Disney channel biography

Disney Branded Television is a division of Walt Disney Television (part of Disney General Entertainment Content), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.

Alan Wagner (1983–1984)

Further information: History of Disney Channel § 1977–1983: Origins

Wagner left CBS in 1982 when the Walt Disney Company approached him to become the first president of Disney Channel.

The cable channel was a novel idea at the time, being the first cable station to be entirely dedicated to programming for children and the family.

Disney channel biography

Given a $100 million budget, Wagner put together a staff of programmers to create new shows for the channel in addition to drawing from Disney’s extensive collection of prior television programs and films. The channel's first broadcasting day aired on April 18, 1983.

It initially started with a 16-hour-a-day service.

Wagner left Disney Channel after the station's first year of programming, after which he formed his own independ