can someone recommend a simple am/fm radio

[HybridSquirrel]

don't want to spend more than $10. Any good choices out there? all I want is to listen to baseball games since I don't have cable.

 

[Zedtom]

Why listen when you can watch? I live stream the Rockies from the visiting teams feed. I have basic cable so I don't get the games on tv.

 

[dawp]

you could always build one

http://www.angelfire.com/ak5/energy21/uniquecrystalradio.htm

 

[KeithTalent]

Not sure what kind of phone/plan you have, but you could use Tune In Radio on your phone. Good app; you can find essentially anything you want. I was listening to the hockey game yesterday.

KT

 

[IronWing]

Thrift stores usually have a stack of radios.

 

[sixone]

You know you can listen to some radio stations on your computer, right?

Just find a local AM station, and check their website.

 

[FoBoT]

if you want battery/handheld, walmart sells a nice one
otherwise, i'd go to goodwill/thrift store and see what they have

looks like the one i got is discontinued, this one is similar but more futuristic looking
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Coby-AM-FM...-Blue/10298514

 

[FoBoT]

...you could use Tune In Radio on your phone. Good app; you can find essentially anything you want. I was listening to the hockey game yesterday.

KT

i put that on my Android tablet, it is surprisingly good :thumbsup:

 

[KeithTalent]

i put that on my Android tablet, it is surprisingly good :thumbsup:

Yeah I like it a lot and use it all the time. It's like having satellite radio for free on your phone. :hmm:

KT

 

[HybridSquirrel]

Not sure what kind of phone/plan you have, but you could use Tune In Radio on your phone. Good app; you can find essentially anything you want. I was listening to the hockey game yesterday.

KT

rockies games are blacked out on the internet radio streams.

Why listen when you can watch? I live stream the Rockies from the visiting teams feed. I have basic cable so I don't get the games on tv.

everytime I try to stream it tells me I need to sign up for mlb.tv

 

[rayfieldclement]

below is what I would buy before ANY Coby. It is a Sony Walkman!



http://www.amazon.com/Sony-SRF59SILV.../dp/B00006JQ06

 

[HybridSquirrel]

below is what I would buy before ANY Coby. It is a Sony Walkman!



http://www.amazon.com/Sony-SRF59SILV.../dp/B00006JQ06

out of my price range.

 

[highland145]

out of my price range.

Good will, habitat store, salvation army store....

 

[Red Squirrel]

You know you can listen to some radio stations on your computer, right?

Just find a local AM station, and check their website.

That depends on the station, most of them wont do it because of bandwidth costs and using a smart phone app is going to cost an arm and a leg in data charges when radio is free.

For $10 you're probably looking at second hand though, even if you build your own the parts and tools will cost more than that.

Check yard sales, you'll probably run across clock radios and stuff. I had this super old clock radio I got at a yard sale as a kid, wish I had kept it, it actually had the old style rolling digits like you see in lot of movies.

 

[highland145]

Check yard sales, you'll probably run across clock radios and stuff. I had this super old clock radio I got at a yard sale as a kid, wish I had kept it, it actually had the old style rolling digits like you see in lot of movies.

Damn youngsters. That was high tech for us. Our clocks had hands.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

Tivoli.

 

[RavenSEAL]

TuneIn Pro for .99c on the Play Store.

 

[PottedMeat]

Good will, habitat store, salvation army store....

yep, well maybe not the habitat store though. you can pick up walkmans/those little sony armband radios/etc. for ~$2-5 around here.

 

[Zedtom]

rockies games are blacked out on the internet radio streams...everytime I try to stream it tells me I need to sign up for mlb.tv

You need to dig a little deeper. The gold isn't lying on the ground.

 

[BrokenVisage]

TuneIn Pro for .99c on the Play Store.

Except you won't get stations owned by CBS because they want to push their own crappy stream app.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

You need to dig a little deeper. The gold isn't lying on the ground.

unless you prospect in the river? firstrowsports doesn't have game streams, neither does espn3 or mlb.tv unless I pay so I really could give a shit less. besides i'd rather just have a tiny am/fm radio than bother with a crappy stream

 

[RossMAN]

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Coby-AM-FM...-Blue/10298514

 

[Savarak]

out of my price range.

I recommend the Sony sr59 the person posted over the coby from the last link. it's an excellent radio, the sound quality is superb... It's only $5 more, but it will serve you well.