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| - The radio stations in Grand Theft Auto III are a huge expansion over the radio stations of its predecessor, Grand Theft Auto 2. Like GTA 2, radio stations can only be heard while in a vehicle. Most radio stations play a mixture of music, DJ chat, and spoof advertising. GTA III includes different genres of music and introduces a talk show radio. In law enforcement vehicles basic radio cannot be heard but police chatter can be heard instead. Although many of the songs that appear in the game were written specially for the soundtrack (or in some cases for the soundtracks of previous games in the series), a large number of tracks were contributions by real artists. Craig Conner and Stuart Ross created the original tracks, often with vocals and performances by other musicians. It is worth noting that virtually none of the contributing real artists were particularly well-known at the time, and appearing on such a popular video game was no doubt greatly advantageous to their careers. The player can listen to the following radio stations:
* Head Radio - Pop Rock, Adult Contemporary
* Double Clef FM - Classical
* K-Jah - Reggae, Dub
* Rise FM - Trance, Rave, Dance
* Lips 106 - Pop
* Game FM - Hip Hop/Rap, Gangsta Rap, Underground Hip-Hop
* MSX FM - Drum 'n' Bass, Jungle
* Flashback 95.6 - 80's Music
* Chatterbox FM - Talk Radio
* MP3 Player (PC only) - User-defined track player
* CD Changer (Xbox only) - Plays songs ripped from CDs stored on the Xbox hard disk
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