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Dated February 19, 1955, this is a double-page spread seen on pp. 44 and 45 of that week’s edition of The Saturday Evening Post. As an ad for NBC Radio’s weekday morning program lineup, it features Ms. Mary Margaret McBride and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale framed by stylized outlines of RCA’s Type 44-BX ribbon microphone. NBC was founded in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America, and is today owned and operated by General Electric and Vivendi Universal. The NBC radio network opened with 24 stations on November 15, 1926. Here are the Wikipedia details of Ms. McBride’s broadcasting career. Here are the Wikipedia details of Dr. Peale’s life and times.