Here is an old Radio Shack cassette tape recorder that has been lying around my house.
The back information says it uses a six "C" cell batteries.
Exposing the circuit.
I removed the unwanted cassette mchanism.
I then soldered the speaker cable to a low impedance circuit.
Using the touch method, locate the input circuit. This should be somewhere near the cassette head connector. When touched, it should not create a loud humming sound than the rest of the circuit. You can series a capacitor to be safe.
Short together the main power and the motor power.
Add an on/off power switch.
Just like the simple toggle switch above which I super glued from the inside.
And presto! There goes my Iphone radio.