I have one, and we leave the radio on the same channel. I wake up to the same thing every morning anyway, because the radio does traffic at 7:45 every morning, and play one of a handful of songs straight after it.
There are a bunch of android alarm apps that will launch spotify/pandora stations as an alarm in the morning. I used one for a long time until I had a kid.
Sure there are plenty of apps that can do that for you. But, I think that this has "better" music. Plus I can personally guarantee there won't be too much swearing. Most of the songs don't have too many lyrics.
My wife wanted one, it wasn't easy to find...
Yeah that's true. There are a lot of low quality alarm clocks out there. I have been personally using the android version for a few months now and it works pretty well for me. I haven't used the ios version as much so it's possible it could be a little buggier, but it's mostly bug free. Jolt is worth a spin, you might like it.
Mine is a few years old but they're still around.. Amazon or Best Buy for online, and I'm willing to bet you could find one at a Walgreens, Rite-Aid or CVS or some kind of pharmacy type convenience store.
The one I have even has an AUX feature to hook up an external source for audio and a few other interesting features (dual alarms, etc)
But this is on your phone...
Almost every single phone out there is capable listen on standard radio frequencies. It depends on the manufacturer whether or not this functionality is enabled though.
Yeah I heard about that. I tried the Next Radio App, but it said it wasn't supported on my device. Waking up to the radio is a good solution too. But hopefully you'll like the music on jolt enough to keep coming back.
I've had three phones where I could listen to the radio -- all three required headphones, so the cord could be used as an antenna. (On my Sony Z3, the "FM radio" is on my home screen; if I don't have headphones plugged in, it displays an "Insert Headphones" message.) I guess you could plug a speak into the headphone jack.