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91-812: Lazlow's Technofile show ran from February 1995 to July 2007. In 2005, Lazlow launched The Lazlow Show on Sundays on WXRK-FM in New York City. After 23 shows, the program ceased on terrestrial radio in December 2005. From April 2006, the show re-launched on a non-regular basis on The ViRus , an uncensored channel on XM Satellite Radio as part of its Saturday Night Virus line-up. All episodes and extras are available for purchase on Lazlow's website. His co-hosts were Reed Tucker and "Big" Wayne. As of January 2, 2010, The Lazlow Show no longer airs; Lazlow and his staff were reportedly dissatisfied by management after Sirius and XM merged. The program has streamed live on

182-428: A Hot talk format on January 3, 2006. At 10 a.m. on Friday, December 16, after the last terrestrial Howard Stern show, "K-Rock" began a 20-minute stunt with a melange of audio sound bites, music and program line-up announcements. At 10:20, K-Rock DJ Julie Slater announced "Welcome to Free FM", and went into music. The WXRK call letters were replaced by WFNY-FM (standing for "Free New York") on January 1, 2006, with

273-852: A 2.0, leaving it in 20th place in the New York market. After moving from afternoon drive to evenings, on April 25, 2006, Chris Booker, host of The Booker Show , announced that he was broadcasting his last show on Free FM. He soon moved over the morning show at WIOQ in Philadelphia. The abrupt end of his show, which had evolved to afternoon drive before the format switch, led the station to revert to "Free Rock" music at nights. The following day, on April 26, 2006, Opie and Anthony replaced David Lee Roth in morning drive on Free FM, while simulcasting on XM Satellite Radio . The show aired from 6–9 a.m. on both terrestrial and satellite radio, then continued on XM exclusively to 11 am. CBS would syndicate

364-405: A Chinese restaurant, after numerous Chinese American advocacy groups complained to CBS demanding the hosts be fired. Beginning May 7, Free FM started using guest hosts 9 a.m. to noon to replace The Dog House . On May 12, 2007, AP News reported that CBS Radio spokeswoman Karen Mateo said, "The Dog House with JV and Elvis will no longer be broadcast [on Free-FM]." CBS fired JV and Elvis as well as

455-447: A DJ to match the station's genre, such as Kenny Loggins who hosts the classic rock station Los Santos Rock Radio. He felt that to strike a balance between the radio and the score was a meticulous process, and cited a scenario where players would drive to a mission objective while listening to the radio, with the score taking over once players left the vehicle and proceeded to the mission's next stage. The Music of Grand Theft Auto V

546-661: A disco station, but could be more accurately described as rhythmic contemporary . Since that term was not yet used, the station had been classified as urban contemporary . During this period, the disc jockeys included Paco, G. Keith Alexander, Rosko ( William Mercer ), J.D. Holiday (Paul Zarcone), Dale Reeves, Bob Bottone, Jim Harlan, Carlos DeJesus, Joe Causi, Guy Broady, Jay Thomas , Freddie Colon, Don Geronimo , Al Bandiero and Diane Pryor. Paco later went to jail for drug dealing. In 1981, SJR Communications sold WKTU to Infinity Broadcasting (which merged with CBS Radio in 1997). Also that year, WKTU added more dance-based new wave to

637-646: A full 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 years after the launch of the Top 40/CHR format, the station changed call letters to WNOW-FM to match the Now moniker. This was made possible by a format and call-letter change at the former WNOW-FM in Gaffney, South Carolina . On January 17, 2012, Howard Stern made a live appearance on WXRK for the first time in over six years. Stern was a guest on the Nick Cannon morning show, via telephone, at

728-479: A mix down for each of the eight stems needed for a mission and sent out the material to the other artists involved", Froese elaborated. Oh No drew from scenes within the game to make his work feel contextually pertinent with the action onscreen. The iconographic introduction of Los Santos early in the game, for example, inspired him to "create a smooth West Coast vibe that embodied" the city. He supplied horns, electric and bass guitars, and percussion parts to fit with

