If there's really a major emergency, what makes you think your phone's cell towers will be functioning? In Katrina, the cell towers were unavailable for quite a while. If you want a radio for emergency purposes, get a battery or crank operated number.
I find xmas music nauseating. Also, you can find numerous radio stations online on your computer--which presumably has better speakers. I'm sure you can find one that'll play that treacly, annoying music.
FM radio=fail.
You realize you just made his point for including FM radio???
FM radio wouldn't require cell towers...