Radio Stations in GTA 1

The first Grand Theft Auto has seven radio stations and a police band track, which can be heard once the player enters a car, setting a feature that would become a mainstay in the game series.

All the songs in this soundtrack are original creations produced by the Rockstar staff (none of them are licensed content), therefore the year of release for all of them is 1997, that of the first GTA.

The game's main theme is "Grand Theft Auto" by Craig Conner (who also played all instruments on the track). It is credited to the fictitious band Da Shootaz, appears on N-CT FM, and will be the first song the player hears upon starting the game.

With the exception of Head Radio FM and The Fergus Buckner Show FM, the names of songs or the radio station names are never mentioned in-game. However the soundtrack is listed in the booklet which comes with the game.

Technical Info
On the PC version of the game disc, the radio station audio is stored in standard CD audio tracks. As a result, PC players can remove the CD once the game is loaded and replace it with an audio CD. The next time the character enters a vehicle, a song from the CD will randomly play.

The radio stations can also be played outside the game by putting the game disc into a normal audio CD player, as long as track 1 (which contains the game data) is skipped over.

Radio stations

 * As all the songs are original creations, for all of them the year of release is that of GTA 1: 1997.

Brooklyn Underground FM
Genre: Trance, Techno and Oldschool Jungle

Tracklist:
 * Retrograde - "Benzoate" (C.Conner)
 * Government Listening Post - "E104" (C.Conner)
 * Trancefer - "Figiwhiz" (C.Conner)

The Fix FM
Genre: Techno/Apartment

Tracklist:
 * Animal Testing Centre - "DSP" (C.Conner) (samples Indeep's "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life")
 * Rotorman - "Ride" (C.Conner)
 * Technophiliak - "Lagerstar" (G.Middleton) (samples Run Tings's "Something To Dance To")

The Fergus Buckner Show FM
Genre: Country

DJ: Fergus Buckner

Tracklist:
 * Sideways Hank O'Malley (and The Alabama Bottle Boys) - "The Ballad of Chapped-Lips Calhoun" (C.Anderson/B.Baglow)

Head Radio FM
Genre: Pop/Rock/Adult contemporary

DJ: Eddie Symons

Tracklist:
 * Reality Bubble - "Days Like These" (C.Conner)
 * Meme Traders - "Automatic Transmission" (Grant Middleton)
 * Ohjaamo - "Complications" (C.Conner)

It's Unleashed FM
Genre: Alternative/Hard rock

Tracklist:
 * Stikki Fingers - "4 Letter Love" (C.Anderson/B.Baglow)
 * The Hounds - "Let It Out" (C.Conner) (samples Deee-Lite's "Groove Is In The Heart")
 * Bleeding Stump - "Just Do It" (C.Anderson)

N-CT FM
Genre: Hip-Hop/Gangsta Rap

Tracklist:
 * Da Shootaz - Grand Theft Auto (C.Conner/Robert DeNegro)
 * Slumpussy - "This Life" (C.Conner/Robert DeNegro)
 * CCC Featuring Robert DeNegro - "Blow Your Console" (C.Conner/R.DeNegro)

Radio '76 FM
Genre: Funk/Retro (This radio station's name is referred to in-game as Funk FM.)

Tracklist:
 * Ghetto Fingers - "On The Move" (Colin Anderson)
 * Ashtar - "Aori" (C.Anderson)
 * Stylus Exodus - "Pootang Shebang" (C.Anderson)

The following song is not included in the radios but is used in the game's title screen and ending:
 * Slumpussy - "Gangster Friday" (Craig Conner)

Trivia

 * The number of songs in this soundtrack is 20.
 * All songs are original creations.
 * Therefore, for all songs the year of release is 1997.
 * There are only 2 DJs named: Fergus Buckner and Eddie Symons.
 * The game uses a generic police radio track used in countless films, series and games ("5 George K, number 30 Broad street" is said in the track). This police track would be used too in GTA 2 and GTA III.

Radio '76 FM Radio '76 FM Radio '76 FM Radio '76 FM