Car radios are usually built to provide better reception than clock radios.
Does it make any noise at all when placed close to a TV?

Most likely the electrolytic capacitors have dried out, the transistors should be OK.
Probably not worth fixing.

It should, but Mikecowley is probably correct. It may also have been faulty out of the box.

Radio has not all gone digital, you should be able to pick up any local AM and FM stations.

If it has an antenna screw or jack, add a wire to that, or if it has a pull-up FM antenna, make sure that's pulled up.

Dried out caps.

The common commercial ones have around a 10 year lifetime, used or not.

"The common commercial ones have around a 10 year lifetime, used or not.

That misconception comes from the inexpensive Sanyo electrolytic capacitors used in the 80's. They were the light blue ones used for DC rectifier circuits, audio coupling, and servo sample/hold circuits in VCRs.

Better quality electrolytic capacitors, and even those used in the old tube-type AM table radios, will typically last 30-40 years and stay within their +/- 20% tolerance.

BTW - to explain the what is meant by "dried out electrolytic capacitors" - electrolytic capacitors use a wet paste within their rolled foil construction that eventually dries out over time.

Without any feedback from albert, there is no way to further address the exact cause of his particular problem. While it may be 30 year old caps, they don't usually fail in a go/no-go way but will typically degrade over time causing hum, buzz, or low volume levels.

"That misconception..."

Hardly a "misconception" since all of the less expensive aluminum electrolytic caps have the problem.

The rubber seals are not hermetic and the oil eventually leaks.

Solid tantalum capacitors are some of the few that last nearly forever, or hermetic wet slug tantalum.

They are also far more expensive than aluminum electrolytic.