That Sangean 909 (there is also a re-badged Radio Shack model) will pick up the powerhouses. It is ~ $100 - 150.
I have a Sangean ATS-803A (that cost about $165) and if you run an external long wire antenna outiside you can pick up a great deal more than the telescope whip antenna.
The Sangean is no Sony ICF-2010 (which I would love to own) but it the radio has the ability to pick up amateur radio operators talking on single side band (SSB) AM.
I used to be an amateur radio operator and my Kenwood TRS 930 tranceiver was also one whopping shortwave radio with all the noise filters, but many a "ham operator" owned Sony ICF-2010 to pick up signals that their ham tranceivers could not.