In any case, this clock lets me do something I hear others no longer do: turn my phone off at night. It will not cause you to be addicted, though it could still permit the occasional weekend procrastination if something good's on, say, an impromptu Tabla and Sitar live performance broadcast on a local station. Perhaps the best feature of this clock is that it is not a smartphone. Instead, it keeps the microchip storing the time information alive so that when you re-plug the clock into an outlet, the time will be correct as if nothing had happened. Also, this may disappoint some: the 9v battery slot in the back doesn't actually keep the clock alive when unplugged. The radio antenna may not look like much, but if you wrap it around a pole or even any object that points upward, it will keep the quality of FM reception pretty constant. (Knock on Wood) it will greet me tomorrow as I rise from a 5-hour slumber to catch an 8am flight that someone else decided would be worth it since it was cheaper (it's not worth it). While I cannot place its manufacturing origin due to the wearing away of such inked details, I still use this clock every day and it has lasted all of 20 years. Perhaps the outstanding quality of this clock is its endurance. While it could possibly give you night terrors due to its frequent accompaniment as a bookend in the 90's to the commercial breaks in Are You Afraid of the Dark?, it will without fail bring the sweet balm of nostalgia until you elect never to play it again due to its sheer annoyance factor after literally the 3rd time you hear it. Nonetheless, the highlight of course is the "Nick-Nick-Nick Na-Nick-Nick-Nick.NICKELLLLOOOODEONNNNNNNN" alarm sound effect. Sadly, I have neglected the many carefully selected sound effects as my default alarm is just my local Pacifica Radio Station, KPFA. You'll be delighted to hear all the different choices available as an alarm sound effect with which to start your day. The first thing you do when you get this click is set it to "Demo" mode, and hit the big red button. Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Ahh Real Monsters, etc.) I drew Oblina (sp?) from Ahh Real Monsters and, while my pastel-laden scrawl of her distorted likeness did not earn me the top prize, they awarded me something in the way of a participation trophy by sending me this radio alarm clock. The challenge was to draw the best rendition of an original Nickelodeon character (e.g. Obviously, this was enough of a motivating force to get me to do anything. They were going to give away the chance to run through a Toys R Us (RIP, jk they cheated their workers) and fill a shopping cart with as many choice toys as possible as long as you could finish your run by 60 seconds. You won't believe me (but this is 100% true) when I tell you that I won this clock in a contest run by Nickelodeon in 1998.
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