Get yourselves along to The Great Satan of the (UK) retail world (AKA Tesco) and nab a bargain. I’ve just taken procession of a DAB radio for £15 and although it is a bit tacky (not quite blue & white stripy but almost) it works much better than the £60 one (admittedly Goodman’s) I used to have. The sound quality may not be as good but it does get a signal in my kitchen which the other didn’t - only in the lounge where I already have cable TV with all those nice radio stations on anyway. If you can’t get to a Tesco store you can order online but you’ll have to pay postage - unless they have some deal going, you’ll have to check, this is a blog not an advert.

The down side is my favourite music stations are Planet Rock (for the old prog rock hippy in me) & The Jazz (for the slightly cooler dude). Both of these are due to close down In fact there is talk of DAB being old technology and being phased out in favour of DAB+ (DAB is MP2 format, DAB+ is MP3?) which is probably why I’m buying in about now Whether this unit will handle DAB+ I don’t know, for this silly price I’m assuming not.

However, I mainly listen to talk radio so I will still have Radio 7 (old Radio 4/2 stuff - lots of great comedy) and the World Service which has some very interesting stuff. And if I need music, 6 music has some pretty good tunes too.