they do work great for listening to sports or talk radio.
honestly, the main reason i got this radio was because i love sports and is great to change to different stations to get the score.
i needed a small radio with digital tuning, but didn't want to spend the money for the sony sports stuff.
it has a better rating than it's more expensive brother the sony srf-m80v s2 sports walkman and costs a bit less.
i was looking for a small portable radio with am to listen to sports am broadcasts.
it is great for listening to sports play-by-play because you can hear it (no static) and you can carry the radio everywhere with the carry-cord.
i can't figure out if it is due to the weak signal generated by my favorite sports talk radio station, or due to the tuning power of the radio just not being there.
i am looking for something i can take in the shower and listen to the news, tv, or local sports shows.
the sports talk channel i listen to barely came in, especially when the battteries got low.
although the speaker is small, it is more than adequate for listening to music and sports.
is a good weather band and am talk and sports, then by all means...
sports/talk radio no problem!
she only likes to listen to talk radio, baseball games, sports call-in shows, etc.
dog walking and sports news a good combination.
i purchased this radio from amazon in june 2007 to replace my aging sony sports walkman radio.
used a sony sports walkman the last couple of years and no comparison in reception.
i bought this for my husband, an avid sports fan who listens to a local am sports station.
it is great for talk radio and listening to sports.
it's all talk radio & sports.
works great, use it for walking dog, in top pocket, no headphone allows me to remain alert to hear other street noises and listen to sports news at the same time.
strongly recommended for east coast sports fans.
mostly sports, some news.
it has been linking people to international news, music, sports and culture long before the internet or cable-tv.
i think this radio would be great for anyone, especially the talk/sports radio, baseball/football junkie like me.
my fm sports show is a fairly weak dignal with old sony and it is much improved with the sangean, but the main reason for this review is to compliment sangean on their excellent customer service.
he likes to listen to sports games and radio while there's downtime at work.
my boyfriend wanted a am/fm radio to listen to sports while at work.
currently have the line out to my stereo set up and that is impressive for music, not so hot for talk and sports, the radio speaker is better for that.
i am very pleased with the reception on all bands , the clarity and ease of use of this product.for its size it has loud volume with its 20 inch retractable antenna,clock and alarm function.it sports
i can now listen too all the sports events while exercising or walking the dog or cutting grass.
i have a sony srf-m85v s2 sports walkman armband radio that i use for running.
a local sports team has a low power radio broadcast within their arena.
i like to listen to sports talk and/or music when i am doing these activities.
am reception was important to me because i like sports and political talk on the am band and many portable radios have poor am reception.
i've been using sony sports tv/radio products for many, many years and i'm going to go back to that quality manufacturing.
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