The Rise & Fall of The Disney Channel
21,893Explore 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