It is said that "he who pays the piper calls the tune," and it was clear by 1932 from whence came the funding of "Debs radio." The "Jewish Daily Forward's" investment in the station soon swelled to nearly $250,000 and its influence over programming increased commensurately. Throughout the 1930s the station's editorial line moved steadily away from explicitly socialist politics to a more centrist orientation, paralleling the political perspective of "The Forward" itself. The "Forward" also underwrote the 1938 purchase of WFAB.