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Rockstar Just Opened GTA 6’s Radio Dial — Six Stations, Superstar DJs, and a Series First Nobody Saw Coming

For twenty-five years, the rules of Grand Theft Auto radio never changed: the music lives in the car. You steal a ride, the DJ starts talking, you flip through the stations, and the vibe follows you until you step out the door and the streets go quiet. Today, Rockstar Games broke that rule — and did it with a guest list nobody predicted.

The studio has revealed the first six radio stations of Grand Theft Auto 6 on the game’s official website, complete with hosts, genres, and short streaming previews you can listen to right now. And according to Rolling Stone’s reporting, those “hosts” include some of the biggest names in music on Earth: Bad Bunny, Lana Del Rey, Morgan Wallen, Burna Boy, Robyn — and, over in the metal corner, two founding members of Slayer.

The headline feature, though, isn’t who’s on the dial. It’s where the dial can go. For the first time in series history, you won’t need a car to listen to it at all.

What Happened

On October 8, Rockstar updated the music section of the official GTA 6 website with detailed pages for six in-game radio stations — each with its own artwork, host introductions, and a preview mix of snippet-length song clips. Game Informer notes the previews run only a few minutes each, but that’s enough to hear the hosts, clock the tone, and catch the first officially confirmed tracks. It’s the clearest picture yet of what Rockstar means when it promises the “biggest and widest ranging selection of in-game radio and podcasts yet.”

The bigger news is buried in the announcement copy. “For the first time ever, Grand Theft Auto 6 introduces a series of on-demand podcasts for Jason and Lucia to experience beyond Leonida’s terrestrial radio,” Rockstar writes, “with both radio and podcasts available to listen to in vehicles and on foot through newly introduced headphones and earbuds connected to their smartphones.”

Read that again: headphones. Earbuds. Smartphones. Two of the most ordinary accessories in Jason and Lucia’s world are now the delivery system for the series’ most beloved feature — and a brand-new podcast lineup rides along with it. GameSpot reports that Rockstar says more details on the podcasts are “coming soon.”

Worth emphasizing on a day when the leak channels are loud again: everything here is official, first-party Rockstar material. Nothing in this piece depends on unauthorized footage — for the other kind of GTA 6 news making the rounds today, we covered that separately.

The Six Stations, From Reggaeton to Slayer

Here’s the first slice of Leonida’s dial, station by station — in-game hosts first, with the real-world names Rolling Stone reports are behind them.

Cocoteo FM. Modern Latin music — reggaeton, dembow, bachata, merengue — hosted by El Martillo and La Gata, who Rolling Stone reports are Bad Bunny and RaiNao. Rockstar’s blurb calls it “el party que nunca se apaga” — the party that never goes out. Confirmed preview cuts: Bad Bunny’s “EoO,” Romeo Santos’ “Canalla,” and Axel Rulay’s “Si Es Trucho (Remix).”

Back Country Radio. Renegade, airboat-ready country from hosts MW and Delta Dawne — reported to be Morgan Wallen and Lana Del Rey — with roving reporter Mud Dog Mike filing regular updates from the swamps. GameSpot identifies Mud Dog Mike as voiced by Del Rey’s husband, Jeremy Dufrene. Preview cuts: David Allan Coe, Loretta Lynn, and Hank Williams’ “The Conversation.”

AfroBank FM. The best in African music — amapiano, three-step, and 20th-century classics — from DJs Burna and Palmsy, reported to be Burna Boy and DJ Palms Trax. Rockstar’s instruction: “turn up the gbedu.” Preview cuts: Asake’s “Joha,” Pat Thomas’ “Gye Wani,” DJ Lag’s “Shay’sana.”

The Chamber 106.6. Crushing metal “from the ’80s and beyond” with DJ Kerry and DJ Tom — reported to be Slayer founders Kerry King and Tom Araya. Preview cuts: Black Sabbath’s “I,” Pantera’s “I’m Broken,” and Slayer’s own “Raining Blood.” Yes, a GTA station is hosted by the men who wrote “Raining Blood,” introducing “Raining Blood.”

Flash FM. The returning Vice City institution, still dealing in pop and “guaranteed grooves,” now hosted by Robyn and Alex — reported to be Robyn and model Alex Consani. Preview cuts: Charli xcx’s “Good Ones,” Zara Larsson and PinkPantheress’ “Midnight Sun (Girls Trip),” and MGMT’s “Electric Feel.”

