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
