Spotter--
It's quite possible that the lightning strike broke your radio even without any direct contact, and it's more likely if you had the antenna plugged in at the time. Do the digital bits still work -- can you still enter frequencies and move around the band? If so, the problem's most likely to be in the circuitry that's directly connected to the antenna, and that might not be so expensive to fix. If nothing seems to be working, it may not be worth getting it repaired. Some of the modern scanning radios are nightmares to work on...
R