Sometimes an analog tuning-dial radio is preferable to an analog one. A bedside clock radio isn't one of them. You don't want to be half-asleep tuning for different stations between commercials. For your bedside you need something digital with presets. A good choice is the Sangean WR-2. However, if your work office has a lot of interference as mine does and your sharing the office with others makes things so cramped that you can't have a remote radio safely distanced from the interference-producing computers, you're probably better off with an analog radio. I discovered this today when I tried my Tivoli Model 3 against my Sangean PR-D5. Now at home in the absence of adverse conditions, the Sangean's digital feature shines, getting superb FM reception with its telescopic antenna and superb AM reception with its huge 200mm internal ferrite AM antenna. In fact, at home the PR-D5 beats the Tivoli for reception. However, such is not the case at my work office. The PR-D5 struggled, especially on FM whereas the Tivoli did quite well. And side by side I could really appreciate the heavy upscale feel of the Tivoli against the light plastic of the PR-D5. I wouldn't have bought the Tivoli except it was being sold by an Amazon vendor new in box for $66, an amazing deal. These deals are not evident at the moment. If you want an analog Tivoli for your office, you'd be better off getting the Tivoli Model 1 (same as the Model 3 except without the analog clock). Recently I saw the $120 Model 1 on sale at Target for $99, not a bad deal.
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