Life Magazine for this day 75 years ago, August 18, 1947, carried this ad featuring Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens extolling the virtues of General Electric’s “natural color tone” line of radios.

All of the models shown featured automatic record changers with GE’s “electronic reproducer” cartridge which magnetically recreated the full recorded sound, without the need to change needles. The model 417A and 502 consoles featured FM and shortwave in addition to standard broadcast. Both models covered both the prewar and postwar FM bands. The 502’s shortwave coverage was 9.4-9.8, 11.5-12, and 14.8-15.5 MHz, meaning that there was good bandspread on the 31, 25, and 19 meter bands. The 417A had the same coverage on 31 and 25 meters, but no 19 meter coverage.

The model 326 console covered broadcast and shortwave.

Rounding out the lineup was the model 304