Weather band would be great. I would doubt that it would be cost prohibitive if whoever's organizing has already given up on making a profit. I guess no one has solid numbers on how much the hardware would cost?

The seperate issue is getting weatherband supported. Since there are tuner modules out there without a tuner chip, it's hard to see the empeg guys spending their time on the weatherband, as it couldn't really be claimed as a feature on an already EOL'ed player nor would it really be research for another product.