Dont have a lot of free space for anything big. Hoping to find a compact type of unit.

I use my phone radio, just plug in ear buds and they become your antenna and your phone speaker can be amplified by the way you angle the phone speaker so it bounces off of the flat surface
Or just use a Bluetooth speaker
If you have Internet access, you can listen to anything

I know Smash I went the whole other way with this

Ours is compact as are the speakers. We like it.

I dont have a smart phone so I need a radio / CD player.

Never have been much a radio guy unless it's talk radio and for that AM did me just fine. I miss my daily dose of Brother Rush noon to three on my daily drive.

Podcasts have replaced AM talk radio for me and for that the smart phone and bluetooth headset are my daily deal while I'm on the road.

I like the Wizard of Oz intro to Frayed Ends of Sanity. One is my favorite Metallica song. I’m also ready for that time warp.