Does the start of your morning coincide perfectly with the start of NPR's Morning Edition? Do you remember a time when you listened to Car Talk while you were actually in a car? It doesn't matter anymore, because NPR now offers its own Internet radio: a stand-alone box about the size of an old-fashioned tuner that streams programming from more than 800 NPR stations and 16,000 Internet radio stations throughout the world. A dedicated NPR menu allows listeners to navigate to their favorite bookmarked programs and record up to two weeks' worth of programming. It even works as an alarm clock if you still need one of those.
Price: $199.99
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