hitt, I took the first step, now all I need is a beach......
W, it could be that your tuner can't pick up AM. Several years after AM lost favor with the general public (included AM "stereo") most car manufacturers opted to delete the AM tuner to save a few bucks, figuring customers would never know the difference. After that, most dropped any and all references to AM since nobody cared. AM still has good talk-radio, but most listeners pay for Sirius. I don't and wouldn't, but that's just me. Then again, I have an after-market stereo with a AM tuner...uh, I also have a hand-crank emergency radio with AM/FM/UHF/Shortwave....just in case my world domination plan falls through.
GM, I don't know much about hard drives, other than not backing-up important stuff is like a death wish. However, I had a buddy at work build me a new 'puter after my last one crapped out and when he brought it in to me I checked it out, then decided I outta take it to my truck for safe keeping. On the way I tripped over a drainpipe and dropped it on the pavement

. Busted the case pretty good, but the internals are still working after 4 years

. So, my advice is always bounce a computer off the floor at least once to see if it works, twice if it doesn't.
Livening things up with:
Honey Bee
T-Bomb
Folgers ES
