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I guess I'm officially an old luddite now. I went to wal-mart to buy a real AM/FM radio for my office and they don't sell those apparently anymore except for an alarm clock.
Went to Radio Shack and the guy didn't even know what the hell I was talking about. I was like AM/FM and he still didn't know. Long story short Radio Shack doesn't sell them either only things to play an Ipod thru.
Blah.
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Go here and take your pick: LINK Ed
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Amazon...look at Sangean, good sound.
I bought two, AM FM with NOAA weather and another with AM FM clock.
They have others with just AM FM.
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The older I get, the more I dislike radio.
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I bet if you mentioned with blueray technology he'd a got all excited! They must still make them things called boomboxs?
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Guy at Radio Shack said they had internet radio players (well no schit I have a computer that will do that). I really blew his mind when I told him believe it not there are places in the world without internet (I have internet at the office but that's not the point). Guy looked at me like I was going to the moon.
I've got a Sansui receiver I'm going to take, I'll have to get the shop to build a bracket for it since it weighs about 75 pounds but it's damn near bulletproof and sounds great from the late 70's/early 80's. They must be getting popular again because I see them on ebay now for $500 and up, and they are selling.
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I hear Mariachi static on my radio
And the tubes they glow in the dark ...
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I hear Mariachi static on my radio
And the tubes they glow in the dark ...
I have tube amps here at the house. I have a 1watt tube amp for my Ipod just for the hell of it. Not something I want to stick in my office tho for a variety of reasons.
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I try to listen to radio while driving my pick-up. Oldies station used to be pretty good. Now the oldie music their playing is from the '80s. '80s, heck that isn't old.
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I used to listen to a lot of shortwave back in the day. Unfortunately, shortwave pickin's are kinda slim now that BBC, Radio Netherlands, Deutche Welle, and other english-language broadcasts have ceased being beamed to America.
By the way, why is there no such thing as a "Country Oldies" station? I mean all the way back to the Hank Williams/Webb Pierce era.
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Siriusly  missing my satellite radio down here. I hate radio other than CKUA from Alberta that I have streamed in wherever I have lived abroad since leaving Canada.
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Try buying a simple answering machine.
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Last time I looked the Dollar Stores carried an Am/FM tape recorder that ran on either batteries or 110 volt. Cord could be removed to play on batteries and they would last a long time. I keep one in all my inclosed deer stands along with headphones so I can listen to football if there is a game on. Never had a deer notice even when they were directly under me. miles
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Sangean , grundig, etron, c crane ($$),the crane works well but there are some that are better with out the $$ , the etron is the same as grundig but cheaper- the name is what u are buying! I'am a AM radio junkie .... and most of are stations are <10000 watts and hundreds of miles away. the Sangean I have now really sucks in the stations  AM RAIDO stands for "active mine ".... FM RAIDO stands for "f*gggot mutheryucker"!  tune that dial> u better be thinking !
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I got a nice little Sony from Sears a year or two back. About $20 AM/FM - works great has very good battery life and reception.
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I guess I'm officially an old luddite now. I went to wal-mart to buy a real AM/FM radio for my office and they don't sell those apparently anymore except for an alarm clock.
Went to Radio Shack and the guy didn't even know what the hell I was talking about. I was like AM/FM and he still didn't know. Long story short Radio Shack doesn't sell them either only things to play an Ipod thru.
Blah. I found myself in a similar situation a year or so ago when I tried to find a compact radio for use with headphones. The type you might use when walking or working out. Like you said, it's mostly Ipod this and MP3 that.
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Grab one of these. Don't think they make an AM/FM radio any more but this has AM/FM plus Short Wave bands. Link Or here Price is fair too. Geo
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I try to listen to radio while driving my pick-up. Oldies station used to be pretty good. Now the oldie music their playing is from the '80s. '80s, heck that isn't old. +1 -Ken
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