My NPR addiction started when I switched my alarm from buzz to radio. I figured I would be less likely to snooze the radio if something was on that wasn't just annoying, and I chose KQED because I didn't want to listent to Howard Stern on Live 105.
The radio did a pretty good job of getting me to wake up and not hit snooze 500 times. The problem was, I'd gradually wake up, but once I was listening to what they were talking about, I found I ended up staying in bed even longer than when I was just just using the snooze button.
Apparently I'm going to need to get a radio for my bathroom, and for the first time, I wish the iPod had a radio tuner.
I guess I should get out of bed now...