On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 05:17:08 -0800, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote:

This is a "supposed to be funny" troll.

A radio cannot play when it's switched off. You can't pick up enough energy
from a broadcast signal to drive a speaker (except perhaps when receiving a
50kW AM station with a long antenna).

The 1950 ish console my parents had when I was young did pick up the
local AM station with the radio off. There was no long antenna.