https://bestradios.co.uk/best-am-fm-radios/ Reviews of the best radios available in the UK Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:20:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://bestradios.co.uk/best-am-fm-radios/#comment-17626 Sun, 16 Feb 2020 03:10:30 +0000 https://bestradios.co.uk/?p=437#comment-17626 best radios for medium wave listening are those domestic sets from the 1960s todays modern radios are crap tinny audio

]]> https://bestradios.co.uk/best-am-fm-radios/#comment-16001 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 14:59:44 +0000 https://bestradios.co.uk/?p=437#comment-16001 I recently bought the Roberts R9993 after reading your review. It’s a brilliant little radio and I’m very happy with it. I got it mainly for listening to the cricket on Radio 4 LW. The reception is great, and crystal clear. It works very well on MW and FM too. All for under £20. I’d recommend this to anybody looking for something simple but great. Radio like it used to be.

]]> https://bestradios.co.uk/best-am-fm-radios/#comment-13310 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:00:19 +0000 https://bestradios.co.uk/?p=437#comment-13310 One interesting disadvantage of digital radio compared with analogue is that digital is not live. For example, if one listens to sports commentary (e.g. TMS) on 198 LW and DAB (5 live sports extra), the reception is at least 2 seconds slower on DAB. Not a problem if one is merely listening, but the experience is impaired if one is listening to commentary while viewing the event live at the venue. In addition, the Radio 4 6.00pm news features the striking of the chimes of Big Ben. With analogue one can set your watch to probably 1/20th second accuracy. Not so with DAB as the chimes will be heard at least 2 seconds later.

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