Bad Reception on this Walkman based on Local Reception

This walkman was bought for $40 and the reception on this walkman in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area is terrible. Most of the local radio
stations overload on this tuner. When you want to tune in to a station in NC on 96.7 you get intermodulation problems when you're in the Military Circle area. You have to use a short headphone cord with most headphones to avoid overloading. The only way to remedy the problem is that you need to set the DX/LOCAL switch to LOCAL, but the reception on local radio stations is still crappy. The AM is not good and it does not pick up weak signals you have to use a loop antenna that's tunable. Playing tapes is fine, if you bring your bulky boxed collection of tapes and find tapes to buy. Made In China.