We used to just leave a vehicle parked somewhere while we made dinner or did other stuff and let the radio play!
People sometimes would stop by and realize, after a bit of convo, they were hearing something and be baffled as to what the hell we were listening too.
My friends and I would do the same thing. When we got tired of playing, but wanted to keep listening to the music or talk shows.
The talk radio was the best! I was not a fan of most talk radio past morning shows but I loved all of the GTA ones. Somehow it made more sense listening to their off the wall shit than the real talk radio stations.
I used to love listening to Chatterbox on GTA 3. Lazlo and the Hispanic guy used to make me laugh like crazy, and now I listen to NPR and podcasts so I guess I eventually learned to like talk radio.
Clear channel ruined radio
FYI they rebranded into iHeartRadio.
Radio must have been one of the first modern things to go through the “enshitification” process.
Yep. Endless focus groups to rate which songs to play. Extremely small playlists and the hosts are so annoying you want to punch them. Thank god for the internet and endless amounts of music, I never need to listen to radio anymore.
There used to be good stations, with hosts choosing the music they want to play and having a good taste – even better if it’s different from mine so I can hear something new.
All gone now…
I have this one station I like to listen to that plays a variety of stuff from local artists and the like. Very few ads too, though they occasionally go into “soliciting for memberships” mode now and then.
The one I know and love is The Summit FM in Akron Ohio. I listen to it on Radio Garden or on actual radio when I’m in the area
There’s so many good songs out there across genres. It’s a shame only a few give them airtime
Hah! The Summit in Akron was the EXACT station I was referring to!
Hell yeah! Those guys do it right, I hope more follow suit
Of course they did. They took over everything in Canada too.
Radio X > everything else
I had a software that ripped gta music and ads and shuffled them so you can burn a cd to play in your car with the same in game radio.
Loved cruising around with k-rose on from San Andreas. The ads kill me every time.
I wonder how long it would take for a passenger in the car to figure out it’s not real radio…
GTA radio is literally just songs that used to play on the RL radio 😂
The announcers and commercials are better in GTA, thus better than IRL
Well, the deejays were people that were already famous for other things, so yeah, slight advantage there 😅
I can’t change your mind, I agree right down to the “vice city was the best one,” you’re right.
It made me nostalgic for so many classics of the 70s/80s that I hadn’t heard before playing it.
Useless. Talentless. Asshole. Haha I love those guys. -Maurice Chavez
Have also been guilty of leaving the car parked and listening to the radio. Download the files from YouTube while they’re hot :)
They’re on yt? Yeah, I might go for that.
Fernando Martinez never fails to make me laugh
No, I will not change your mind.
Gardening with Maurice was nice. Actually all the shows on WCTR.
Can’t believe I had to go this low to find WCTR.
Los Santos Rock from GTAV with Kenny “Danger Zone” Loggins as the DJ is incredible.
Chakra Attack!
I would just drive around busting three wheel around the corners with my homies in the drop top just listening to the radio. That was more fun than the missions.
Radio Broker and Electro-Choc were ridiculously influential on my later music preferences.
