CSR 103.9

"Damn, I just sold my Soul to devil! Sure you did. But you won't miss it with all this money... Hahahaha... Oh, hell yeah! Contemporary Soul Radio. New jack swing."

- Station jingle

"Chart-topping and club friendly hits, brought to you by Philip 'PM' Michaels, entertainer. New Jack Swing and modern soul from today's hottest acts. Where soul meets preppy. Philip is also available for weddings, funerals and Bar Mitzvahs."

- GTA San Andreas website

Contemporary Soul Radio (CSR) is a radio station in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, hosted by Phillip "PM" Michaels (voiced by ), that plays contemporary soul, funk, hip-hop, new jack swing, R&B and pop music.

Description
Another of the music genres that was popular in the early 1990s, new jack swing is the primary focus of CSR. Out of the three radio stations in San Andreas that play funk and soul (Bounce FM, CSR 103.9 and Master Sounds 98.3), CSR presents a more contemporary image. It is the most commercial radio in GTA San Andreas and the only one that airs pop music, and as such, it blends in well with the general atmosphere of Vinewood and its glamour and its celebrities.

CSR doesn't feel any shame of being a commercial radio, as shown in their idents, like the one quoted above or another where they say "soul has to have integrity, but not at the expense of record sales". CSR also educates players that may not be familiar with what new jack swing is about, in idents like "what happens when you mix gospel, synthesizers, and a barbershop quartet with guns and drugs?" and "what do you call it when four guys are in a group and only one becomes famous?"

Its host, Phillip "PM" Michaels, is voiced by Michael Bivins (who was a member of new jack swing acts and ). As he explains in his dialogues, Michaels came to San Andreas from one of the main centers of new jack swing,. He hopes to become the next big star in Vinewood. So far he hasn't had much success, even though he had some auditions, and even at one time, when he was dancing in the street to celebrate that it was a sunny day, some kids threw rocks at him. He blames his former agent for his turn of luck, and he hopes he can appear in Cluckin' Bell and Celebrate With Cake commercials. He disapproves of drugs, gambling and relations with underage teens, and he doesn't seem to like rap because he thinks rappers "don't sing, but talk" ("one is music, the other belongs to therapy, you're my therapy" as he says). He seems to treat women in a misogynistic way.

CSR is the favorite radio of one of the callers in Playback FM, much to the chagrin of Playback's host.

Trivia

 * All six members of R&B group are present on this station, although not together as New Edition, but rather their side or solo acts upon the group's hiatus (,, , and , respectively).
 * CSR plays inside ProLaps clothing stores.
 * It also plays inside Macisla's barbershop in eastern Los Santos.
 * It also plays inside the Below the Belt Gym.
 * 's "" and 's "" are featured inside Strip Clubs.
 * In the missions "Drive-By", "Los Sepulcros", and "Reuniting the Families", the default radio upon entering Sweet's car is CSR 103.9 instead of Bounce FM, implying that this is one of Sweet's favorite radio stations.
 * In the original PlayStation 2 version, the game's "Audio" screen and instruction manual refer to this station as CSR 103.2. CSR 103.2 also appears when switching radio stations inside a vehicle. This was later patched, as the oversight does not appear on the PC, Xbox, mobile (unless the game's language is set to Japanese) and later PS2 versions.
 * In the mobile version and all releases since 2013, this station, K-Rose and SF-UR are the only radio stations to retain all of the songs from the original game.

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