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Outside of New York City, Boston, LA and the San Francisco area, FM stations were fewer and far between them. FM reception in cars was also challenging, as many of those stations would be anywhere from 50-100 miles or more away until FM began catching on by around 1966. Outside of medium to larger cities, and college towns, FM in many areas was not much. If you were a fan of Beautiful Music, Folk Music, Classical Music, or Jazz, you'd be much more inclined then to get an FM set. In my area, the big reason to get an FM set in your car was when WIVK-FM (Knoxville's big Country Station and UT VOL Network origination station was built in 1966). As their AM station was daytime only. FM like I say for much of the USA, barely began to catch on in 1965-1966, Some areas didn't get much FM until as late as 1975-1985. Remember, no USA radio manufacturer had an FM portable until 1962, when Zenith introduced the Royal 2000 Trans-Symphony.
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