Radio

The in-game stations and the music they licensed, which is the part of these games people quote back most often. The DJs, the talk radio parody, the era-specific soundtracks and the artists whose work was cleared. Two hosts are real people voicing themselves.

Part of Grand Theft Auto

63 moments in this segment.

  1. - James Brown Live Hamburg 1973. James Brown performing live in Hamburg, Germany, February 1973. James Brown appeared on Master Sounds 98.3, the funk and soul station in San Andreas. The stations are fully produced fictions with spoof DJs and spoof commercials in which the only real element is the music.
  2. - Pam Grier 1976. Actress Pam Grier during an interview in Los Angeles. Pam Grier hosts The Lowdown 91.1 in GTA V. The music is the most rights-encumbered material in the subject, so the archive shows the musicians rather than playing the stations.
  3. - KDAY Los Angeles / Dave Michaels / 1978 09 25,1250 1325. A full 1978 KDAY broadcast recording. Airchecks preserve the actual sound of American radio in the decades the games reconstruct.
  4. - Mr Magic & Dj Marley Marl - Rap Attack WBLS 107.5 1987. A 1987 recording of Rap Attack on WBLS in New York. The show format, with hosts talking over and between records, is what the games reproduce in fiction.
  5. - [WRKS] 98.7 Mhz, Kiss Fm (1988-03-31) New York After Dark with Yvonne Mobley | 1D1K, Thank You !. A dated 1988 New York broadcast recording. The music on Rockstar's stations was either licensed or written for the games, and the licensing carried real legal exposure.
  6. - Inside Pirate Radio [1990] Documentary. A 1990 documentary filmed inside UK pirate stations. Radio of this kind, unlicensed and host-driven, is the form the games parody rather than the corporate formats that replaced it.
  7. - Tito Puentes band at the 1996 Olympics Atlanta GA by Don Ramey Logan. Tito Puente appeared on Radio Espantoso, Vice City’s Latin jazz station, which draws on the 1950s to 1970s rather than the 1980s. The stations are fully produced fictions with spoof DJs and spoof commercials in which the only real element is the music. Tito Puentes band at the 1996 Olympics Atlanta GA by Don Ramey Logan.
  8. - Rakim-01-mika. Rapper Rakim MC, Hamburg/Germany 1998-06-03. Rakim appears with Eric B. on Playback FM in San Andreas. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward.
  9. - Dj premier-06-mika. DJ Premier in a club in Stuttgart/Germany. DJ Premier hosts The Classics 104.1 in GTA IV. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward.
  10. - Ozzy Osbourne 2. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Heavy Metal rock star and reality television hit Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon, tour the battleship USS Missouri (BB 63) while filming their MTV show "The Osbournes" in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. U.S. Ozzy Osbourne appeared on V-Rock in Vice City. "Bark at the Moon" was later removed when the licence expired. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward.
  11. - Rob halford 2004. Judas Priest appear on V-Rock in Vice City. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward. Rob Halford of Judas Priest performing at Gods of Metal 2004 in Bologna, Italy.
  12. - Tower Block Dreams (pirate radio) London. A documentary on London tower-block pirate radio. British radio culture is the background the Scottish-built games drew on when inventing American stations.
  13. - George Clinton 2006. George Clinton of Parliament-Funkadelic voices The Funktipus on Bounce FM in San Andreas. The music is the most rights-encumbered material in the subject, so the archive shows the musicians rather than playing the stations. George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic performing at the Granada Theater in Dallas, Texas.
  14. - HerbieHancock. 2006. Herbie Hancock appears on Wildstyle in Vice City. His track was later removed when the licence expired. The stations are fully produced fictions with spoof DJs and spoof commercials in which the only real element is the music.
  15. - Iggy Pop kneel - Sziget Fest 2006. IGGY POP. Budapest, Sziget Festival 2006 08 15. Iggy Pop hosts Liberty Rock Radio in GTA IV. The music is the most rights-encumbered material in the subject, so the archive shows the musicians rather than playing the stations.
