This was seen as preferable to the British situation where the Government backed a monopolistic service (the British Broadcasting Company as it was then) and collected a single licence fee from each household with a receiver.
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The newly formed British Broadcasting Company had wanted to record and broadcast the event on radio, but the Chapter vetoed the idea (although the Dean, Herbert Edward Ryle, was in favour).
Since its release, the "Requiem for a Tower" track was licensed by British broadcasting company Sky Sports as the theme for "Gillette Soccer Saturday.