Lucky,

My BCL-2000 is two years old and I have never changed its batteries. When I
first got it, I went to the Dollar Store and bought four cheap Panasonic
alkaline D-cells. Two years later, they are just now needing to be replaced.
At first, I listened several hours a day, but lately my wife has been using
the radio in the kitchen because it was something that she could pick up a
distant FM station that plays really good music, so I'm not sure how much
she has actually been using it.

I can assure you that you will be pleasantly pleased with this radio's
frugality with batteries.