American Broadcasting Company Blue Network was purchased by the new company Noble founded, the American Broadcasting System. Noble subsequently acquired the rights to the "American Broadcasting Company" name from George B. Storer in 1944; its parent company adopted the corporate name American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Woods retained his position as president and CEO of ABC until December 1949, and was subsequently promoted to vice-chairman of the board before leaving ABC altogether on June 30, 1951. Meanwhile, in August 1944, the West Coast division of the Blue Network, which owned San Francisco radio station KGO, bought Los Angeles station KECA from Earle C. Anthony
Edward J. Connelly of Elks, Knights of Columbus, and Ancient Order of Hibernians. Connelly died on December 28, 1960 in Wakefield. Wakefield's Connelly Park and the Edward J. Connelly Criminal Justice Training Center in Agawam, Massachusetts are named after Connelly. Edward J. Connelly Edward J. Connelly was an American military officer during World War I. Connelly was born on October 10, 1876 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. His family later moved to Wakefield, Massachusetts and he graduated from Wakefield High School. Connelly enlisted as a private in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, which saw action in Puerto Rico in during the Spanish–American War. He later served