In Grand Theft Auto, the radio isn’t background noise — it’s the reason you take the long way to a mission. Vice City’s soundtrack in 2002 defined an entire era of gaming, and with GTA 6 landing on November 19, 2026, the dial is the one system fans are dissecting harder than the map. Here’s exactly what Rockstar has confirmed, what surfaced in leaked builds, and what’s still pure rumor.
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What Rockstar Has Actually Confirmed
Let’s be precise, because almost every “full GTA 6 radio station list” floating around right now is built on leaks, not announcements.
Confirmed: Rockstar has revealed roughly 21 songs across three official pieces of media — Trailer 1 (December 2023), Trailer 2 (May 2025), and GTA 6: An Extended Look, the ~26-minute gameplay showcase that premiered on Netflix on August 27, 2026. The Extended Look alone added around 14 new tracks and blew the tonal range wide open: 1970s soft rock, 1980s synth-pop, modern Atlanta trap, Latin dembow, and club house all appeared inside the same presentation.
Also effectively confirmed: V-Rock. The classic Vice City hard rock station’s updated logo has appeared on a t-shirt Jason wears in official Rockstar material — the kind of detail Rockstar doesn’t put in marketing by accident.
Not confirmed: the station lineup. Rockstar has published no official station list, no DJ names, no tracklists, and no soundtrack album or streaming playlist. Historically that lands at or just before launch, so expect the real reveal in the first half of November 2026.
Every Radio Station Spotted So Far (Leaked — Treat Accordingly)
This section is based on leaks, not Rockstar. In July 2026, a leaker group posted gameplay clips from an unfinished build. One clip — Jason flying a plane — accidentally left the radio selection menu open on screen, and fans transcribed the station names. Outlets including RockstarINTEL and Kotaku catalogued the results, and GTABase has been maintaining a running database since.
The stations spotted in leaked footage and datamining, with the genres attributed to them:
- V-Rock — hard rock, heavy metal (the Vice City original)
- Emotion 98.3 — pop and soft rock (also a Vice City original)
- CircoLoco Records Radio — dance/house
- Dirty South Classics — hip-hop
- Back Country Radio — country
- Stockyard FM — pop
- Symphony FM — classical
- Radio On-U — reggae and dub
- Cocoteo FM — Latin and reggaeton
- Worldwide FM — house, jazz, worldbeat
- Kaleidoscope FM — dance
- La Ola — salsa and Latin classics
- Honey FM — genre unclear
- The Wipe — genre unclear
- The Chamber — genre unclear
A slot tagged simply “DNU” also appeared in the wheel — almost certainly a developer placeholder (“Do Not Use”), not a real station.
Two things worth flagging. First, this footage came from an unfinished build, so stations can be renamed, merged, or cut entirely before November. Second, CircoLoco Records Radio is the least surprising name on the list — CircoLoco Records is a real record label Rockstar co-founded in May 2021 with the Ibiza party institution behind DC-10’s Monday nights. Rockstar has been releasing music on that label for five years. Giving it a station is the payoff.
For scale, and to set expectations: GTA 5 shipped with over 240 songs across 17 stations and kept growing through GTA Online. Fifteen leaked names for GTA 6 is right in that neighborhood, which is a decent signal the leaked wheel is real.
The Vice City Stations Coming Back
Two names on that list are straight out of 2002, and they’re the ones long-time fans care about most.
V-Rock was Vice City’s hard rock and metal station — the one that made Iron Maiden’s “2 Minutes to Midnight” a permanent part of GTA memory. Its return is the closest thing to a confirmed station we have, thanks to the t-shirt in official footage. Leaked clips put Stevie Nicks’ cover of “For What It’s Worth” and Lindsey Buckingham’s “Go Insane” on it, which suggests Rockstar is running a broader classic-rock format this time rather than pure metal.
Emotion 98.3 was Vice City’s love-song station, and it appeared in the leaked wheel. Cliff Richard’s “Devil Woman” — which showed up in the Extended Look — has been attributed to it.
What’s conspicuously missing from every leak so far: Fever 105, Flash FM, Wildstyle, and Radio Espantoso. Don’t read too much into that. The leaked build predates launch, and Rockstar has form for holding back its best nostalgia beats.
Every Song Rockstar Has Officially Shown
These are confirmed as appearing in official Rockstar media. In GTA history, trailer tracks land on the in-game radio the overwhelming majority of the time.
