Tranny
I still listen to my transistor radio but will not be able to for much longer as the analogue signals will be phased out in a couple of years. Not only will that make millions of perfectly functional radios useless, it will also cost me a fortune in batteries. The digital radio I bought, for areas where I can't pick up Test Match Special on LW, has a battery life of about 12 hours compared with the 6 months of regular usage I get from the old radio. Progress?
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 18:37, 4 replies)

I like my FM radio
it's tuned into Radio 4 and it's had the same batteries for 10 years without going flat and best of all, it works as soon as I turn it on.

My digital one takes a few seconds to boot up and quite often it forgets all the channels as spends minutes retuning itself and I forget even why I wanted the radio on.
( rob, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 18:50, closed)

I love my radio - listen to it as much as I can
Though it did confuse a younger colleague when referring to receiving some news via "the tranny in the office". She thought I shared work space with a cross-dresser.
( Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 18:57, closed)

the analogue radio signals most probably won't be phased out as quick as the government wants
www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/19/carter_radio_dumb_media/

so you can carry on.
( oldpoint is up in space doing important work for NASA., Thu 4 Nov 2010, 20:06, closed)

Really?
Are they actually planning to phase out analogue radio? I know the telly's gone, but surely not radio. How many car stereos will need to be changed just for some ponce in Westminster to have his way?
( Awk Industries is actually a helic- NO, STAY BACK SHARK!, Sat 6 Nov 2010, 23:05, closed)