I fondly remember a trip to the USA in 2007. I was visiting a friend in Phoenix, only to find out that the KDST channel in GTA SA wasn’t entirely parody.
Got those who don’t know, GTA had a bunch of parody radio channels, KDST was the rock turned channel where Guns and Roses front man, Axl Rose was the voice actor for the DJ.
Turns out there was a rock station in Phoenix KDKB ‘everything that rocks’ where Alice Cooper hosted a show a couple hours every evening. If was really surreal driving around in America, for the first time, with a channel on that would occasionally play one of the songs in the GTA playlist.
Anyway I listened to them back home for a while, via internet radio, because we don’t have dedicated rock radio. Unfortunately they got sold off… Rip
On my recent trip to Europe it was fascinating what songs I’d hear on the radio that had crossed the ocean and seemed to still be in regular circulation on the radio and how the compared to the current regular circulation at home
I will say, GTA’s parody radio stations are a really good parody of what radio stations actually play. From your description that rock station sounded pretty similar to any rock stations I’ve listened to (including specific shows hosted by specific people) although looking into it, I’m realizing that both of the rock stations I’ve listened to enough to remember are from much smaller conglomerates, one of which is only 4 stations on a single shared tower while the other is a regional conglomerate with a couple dozen stations in 7 markets so ymmv
If you’d like I can pm you the websites since both companies offer internet radio streams as well
I fondly remember a trip to the USA in 2007. I was visiting a friend in Phoenix, only to find out that the KDST channel in GTA SA wasn’t entirely parody.
Got those who don’t know, GTA had a bunch of parody radio channels, KDST was the rock turned channel where Guns and Roses front man, Axl Rose was the voice actor for the DJ.
Turns out there was a rock station in Phoenix KDKB ‘everything that rocks’ where Alice Cooper hosted a show a couple hours every evening. If was really surreal driving around in America, for the first time, with a channel on that would occasionally play one of the songs in the GTA playlist.
Anyway I listened to them back home for a while, via internet radio, because we don’t have dedicated rock radio. Unfortunately they got sold off… Rip
On my recent trip to Europe it was fascinating what songs I’d hear on the radio that had crossed the ocean and seemed to still be in regular circulation on the radio and how the compared to the current regular circulation at home
I will say, GTA’s parody radio stations are a really good parody of what radio stations actually play. From your description that rock station sounded pretty similar to any rock stations I’ve listened to (including specific shows hosted by specific people) although looking into it, I’m realizing that both of the rock stations I’ve listened to enough to remember are from much smaller conglomerates, one of which is only 4 stations on a single shared tower while the other is a regional conglomerate with a couple dozen stations in 7 markets so ymmv
If you’d like I can pm you the websites since both companies offer internet radio streams as well
Well if you brunch at a typical retirement home, won’t you get that type of radio?
Yeah I only got the community name after posting and decide to keep it up regardless. The difference in radio culture is quite notable.