From Trailer 1 and Trailer 2: “Love Is a Long Road” — Tom Petty (1989) · “Hot Together” — The Pointer Sisters (1986) · “Thunder Island” — Jay Ferguson (1977) · “Child Support” — Zenglen (2004) · “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” — Wang Chung (1986) · “Talkin’ to Myself Again” — Tammy Wynette (1987) · “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” — The Arrows (1975)
From the August 27 Extended Look: “Pop Bottles” — Birdman & Lil Wayne · “Skrilla” — Kodak Black · “Pound Town” — Sexyy Red & Tay Keith · “Let Your Love Flow” — The Bellamy Brothers · “Love Bites” — Def Leppard · “People Are People” — Depeche Mode · “But I Think It’s a Dream” — Captain & Tennille · “Cars and Girls” — Prefab Sprout · “Off the Grid” — !!! feat. Meah Pace · “Devil Woman” — Cliff Richard · “Se Me Nota (Agárrame)” — Chimbala & Omega · “Against All Odds” — Phil Collins · “Mine O’ Mine” — Aluna & Jayda G · “Inner Light” — Elderbrook & Bob Moses
The single most telling pick on that list is Zenglen’s “Child Support” — a Haitian konpa track. That is not a song you find on a Spotify algorithm playlist. It’s a signal Rockstar actually researched South Florida’s real musical geography instead of just licensing eighties hits, and it’s the strongest argument that Leonida’s radio is going to feel regional rather than generic.
Songs Heard Only in Leaked Footage
Leaked, not confirmed. These were transcribed by fans from the CyberLeek gameplay clips and could be cut before launch: “Impact” — SG Lewis, Robyn & Channel Tres · “Unforgettable” — French Montana ft. Swae Lee · “Players” — Coi Leray · “Sports Car” — Tate McRae · “Overpowered” — Róisín Murphy · “Shooting Shark” — Blue Öyster Cult · “Rhinestone Cowboy” — Glen Campbell · “The Fireman” — George Strait · “Get It Poppin’” — Fat Joe ft. Nelly · “Just Like Paradise” — David Lee Roth · “BILLS PAID” — DJ Khaled ft. Latto & City Girls · “Symphony No. 5, III. Allegro Molto” — Sibelius · “Million Dollar Baby” — Tommy Richman · “Skylarking” — Horace Andy · “Girl” — Myke Towers
One of these mattered far beyond the playlist. Tate McRae’s “Sports Car” released in January 2025 — meaning the leaked build could not have come from the 2022 Rockstar hack, as most people initially assumed. It had to be from 2025 or later. Bad news for Rockstar’s security team; good news for anyone building a pre-launch playlist, because it means these tracks reflect a fairly late version of the soundtrack rather than years-old placeholder music.
The Rumors: Drake, Neon Indian and the Artist Stations
Everything in this section is unconfirmed speculation, so hold it loosely.
The persistent one is a Drake-hosted station in the mold of Frank Ocean’s blonded Los Santos in GTA Online. There is no evidence for it beyond years of fan expectation. DJ Khaled is a more plausible candidate on Miami-connection logic alone, and “BILLS PAID” surfacing in leaked footage is the first actual data point. Producer Jermaine Dupri has said publicly he was approached about the game and turned it down — which at least confirms Rockstar was shopping for hosts.
Two smaller threads: the Sydney artist Panama replied to a fan on Instagram saying his Poolside collaboration “Back to Life” would be in the game, then deleted the comment. And Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo has hinted on his own podcast that his Rockstar relationship isn’t finished — his track “Polish Girl” appeared in GTA 5. Kendrick Lamar gets floated constantly with nothing behind it.
How to Actually Use the Radio in Vice City
Practical stuff, based on how GTA 5 handled this and what the leaked build showed:
- Expect a radio wheel, not a cycle button. The leaked plane clip showed a selection menu rather than tab-through-every-station. GTA 5’s wheel slowed time while open so you could pick safely mid-chase — assume the same here.
- Learn two stations, not fifteen. Pick one high-energy station for chases and drug runs and one slow station for long highway hauls across Leonida. Hunting for a song mid-pursuit is how you eat a road sign.
- Check the self-radio option before you build a playlist. GTA 5 on PC allowed a custom self-radio station; consoles never got it. If GTA 6’s PC version arrives later, that’s when custom music becomes realistic.
- Don’t buy the “full tracklist” articles. Anything claiming a complete 200-song list right now is guessing. The real list drops when the game does.
Bottom Line
Twenty-one songs officially shown, fifteen station names spotted in a leaked build, two confirmed Vice City revivals in V-Rock and Emotion 98.3, and a soundtrack that clearly spans konpa, dembow, synth-pop and trap rather than just replaying the eighties. The complete lineup lands with the game on November 19, 2026 — and if GTA 5’s 240-song, 17-station benchmark holds, there’s a lot still hidden.
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