with it from Hudson Communications Corporation, a radio broadcasting company owned by Washington D.C. lawyer Joe McKenna, which owned the station from 1956 to 1985. Along with its FM sister, the acquisition was ABC's first foray into Minnesota broadcasting. The station again broke away from the simulcast on November 18, 1996, this time permanently, when it became one of the first four affiliates of the new Radio Disney with a children's format that competed with WWTC, then the flagship station of "Radio Aahs", which had its own children's format. The station's call letters changed to KDIZ on November 15, 1996. Disney had been collaborating with Radio Aahs, which was based in Minneapolis and had launched its children's format in 1990. Radio Aahs had grown to approximately 30 affiliate stations around the country. Disney withdrew from the Aahs contract and began competing against Aahs with Radio Disney. Children's Broadcasting Corp. sued Disney and was awarded $9.5 million in 2002. Disney appealed, and after the court upheld the judgement, it was paid in 2005; with accumulated interest, the total was $12.4 million. On November 12, 2005, the station made world news when a riot erupted at its "Jingle Jam Concert" featuring B5, forcing the venue, Brookdale Mall, to be closed. Members of the group were stripped of shirts, shoes and earrings. On August 13, 2014, Disney put KDIZ and 22 other Radio Disney stations up for sale, in order to focus more on digital distribution of the Radio Disney network. KDIZ held the distinction of being not only the longest-tenured Radio Disney station in its history, but also one of ABC's longest-tenured non-mainstream radio stations in its history. It was also the last-remaining Disney/ABC broadcast property in Minnesota, having had sold the others in 2007, with ABC Radio going to Citadel Broadcasting (KXXR, acquired in 1993, Love 105, acquired in 1997, and KQRS-FM, acquired in 1985). On September 15, 2015, it was announced that Salem Media Group acquired the last five Radio Disney owned-and-operated stations for sale (including KDIZ) for $2.225 million. KDIZ was acquired through Common Ground Broadcasting, Inc., for $375.000. Salem put a business news/talk format (which moved from 1570 AM) on the station in December 2015, after a brief period of silence. The format features Dave Ramsey and other business-talk oriented shows. The sale of KDIZ was completed on December 15, 2015. The station changed its callsign to KYCR