It was not so very long ago that the National Association of Broadcasters and the RIAA were lobbying Congress for the inclusion of said FM chips [0] (or [1] if you want the tldr version).
NAB is involved [2] in this latest heroic campaign for consumer choice too, of course, although you wouldn't know it to look at the website [3].
[0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2010/08/radio-riaa-manda...
[1] https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/08/18
[2] http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/industry-wide-consum...