u2032 of the system may be programmed temporarily or permanently with a data item or data structure for the power on signal source to be tuned upon initialization as shown in fig2 upon a power on or initialization condition 20 the radio is automatically tuned 21 to the power on signal source a timer is set 22 upon the expiration of which the radio is automatically re tuned 23 to the user 39 s preferred signal source or to the signal source which was tuned at the time the unit was last powered off this is followed by normal operation 24 of the receiver until the unit is switched off at which time the current signal source which is tuned by the radio is stored 25 the power off condition 26 will remain until the unit is reinitialized or powered on 20 at which time the entire process may be repeated u2014 automatically tuning to a preselected signal source 21 for a predetermined amount of time 22 during the predetermined time of tuning to the power on signal source a user preferably may override 27 the automatically tuned signal source to receive a user 39 s selected source such as by selecting a tune up tune down or other radio button preset key this cancels the power on sequence following which normal receiver operation would.