WFAN (AM) sell off one of its radio networks. The company decided to keep the Red Network, and it was rebranded as the NBC Radio Network after the Blue Network was divested to Edward J. Noble, which was later renamed the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). WEAF's call letters were changed to WNBC in 1946, then to WRCA in 1954, and back to WNBC in 1960. During the 1960s, WNBC relied less on network programming and adopted a talk format, followed by a switch to a MOR music sound. The station spent much of the 1970s and early 1980s flipping between the Top
Edward J. Powers Edward J. Powers Edward J. Powers was an American business executive who served as president and general manager of the Boston Garden. Powers was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He graduated from the Bentley School of Accounting and Finance and the Northeastern University School of Business. Prior to working for the Boston Garden, Powers was a junior accountant for a Boston tool company. After spending months lobbying Boston Garden treasurer George Clare for a job, Powers was hired as an accounting clerk in January 1929. He moved up the ranks to the positions of vice president-assistant treasurer and then vice president-treasurer.