Please note that this page is a little bit out of date .  New technologies have come along, particularly in recording the Internet stream, that have made recording the program much easier.  Real soon now I will update this page to reflect this and some other solutions listeners and readers have submitted. 

First of all, it's better to hear it live. What if you'd like to call in? Besides, if my guest and I have to be awake to do the show, it's nice to know others are equally inconvenienced...

But yeah, I know -- we are talking about something that starts at 5:00 AM. Too bad your radio doesn't have a timer and cassette recorder built in. (Some are manufactured, but they're hard to find and somewhat expensive. If you know of a model, please e-mail me, and I'll post it here.) Here's a simple solution: Use your VCR.

Just about every radio (even cheap ones) has an output, either clearly labelled or else for headphones. And every VCR has an audio input. Just buy a patch cable that'll connect the two at your local consumer electronics store. Usually this will be a mini-plug to a RCA cable (male-to-male). Then set your VCR as you would to record a TV show and turn on your radio with the volume down so it won't disturb you.

At the appropriate time, the VCR will go on and record the radio show on a standard VCR tape. Depending on how you set the VCR, you may get a picture of some movie or morning exercise show, but you can ignore that as you listen. If you have cable TV, you may want to set the channel to one which displays the time, such as The Weather Channel, NY1, or whichever channel displays the program listings. Otherwise, it just doesn't matter. Recording at slow speed, you can get up to 6 hours without having to switch tapes or flipping one over to the other side.