This radio receives my local weather station very clearly after proper channel tunning. The display is very large and easy to read, and it backlits automatically for a while after a botton is pressed, so the display can be read easily at night. It also has a digital time, date, and temperature display, and two alarm clocks. It also comes with rechargeable batteries and a charger, so there's no hidden battery cost.This radio is strictly a weather radio, which means it can't receive any other radio stations. It can't tell you the current weather or forcast up front: you have to keep listening to the local weather station broadcast until it got to the desired topic, which might take a few minutes. Also the button functions are not very intuitive, and it took me quite a while to get familiar with it.Overall, a must-have for outdoor people.