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The liberals are fighting back, and this time, it's personal.
— GTA IV website.
Public Liberty Radio (PLR) is a talk radio station featured in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Description[]
PLR appears to be based on National Public Radio.
The station does not appear in Episodes from Liberty City although in Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition, it, along with all other GTA IV exclusive radio stations, appears in The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.
Programs[]
The Séance[]
- Host: Beatrix Fontaine (Ilyana Kadushin)
- Topics: A call-in talk show focused on New Age spiritualism. During the show, Beatrix, a phony psychic, provides callers with ridiculous advice, and constantly asks for their money.
Pacemaker[]
- Host: Ryan McFallon (Bryan Tucker)
- Topics: A talk show focused on health care. Host Ryan McFallon interviews a panel of three guests:
- Sheila Stafford (portrayed by Rachel Allen), public relations director for Betta Pharmaceuticals who constantly promotes her corporation's latest prescriptions at high costs and appears to serve as a personification of the United States opioid crisis.
- Wilson Taylor Sr. (portrayed by Bill Hader), the hypochondriac CEO for the largest HMO in the nation (Co-Pay Health System) who strongly promotes privatized and expensive healthcare, despite the recession, and is more interested in turning over a maximum profit than the actual well-being of his customers.
- Mason Waylon (portrayed by Rick Shapiro), an author and advocate of holistic and homeopathic medicine with violent tendencies and a noted hostility towards modern medicine. The show ends with Waylon forcefully drilling holes in the two other guests' heads.
- Topics: A talk show focused on health care. Host Ryan McFallon interviews a panel of three guests:
Intelligent Agenda[]
- Host: Mike Riley (Brian Sack)
- Topics: A left-wing call-in talk show. Host Mike Riley interviews a panel of three guests:
- Brandon Roberts, a Vinewood actor who associates himself with left-wing causes only to enhance his own image.
- John Hunter, a candidate for state governor, who embraces certain extreme right and extreme left political ideals.
- Zachary Tyler, a child prodigy who was brought onto the show as an example of liberal parenting, but is in fact an elitist.
- The show ends with Hunter spanking Tyler after the latter suggests euthanasia to combat the hunger crisis.
- Topics: A left-wing call-in talk show. Host Mike Riley interviews a panel of three guests:
Trivia[]
- If Niko Bellic is in a taxi and asks the driver to switch to this station, he will refer to it as "the liberal station".
See Also[]
- Chatterbox FM, a talk station in GTA III.
- K-Chat, a talk station in GTA Vice City.
- Vice City Public Radio (VCPR), a public talk station in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories.
- West Coast Talk Radio (WCTR), a talk station in GTA San Andreas and GTA V.
- Liberty City Free Radio (LCFR), a talk station in GTA Liberty City Stories.
- WKTT Radio, a talk station in GTA IV and Episodes from Liberty City.
- Integrity 2.0, a talk station in GTA IV and Episodes From Liberty City.
- Blaine County Radio, a public talk station in GTA V.