A method of managing preferred radio stations in a wireless receiver, the method comprising: in response to detecting a scan event, scanning a plurality of radio broadcast channels to detect available radio stations of the plurality of radio broadcast channels; identifying radio stations of the available radio stations that fail to meet a preference criterion; removing the identified radio stations from the available radio stations to form a list of preferred radio stations that meet the preference criterion; and storing the list of preferred radio stations, wherein detecting the scan event comprises detecting at least one of the following events: connection of an ear-phone to the wireless receiver; and a signal quality below a set threshold, and wherein storing the list of preferred radio stations comprises: storing a broadcast channel of each radio station in the list of preferred radio stations; storing the location of the wireless receiver; the method further comprising: comparing a first list of preferred radio stations stored at a first location with a second list of preferred radio stations stored at a second location; and replacing the first and second lists of preferred radio stations with a third list of preferred radio stations if the first and second lists of preferred radio stations have a predetermined number of entries in common; where the third list of preferred radio stations includes a combination of the first and second lists of preferred radio stations. in response to detecting a scan event, scanning a plurality of radio broadcast channels to detect available radio stations of the plurality of radio broadcast channels; identifying radio stations of the available radio stations that fail to meet a preference criterion; removing the identified radio stations from the available radio stations to form a list of preferred radio stations that meet the preference criterion; and storing the list of preferred radio stations, wherein detecting the scan event comprises detecting at least one of the following events: connection of an ear-phone to the wireless receiver; and a signal quality below a set threshold, and wherein storing the list of preferred radio stations comprises: storing a broadcast channel of each radio station in the list of preferred radio stations; storing the location of the wireless receiver; the method further comprising: comparing a first list of preferred radio stations stored at a first location with a second list of preferred radio stations stored at a second location; and replacing the first and second lists of preferred radio stations with a third list of preferred radio stations if the first and second lists of preferred radio stations have a predetermined number of entries in common; where the third list of preferred radio stations includes a combination of the first and second lists of preferred radio stations. storing a broadcast channel of each radio station in the list of preferred radio stations; storing the location of the wireless receiver; the method further comprising: comparing a first list of preferred radio stations stored at a first location with a second list of preferred radio stations stored at a second location; and replacing the first and second lists of preferred radio stations with a third list of preferred radio stations if the first and second lists of preferred radio stations have a predetermined number of entries in common; where the third list of preferred radio stations includes a combination of the first and second lists of preferred radio stations. comparing a first list of preferred radio stations stored at a first location with a second list of preferred radio stations stored at a second location; and replacing the first and second lists of preferred radio stations with a third list of preferred radio stations if the first and second lists of preferred radio stations have a predetermined number of entries in common; where the third list of preferred radio stations includes a combination of the first and second lists of preferred radio stations.