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. Giorgianni of Colour", R. W. G. Hunt. In addition, Giorgianni is an award-winning instructor and frequent lecturer at technical symposia and universities. Giorgianni retired from the Eastman Kodak Company in 2005, although he continues to consult and lecture. Edward J. Giorgianni Edward J. Giorgianni is an Imaging Scientist formerly of the Imaging Research and Advanced Development Division at Eastman Kodak Company. Giorgianni is best known for his contributions in the field of color science and hold numerous patents in the fields of color management and imaging technology. Among his inventions are the digital color-encoding methods used on many commercial imaging systems,