OK so I'm desparate for a tuner, things are happening which is good... In the mean time here is soemthing I discovered after purchasing a new Moto V60 Cell phone.

They Make a FM headset radio with earplugs. If one were clever they could interface the earplugs to a line driver (not sure what is actually needed here) which could go to the input of the Empeg. Come to think of it there is also a microphone on the headset which could interface with the Empeg microphone....I'm going to hack away tonight and see what I can come up with... I'm not that clever but I AM motivated!!

There are other cell phones (cheaper) with radio options which could be interfaced too (I got the $$$$$ moto for nearly free after hassles with Cingular)