On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:07:45 GMT, (Don Pearce)
wrote:

The point still stands that FM took ages to achieve 'mass market
penetration' too - despite its obvious advantages in some ways.

But things were different when FM was being introduced. The Beeb was
all there was, and it was a company led by engineering and quality.
There was no huge pressure to get it rolled out in a hurry. Contrast
that with today's situation, where if you haven't turned a profit in a
year your backers will walk away.

They wanted to roll it out. Post-war government spending restrictions
had something to do with it.