June 28th 1985 signoff - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPBdy5SjN1Y&t=81s - VideoRewind

The Disney Channel Freeview Winathon promos November 1987 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWYR8OpI1rU&t=216s - Mickey’s VHS and Betamax Finds

TDC Opening Day & Countdown Launch - https://archive.org/details/tdc-launch-pack-opening-day-countdown-1983-04-18 - waltsvault

Uploader main page - https://archive.org/details/@waltsvault

The Disney Channel Countdown Launch - April 18, 1983 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWzAfvqtGik&t=4s - Walt’s Vault

Dinosaurs: The Terrible Lizards - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ9RXDUYhzI&t=72s - Stefan Grabowski

The History of Television - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYpWYJ3f7Jw&t=193s - Tech Nerd

John Logie Baird and the Invention of Television - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdfhcHZEkFU&t=74s - MIX iT

“TV is King” - BBC Film documentary - The rarest television technology on earth - 1994 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWTMenjrAwI&t=1248s - LEMAN PRODUCTIONS Ltd

Baird televisor(the first television)1926 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjvkV2rjXG0 - Jawwwp

Texaco Star Theater video 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxLzLnBsH_o&t=241s - Classic Television

Vintage old 1950's Westinghouse 17" Lynwood Television TV Commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bNmeEcRCaA&t=50s - Vintage Fanatic

Westinghouse Television Set - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDsg4P5HG6w&t=14s - suprnovadf2

Westinghouse 1956 TV Set commercial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6hnpF6wjNU&t=33s - Cria56

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