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As owner of 53 local radio stations, ABC Radio Group reaches 15 million listeners on a weekly basis. In addition, ABC Radio Networks provide programming to more than 4,600 affiliated stations and reach 126 million people weekly, with three full-service news networks, ESPN Radio, Paul Harvey News and Comment and Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, The Doug Banks Morning Show, American Country Countdown with Bob Kingsley, 12 ABC Radio 24-hour music formats, ABC Sports, and music and talk programming.
ABC Radio also includes Radio Disney, which is available in 48 markets, representing 54 percent of the country. About 2.5 million children ages 6-14 and 1.4 million moms tuned to Radio Disney on a weekly basis in 2001. Children's ratings rose 60 percent and moms' ratings soared 200 percent over the previous year. In May, Radio Disney launched its first non-English Radio Disney station outside the U.S., in Buenos Aires. Further expansion is planned over the next few years in South America, Mexico, Central America, Europe and Asia.
In November, ABC Radio announced a partnership to create the largest radio network reaching the African-American marketplace. Joined by affiliates from Radio One, the largest owner and operator of urban radio stations, ABC Radio Networks' Urban Advantage Network will be available to more than 93 percent of African-American consumers.
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