Emergency Radio is for the news junkie.  If you like listening to police scanners as a hobby or just want to tune in to a particular event that is live on the news, this app will help you do that.  The app comes in two flavors.  The free/lite version has a half-dozen stations pre-loaded just so you can check out the interface.  The $0.99 full version has the complete frequency database available to you.  Once nice feature is that it can find stations near you based on your current location.

While I have seen other applications that will let you tune in to emergency radio frequencies, this one has a really nice feature in that it displayes all the ten-codes on the screen.  If you hear someone mention 10-59 or a 10-14 or something, it doesn’t have to remain cryptic.  You can just scroll down the list and see what it means.  It’s kinda nice to know if they are just talking about a fight in progress or a full blown riot.  It is that kind of usefullness and attention to detail that sets the great applications apart from the good ones.