When did clock radios become extinct?

After several days of fruitless searching in local stores, I am convinced that the humble bedside clock-radio/alarm clock (chronos cubiculum domesticus) has quietly passed from modern culture.

Perhaps it is because pretty much all cell phones have built in alarms these days.  Maybe it's because there are other home electronics such as stereos and televisions that can be set to turn on at a particular time.  But I have to tell you... I've been to dozens of stores looking for a new clock radio in the past week and have completely struck out.

The big electronic warehouse-type stores have every conceivable home convenience from curling irons to waffle irons... but when I ask to see some clock radios they all tell me that they stopped carrying them ages ago.

Similarly, when I've looked for this once-ubiquitous item in home stores and office-supply outlets, they too tell me that they no longer stock them.

One tchotchke store at the mall (you know... the kind that carries executive desk toys and tacky bartender accessories), had a modern incarnation of the venerable round-faced wind-up clock (with the two bells on top), but these were cheap imitations of the original and used a 9 volt battery instead of a mainspring.

The truth is, I have never really used the radio function on any of my alarm clocks, so I'm not going to be a fanatic about this feature being present.  But one would think that most electronic stores would have at least a few in stock, no???  What has happened to the public's need for alarm clocks???   When exactly did the humble bedside alarm clock become extinct???

I know that the possibility exists that I'm simply looking in the wrong places and that there is some alarm clock superstore out there where all the various models have been concentrated. 

But somehow I doubt it. 

Anyway, just on the off chance that one of you has a lead for me, let me tell you what I'm looking for in an alarm clock (my requirements are really quite modest):

1.  It must be rugged.  By this I mean it must be able to stand up to regular banging, as well as the odd toss across the bedroom on the rare occasions when operator error or divine intervention causes it to malfunction (this could, theoretically, explain my current search for a new clock radio).

2.  It must never malfunction nor be subject to operator error or divine intervention.  Ever. 

3.  It must have brightly lit numbers/face so that I can tell what time it is from across the room.

4.  It must not be so brightly lit as to bother other (ahem) sleepers in the room.

5.  It must have very well thought-out controls for setting and resetting the alarm and clock times, as well as for turning the alarm on and off.  If I can't perform these functions with one hand at 2:00AM after half a bottle of Merlot, I don't want it!

6.  It must have a snooze interval that makes sense (meaning I can do the mental math when half-asleep).  Intervals of 5 or 7 minutes are fine since I actually remember those two sections of my multiplication tables.  All others need not apply.

7.  The snooze bar must be large enough, and ergonomically located, so that any swat in the general direction of the clock will activate the snooze function.  Any clock whose snooze bar and alarm on/off control are close enough to one another as to be accidentally confused will have it's toss-resistance (see # 1 above) vigorously tested before being unceremoniously retired.

8.  It must have a 9v battery back-up so that the odd power outage in the middle of the night won't result in morning psychodramas.

10.  It must be loud without being too annoying.  By this I mean that it needs to be just loud enough to roust a hibernating bear without being so annoying as to cause frequent testing of its toss-resistance.

That's not too much to ask for, is it?