My old AM/FM radio in the shop only gets static on AM now. Looking for a decent replacement but most new ones don’t have very good AM reception. Anyone have experience with a new good one?

eBay for an old one.

Before you do much more, take it outside away from anything and see if the static clears up. You may have something shorting out to create the static.

Sure wish Rush Limbaugh was still sitting behind the golden EIB microphone.

HA! That’s where this one came from.

I’ll give that a go HD. Thanks

Tecsun PL-880. It does much more than just a simple AM/FM radio. but it's expensive.

https://kaito.us/products/pl880

If I listen to AM stations, I use my old (1980's) Realistic AM/FM/SW radio. Works good enough for me.

The older ones are typically the better ones.
Newer manufacturers don't put much into it.
The broadcast companies/industry (FM) actually lobby against AM in general. (so do other entities that HATE talk radio)
The best Am I ever had here was a Bose. It was hands down the best by far. Hi $$$.$$ though. (I borrowed it)
Dittos for Rush ! Clay and Buck aint to shabby, but aint close either.
I get the best AM in the automobiles. The antenna and ground plane is better.
I even put an automotive type of antenna on my tin shed roof, rand the coax to auto radio on a shelf by my workbench with a 12VDC power supply.
It works better on AM than any standard plug in the wall radio/CD/tape player kinda thing. Other than the Bose, of course.

I used to listen to AM but don't get great reception where I am now. And only one station comes in half okay for the local country station, and it's all that hip hop country garbage anyways.

Sometimes we get radio shows from the states they tune in later at night.

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if you add a LED light in your shop , static will likely be all you get.

have a hard time even getting clear FM sitting as the first car at a stop light with the LED lights

CCrane makes good radios. Have one at my Alaskan wilderness cabin. If you're not too far from the transmitter any good radio should work.

I have a CCrane radio, get decent AM in the workshop. Tho at times it has static. I usually mess with the antenna, rotate the radio and it might clear up. if not I move it to another outlet.

+1 on the CC Crane radio. OTG

This is what I have too. Hey Mike do you pick up Fbks stations? I’ve never been able to. Mostly Dillingham

Can you stream your radio station of choice and use Bluetooth on your phone to a portable Bluetooth speaker? My shop is all metal and that's all we can do to get anything clear but a couple real local stations that we don't like to listen to.

I’ve got a cordless Milwaukee and a cordless dewalt that work great.

Man I still listen to some news stations AM radio when I drive iinto work in mornings.
AM has the best game coverage too with local announcers that have been doing it for years and they get all excited over big plays.
I am going to get one for my garage too. Thanks for starting this thread, good ideas everyone.
Jim