Dirty South Classics. Southern hospitality, Southern rap — hosted by Trick and Trina, reported to be Miami legends Trick Daddy and Trina. Preview cuts: David Banner’s “Like A Pimp,” JT Money’s “Who Dat,” and DJ Khaled’s Trick Daddy, Rick Ross, and Pitbull posse cut “Born N Raised.” If any single station is the sound of Leonida, it might be this one.

Official GTA 6 artwork of Lucia Caminos — Lucia Caminos, official GTA 6 art. With radio and podcasts moving to headphones and earbuds connected to Jason and Lucia’s smartphones, Leonida’s airwaves no longer stop at the car door. (Pictured: official Rockstar artwork)

Take the Dial With You: Headphones, Earbuds, and Podcasts

On-foot listening might sound like a small quality-of-life tweak. It isn’t — it’s a structural change to how GTA feels to walk around in. Radio has always been GTA’s ambient world-texture: the satire, the ads, the DJ banter between missions. But in every previous game, that texture was tethered to vehicle interiors. Step out, and the world went sonically silent. Now Jason and Lucia can wander a beach boardwalk, hike the Grassrivers, or case a storefront with the full soundtrack running — which pairs naturally with the phone-first systems Rockstar has already shown off, from the WAiNK app to rideshare fast travel (all part of the biggest detail drop so far).

The podcasts are the genuinely new toy. On-demand shows — as Eurogamer put it, so you can binge true crime while also doing true crime — exist beyond the terrestrial dial, which means written, produced, serialized audio content built for listening on your own schedule. Rockstar hasn’t named a single podcast yet; “coming soon” is all we get for now.

What we still don’t know: the full station count (Rockstar framed these as six of the stations, so more are coming), the podcast lineup, and whether the music-industry buzz around the game — like those Spotify billboards that started appearing — points toward deeper real-world integration. On the rumor side of the ledger, placeholder listings that surfaced on streaming platforms suggesting Cardi B and Fuerza Regida involvement remain exactly that — unconfirmed rumors.

What This Means for GTA 6

Start with Flash FM, because Rockstar clearly did. The station that defined 2002’s Vice City — the pop heartbeat of a soundtrack many still call the best in gaming — is the bridge between the old Vice City and Leonida. Its return says the radio reveal isn’t just a feature announcement; it’s a statement of lineage. This is the same city, the same FM dial, twenty-four years later. (Our full retro dive on the original’s music lives here.)

Look at the lineup as a map and you get Florida, played straight. Latin music isn’t a specialty channel here — it’s the first station revealed. Dirty South Classics draws from the actual Miami rap canon, with hosts from the city itself. Back Country Radio sends a swamp reporter named Mud Dog Mike to file updates. AfroBank FM and The Chamber widen the dial beyond anything the series has attempted. Leonida’s radio sounds like the state it’s satirizing.

The star power is its own signal. A-listers aren’t just licensing songs — they’re voicing characters, recording banter, playing DJ personas inside the game. That’s the no-expense-spared era of Rockstar made audible, and it lines up with everything else we know about the soundtrack push: the 34-track original album featuring new music from Travis Scott and Keith Richards, which also lands November 19 on vinyl and CD. Game Informer reports Rockstar still has more soundtrack details to share, including the game’s dynamic score.

Official GTA 6 Vice City postcard artwork — Official GTA 6 Vice City postcard art. Flash FM — the station that defined 2002’s Vice City — is back on Leonida’s dial, bridging twenty-four years of GTA radio.

And for players, the on-foot change may be the sleeper feature of the entire reveal. A detail-dense open world only works if walking through it is rewarding, and a personal soundtrack — station radio or a podcast of your choosing — is the cheapest, most elegant way to make aimless wandering feel intentional. Rockstar has spent months arguing that GTA 6’s world acts upon you. This is that philosophy, applied to your ears.

The Bottom Line

Six stations down, an unknown number to go, superstar DJs on the mic, podcasts on demand, and a radio that finally leaves the car — the best official taste of GTA 6’s tone yet came not from a trailer but from a music page. Go listen to the previews; they’re short, they’re official, and they’re the closest thing to standing in Leonida right now.

GTA 6 arrives November 19, 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. If you haven’t locked in your copy, you can pre-order GTA 6 for PS5 on Amazon or grab the Xbox version here. Then cue up the station previews and pretend it’s launch day — or work through our things-to-do-while-waiting guide with Flash FM in the background.

The car made GTA’s radio an icon. The headphones might make it a companion.

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