Rockstar Newswire published The Music of Grand Theft Auto VI: In-Game Radio Stations on October 8, 2026, with the deck “Details on Six Stations from Leonida Radio, Podcasts, and More.” Full Newswire text rendered for this update.
Full guide: For station-by-station hosts, listen modes (in-car + on foot), and FAQ, see the radio stations guide. This news post stays the announcement timeline.
Official post: Newswire: In-Game Radio Stations.
This news piece covers the announcement only. Station-by-station listening notes and playlists belong on the guide radio stations (DE: /de/guides/radiosender/): we do not duplicate that guide here.
Headline claims (Rockstar)
Rockstar frames Leonida radio as “the latest selection of the Grand Theft Auto series’ most distinct musical element,” spanning stations “dedicated to everything from Classic Rock to Talk Radio,” and calls the selection the “biggest and widest-ranging selection of in-game radio yet.”
New for VI (official):
Plus, for the first time ever, Grand Theft Auto VI introduces a series of on-demand podcasts for Jason and Lucia to experience beyond Leonida’s terrestrial radio, with both radio and podcasts available to listen to in vehicles and on foot through newly introduced headphones and earbuds connected to their smartphones.
Character pages: Jason Duval, Lucia Caminos. Map: map.
Six featured stations (Newswire blurbs)
Rockstar names six stations in this post (not a claim that only six exist in the full game):
- Cocoteo FM: “Leonida’s home for the best of modern Latin music.” Hosted by El Martillo and La Gata; bachata, merengue, dembow, reggaeton: “el party que nunca se apaga.”
- Back Country Radio: MW and Delta Dawne blast renegade country to the Grassrivers, Port Gellhorn, and beyond; mentions a roving reporter, swamp meteorologist, and Mud Dog Mike from a Grassrivers airboat.
- AfroBank FM: Burna and Palmsy curate African music from 20th-century classics to amapiano, 3-step, and more.
- The Chamber 106.6: metal with DJ Kerry and DJ Tom; “decades of timeless metal anthems” and “Leonida’s deep metal roots.”
- Flash FM: Vice City institution for pop with Robyn and Alex; “guaranteed to make you dance” across the Goodtime State.
- Dirty South Classics: Trick and Trina with regional rap and hip-hop classics; “nobody reps Leonida and the South like they do.”
Place names above match official Leonida geography (see map and location wiki pages).
Where to preview (official)
Rockstar: listen to previews of these six stations in the Music section of the official Grand Theft Auto VI site, and stay tuned for more: including the dynamic score and more singles from Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album.
Rockstar also points to pre-save / vinyl-CD pre-order for The Album (34 original tracks) at gtavi-thealbum.com. That soundtrack album is a separate product from the Original Score by Justice (commercial score album dated December 11 in a later Newswire). See The Album news and Original Score by Justice.
Same-day store collection
October 8 also brought the Rockstar Store collection Newswire. Merch and radio are separate: a keychain does not confirm a station playlist.
Anti-cannibalization
- This article: announcement facts from the October 8 Newswire.
- Guide /guides/radio-stations/: deeper station coverage (being written separately).
- We do not invent full tracklists per station or claim unlisted stations from leaks.
Credits
Hero art: © Rockstar Games, Newswire source URL above.
Leonida Playbook is unofficial and not affiliated with Rockstar Games or Take-Two.
Listening modes in one sentence
Rockstar’s newswire sentence is careful: radio and podcasts work in vehicles and on foot via smartphone-connected headphones/earbuds. That is a platform-feature claim for VI, not a promise about every podcast title at launch. Podcast show names beyond that sentence are not confirmed in this Newswire, so we do not invent a podcast directory here: the radio stations guide can expand later from official lists.
Host names we keep exactly
Every host or duo above is spelled as Rockstar published it (El Martillo, La Gata, MW, Delta Dawne, Mud Dog Mike, Burna, Palmsy, DJ Kerry, DJ Tom, Robyn, Alex, Trick, Trina). We do not attach unverified real-world celebrity IDs to those in-world names unless Rockstar does.