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Other articles where Blue Network is discussed: American Broadcasting Company: Origins: …called the Red and the Blue networks. After the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) declared in 1941 that no company could own more than one radio network, NBC in 1943 sold the less-lucrative Blue Network to Edward J. Noble, the millionaire maker of Life Savers candy, who initially renamed it the…
Jul 21, 2023 · In 1943 NBC sold the less-profitable blue network to Edward J. Noble, who had made his fortune as the head of Life Savers Inc. 1948 ABC turned its attention to television in 1948 but met with little success until it merged with United Paramount Theatres (UPT), formerly the movie-exhibition arm of Paramount Pictures.
Follow @TIME. In Manhattan last week, bushy-browed Edward J. Noble, who made a mint out of Life Savers, turned a businessman's hard and appraising eye on network television's prospects. Noble is chairman of American Broadcasting Co. and he was speaking to his company's stockholders. The way he saw it, TV was no way for a broadcaster to get rich ...
And Life Savers® are only a small piece of his story. Edward John Noble (1882-1958) was born in Gouverneur, NY and educated in the public schools. He attended Syracuse University and graduated from Yale in 1905. He started the LifeSavers® Candy Company in 1913. In 1912, chocolate manufacturer Clarence Crane, from Cleveland, Ohio, invented ...
Aug 26, 2012 · In 1943, Life Savers Candy Company owner Edward J. Noble, while attending Billy Flynn’s party at Flynn’s Maxwelton Estate, looked across the marshes, saw St. Catherines and inquired about it.
JH1870. Object name: 00d/05/huty/14256/23. Max file size: 4230 x 4114 px (14.10 x 13.71 in) - 300 dpi - 6 MB. Edward J Noble, president of ABC and Lifesavers docks a motorboat at Thousand Islands, New York State. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images.
Sep 11, 2017 · The network sold immediately for $8 million ($104 million in today’s money) to Edward J. Noble, head of Life Savers Candy. His first order of business: change the name. NBC Blue was rechristened the American Broadcasting Company, or ABC. THE NETWORK WITH A HOLE IN IT.