  16. - [4K60FPS] In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins Concert [GTA Vice City Stories] (Color Corrected). Phil Collins performs In The Air Tonight inside Vice City Stories, released 2006. A major musician appearing as himself in a game was, at the time, close to unprecedented.
  17. - Grandmaster Flash. ’s hip hop station. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward. Grandmaster Flash at the Ingenuity Festival.
  18. - Juliette Lewis f1728239. Juliette Lewis from Juliette and the Licks at the Eurockéennes of 2007. Juliette Lewis hosts Radio Broker in GTA IV. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward.
  19. - Metalmania 2008 Megadeth Dave Mustaine 02. Dave Mustaine from Megadeth during Metalmania 2008 festival. Megadeth appear on V-Rock, Vice City’s metal station. The music is the most rights-encumbered material in the subject, so the archive shows the musicians rather than playing the stations.
  20. - Rage Against The Machine
  21. - Rock en Seine 2007, 2 Many DJs. 2 Many DJs (Stephen and David Dewaele / Soulwax) at Rock en Seine, August 2007. Soulwax host Soulwax FM in GTA V. The stations are fully produced fictions with spoof DJs and spoof commercials in which the only real element is the music.
  22. - David Lee Roth Smashbox 2008. David Lee Roth attending a Fashion Show during Los Angeles Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios, Culver City, CA on March 11, 2008 -. David Lee Roth appears on V-Rock in Vice City. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward.
  23. - Femi-Kuti. 99 in GTA IV. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward.
  24. - Willie Nelson in Redmond, Washington 2008. Willie Nelson performing at Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington. Willie Nelson appears on K-Rose, the country station in San Andreas. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward.
  25. - The Last HOPE: Grand Theft Lazlow - Hacking the Media by Laughing at Them (Complete). Lazlow Jones speaks at The Last HOPE conference on media and satire. His background in radio is what the series drew on when it built talk stations that parody the form rather than simply host music.
  26. - Lee Scratch Perry 24 10 09. Lee Scratch Perry in 2009 live at Rocktambule Festival in Grenoble (France). Lee "Scratch" Perry hosted The Blue Ark in GTA V. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward.
  27. - Slick Rick - The Ruler. Slick Rick performing with Doug E. Fresh live in 2009. Slick Rick appears on Playback FM in San Andreas. The music is the most rights-encumbered material in the subject, so the archive shows the musicians rather than playing the stations.
  28. - Blondie - Debbie Harry - Zwarte Cross 2011. Debbie Harry performing with Blondie at the Zwarte Cross festival on Friday July 15th 2011 in Lichtenvoorde the Netherlands. Blondie appear on Wave 103 in Vice City. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward.
  29. - Gary Numan 2011. Gary Numan appears on Wave 103, Vice City’s synth-pop station. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward. Gary Numan performing at Ben and Jerry's Double Scoop Sundae festival, Heaton Park, Manchester, on July 23, 2011.
  30. - Kenny Loggins and the Boston Pops 2011. Kenny Loggins With The Boston Pops Orchestra Kenny Loggins of 70s super duo Loggins and Messina performed with the Boston Pops orchestra in Boston, Mass.; June 21-22, 2011. Kenny Loggins hosts Los Santos Rock Radio in GTA V. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward.
  31. - Flying Lotus, Bonnaroo 2012. Cali-bred DJ Flying Lotus performs a late-night set Friday at Bonnaroo. Flying Lotus hosts FlyLo FM in GTA V and recorded original music for it. The stations are fully produced fictions with spoof DJs and spoof commercials in which the only real element is the music.
  32. - Frankie Knuckles @ ADE 2012. Frankie Knuckles @ Sugar Factory club, 2012. Frankie Knuckles is associated with SF-UR, the house music station in San Andreas. The music is the most rights-encumbered material in the subject, so the archive shows the musicians rather than playing the stations.
