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accompanied by extensive copy, including the slogan "The Voice of Black America"." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Mutual_Black_Network_1974_Commercial_Poster.jpg/170px-Mutual_Black_Network_1974_Commercial_Poster.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Mutual_Black_Network_1974_Commercial_Poster.jpg/255px-Mutual_Black_Network_1974_Commercial_Poster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Mutual_Black_Network_1974_Commercial_Poster.jpg/340px-Mutual_Black_Network_1974_Commercial_Poster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="359" data-file-height="490" /></a><figcaption>Advertisement for the Mutual Black Network, featuring Dr. <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> and poet <a href="/wiki/Nikki_Giovanni" title="Nikki Giovanni">Nikki Giovanni</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Mutual Black Network</b> (<b>MBN</b>) was founded by the <a href="/wiki/Mutual_Broadcasting_System" title="Mutual Broadcasting System">Mutual Broadcasting System</a> in 1972 as the first national full-service <a href="/wiki/Radio_network" title="Radio network">radio network</a> aimed at African Americans; it was initially branded as <b>Mutual Reports Network</b> (MRN)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before the branding change to MBN. 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