  33. - Ice Cube 2012. Ice Cube Performs at Supafest 3 Sydney, Australia 2012. Ice Cube appears on West Coast Classics in GTA V. The stations are fully produced fictions with spoof DJs and spoof commercials in which the only real element is the music.
  34. - Kendrick Lamar, Bonnaroo 2012-2. Kendrick Lamar performs Thursday night at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee. Kendrick Lamar appears on Radio Los Santos in GTA V. The stations are fully produced fictions with spoof DJs and spoof commercials in which the only real element is the music.
  35. - Chuck D Public Enemy Way Out West 2013. Chuck D of Public Enemy at Way Out West 2013 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Chuck D of Public Enemy voices Forth Right MC on Playback FM in San Andreas. The music is the most rights-encumbered material in the subject, so the archive shows the musicians rather than playing the stations.
  36. - Frank Ocean Wireless Festival 2013. Frank Ocean at Wireless Festival. Frank Ocean launched the blonded radio station in GTA Online in 2018. The stations are fully produced fictions with spoof DJs and spoof commercials in which the only real element is the music.
  37. - Jesco White the Dancing Outlaw GTAV PC Easter egg. Jesco White appears as himself on Rebel Radio in Grand Theft Auto V. The stations are fully produced fictions in which the only real element is the music and the occasional real person.
  38. - Fendi store opening - Karl Lagerfeld. Karl Lagerfeld hosts K109 The Studio in GTA IV, one of the series’ more unlikely castings. The stations are fully produced fictions with spoof DJs and spoof commercials in which the only real element is the music. Fendi store opening - Karl Lagerfeld.
  39. - Cara Delevingne. Australian Premiere of Paper Towns. Cara Delevingne hosts Non-Stop-Pop FM in GTA V. The music is the most rights-encumbered material in the subject, so the archive shows the musicians rather than playing the stations.
  40. - Sly & Robbie TFF. Sly (Dunbar) with Robbie (Shakespeare) and Nils Petter Molvær at TFF Rudolstadt, 2015. Sly and Robbie hosted K-Jah West in San Andreas. The music is the most rights-encumbered material in the subject, so the archive shows the musicians rather than playing the stations.
  41. - Disappearing Voices The Decline of Black Radio (2008) TRAILER. On the consolidation and decline of black radio in America. The stations the games satirise were already disappearing from the real dial as the series grew.
  42. - Inside the world of pirate radio - Newsnight. BBC Newsnight inside UK pirate radio. The fully produced fictional station, with spoof DJs and spoof commercials, is the series' most imitated and least legally reproducible feature.
  43. - Skepta 2 F.I.B. 2016. Skepta contributed to GTA Online’s radio expansion. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward.
  44. - Depeche Mode en concert à Bordeaux en janvier 2018. Depeche Mode appear on Radio X in San Andreas. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward. Depeche Mode en concert à Bordeaux en janvier.
  45. - New Edition on Sister Circle Live. R.B.R.M. , 4 members of R&B band New Edition , interviewed on Sister Circle Live . Left to right: Ronnie DeVoe , Bobby Brown , Ricky Bell , Michael Bivins. Michael Bivins of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe hosts CSR 103.9 in San Andreas. The music is the most rights-encumbered material in the subject, so the archive shows the musicians rather than playing the stations.
  46. - WBLS - 'In A Class By Itself' - The 1970's, Frankie Crocker, Building a Station. The station's own history of Frankie Crocker and 1970s New York black radio. Liberty City's stations echo the New York dial that this programming defined.
  47. - Daddy Yankee, Con Calma Tour 2019. Daddy Yankee's Con Calma Tour 2019. Daddy Yankee hosts San Juan Sounds in GTA IV. The music is the most rights-encumbered material in the subject, so the archive shows the musicians rather than playing the stations.
  48. - Gilles Peterson 2019 DF1 2181. Gilles Peterson hosts WorldWide FM in GTA V. The stations are fully produced fictions with spoof DJs and spoof commercials in which the only real element is the music. Gilles Peterson 2019 DF1 2181.
  49. - Snoop Dogg 2019 by Glenn Francis. Snoop Dogg in Hollywood California on July 22, 2019 -. Snoop Dogg appears on West Coast Classics in GTA V. The stations are fully produced fictions with spoof DJs and spoof commercials in which the only real element is the music.
  50. - Legendary Radio DJ Greg Mack on adding rap music to 1580 KDAY radio in Los Angeles (pt.1). The programmer who put rap on Los Angeles radio describes how it happened. The music on the series' stations is the only real element in an otherwise invented broadcast.
  51. - The Evolution of GTA Radio | Genius News. Genius traces the series' radio across games. The form is fully produced fictional stations with spoof DJs, spoof commercials and spoof talk radio, in which the only real element is the music, either licensed or written for the games.
  52. - Rebel radio ships | Al Jazeera World Documentary. A broadcaster documentary on offshore radio ships. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce Rockstar's radio content and built the station format from Grand Theft Auto III onward.
  53. - ROSALÍA VALDÉS. Mexican singer and actress Rosalía Valdés. Picture by Tania Victoria/ Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México. Rosalía co-hosts the MOTOMAMI station in GTA Online. The music is the most rights-encumbered material in the subject, so the archive shows the musicians rather than playing the stations.
  54. - Lazlow interviews Cris Formage from Epsilon (GTA San Andreas WCTR radio). Lazlow conducts an in-fiction interview on the series' talk radio. The spoof talk station is the part of the format with no music licensing attached and the freest hand.
  55. - [RE-UPLOAD] How Grand Theft Auto's Iconic Radio Stations Were Created - Noclip Podcast #51. The series' radio stations are fully produced fictions with spoof DJs, spoof commercials and spoof talk shows, in which the only real element is the music. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce that content and built the format from Grand Theft Auto III onward.
  56. - Axl Rose live in London 2022. Axl Rose performing live with Guns N' Roses at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on 1 July 2022. Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses voices Tommy "The Nightmare" Smith on K-DST in San Andreas. The music is the most rights-encumbered material in the subject, so the archive shows the musicians rather than playing the stations.
  57. - KDAY Radio History. A history of 1580 KDAY in Los Angeles, the station that first put rap in regular rotation. Radio Los Santos in San Andreas imitates this format for a game set in the early 1990s.
  58. - The pirate station that changed British radio - Witness History, BBC World Service. The BBC on Radio Caroline and the offshore pirate stations. The series' talk and music station format descends from this tradition of radio as a personality-led broadcast rather than a playlist.
  59. - Cypress Hill 2023. Cypress Hill appear on Radio Los Santos in San Andreas. The music is the most rights-encumbered material in the subject, so the archive shows the musicians rather than playing the stations. Cypress Hill.
  60. - GTA V Beta - Changed & Cut Radio Content. Radio content changed or cut before Grand Theft Auto V shipped. Licensing constraints shape these stations more than any other element of the games.
  61. - The Man behind the Fun with Lazlow | Soder Podcast | EP 43. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the series' radio content and built the station format from Grand Theft Auto III onward. He appears as himself in the fiction from Chatterbox FM through V-Rock to a physical character in Grand Theft Auto V, and resigned from Rockstar in April 2020.
  62. - Every Radio Station in GTA V Explained in Detail. A survey of the stations in Grand Theft Auto V. The form is fully produced fictional radio in which the only real element is the music.
  63. - Bruce Dickinson – Iron Maiden – Tons of Rock 2026. Bruce Dickinson with Iron Maiden, headlining Tons of Rock, Oslo, Norway, June 2026. Iron Maiden appear on V-Rock in Vice City. Lazlow Jones was hired to produce the radio content and built the station format from GTA III onward.
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