819-419: A modern rock format in the summer of 1995, and later evolved to first an adult-based modern rock format by the end of that year, and then to a more eclectic adult rock mix by 1996. Nevertheless, by the beginning of 1996, there was no full-time modern rock station in New York City. To fill the void, WXRK switched to an alternative-leaning active rock format on January 5, 1996, right after Stern's show. To kick off

910-417: A piece from here, a piece from there ... We pitched stuff up, chopped it, tweaked it. Then we chose the tracks that worked and everyone came in and layered on that". DJ Shadow then mixed the team's creations together and matched it to the gameplay. Pavlovich considered "how to make the hip-hop and rock score not sound like they were instrumentals of songs on the radio, but rather something unique to

1001-523: A relaunch. In 2006, it became WFNY, the flagship station of CBS Radio 's Free FM hot talk format. WFNY's failure resulted in the station reverting to rock in 2007 as WXRK with holdover morning hosts Opie and Anthony . But it again flipped to Top 40 as "92.3 NOW" in 2009. In a bid to rejuvenate ratings, the station was rebranded "92.3 AMP FM" WBMP in 2014. The day that CBS Radio's Reverse Morris Trust merger into Entercom closed in November 2017, WBMP

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1092-470: A result". The album peaked at 18 and 41 on Billboard ' s Top Soundtracks and R&B Albums charts, respectively, in the week of 9 May 2015. Notes Grand Theft Auto Online: Arena War (Official Soundtrack) is a soundtrack album by American noise rock band Health consisting of original music from the Arena War DLC for the multiplayer mode Grand Theft Auto Online . The album

1183-515: A special radio show alongside Pete Donaldson on Absolute Radio in the United Kingdom to celebrate the launch of Grand Theft Auto V . He confirmed that he had been working on the game for the last five years. He appears in the game as a co-host of the talk radio show called Chattersphere and as the host of the TV talent competition Fame or Shame . He makes his first on-screen appearance in

1274-581: Is a collection of music from Grand Theft Auto Online produced by Dam-Funk . A series of singles from the Grand Theft Auto Online expansions The Cayo Perico Heist and The Contract were released in December 2020 and February 2022, respectively. Critical reception to the soundtracks was positive, as reviewers felt that the music connected appropriately with the gameplay. Grand Theft Auto V uses an original score, unlike most of its predecessors. Music supervisor Ivan Pavlovich summarised

1365-673: Is more profane than previous installments, with the character's justification being that he's "fed up with the system." He provides the ZiT! service, where listeners can request the artist and title of the song currently playing on the radio. He is also credited among others for creating the conversations of pedestrians in Liberty City. He has an in-game criminal record, as can be seen in the Liberty City Police Department database. On 15 September 2013, Lazlow presented

1456-624: Is now his talk radio show's producer) on advertisements for a variety of consumer-related products. Since Grand Theft Auto III (2001), he co-wrote the radio stations in the games with Dan Houser of Rockstar Games . Lazlow produced, scripted and hosted the popular Chatterbox FM radio station in Grand Theft Auto III . Lazlow took a larger role in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002). Rockstar Games hired his production company to co-write and produce all

1547-581: Is set in 1984, as an intern at V-Rock working for his real-life friend, Couzin Ed . In their real-life radio careers, Lazlow was the sidekick of Couzin Ed, whom he would almost always tease on the radio. Lazlow is the host of radio station Integrity 2.0 in Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) and Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (2009). Integrity's sole program consists of his on-site reporting from around Liberty City. The content of this show

1638-624: Is the first entry in the Grand Theft Auto series to make use of an original score. In collaboration with each other, the musicians produced over twenty hours of music which scores the game's missions. Some of the works produced by the musicians throughout the game's development influenced some of the in-game missions and sparked inspiration for further score development. Grand Theft Auto V has an in-game radio that can tune into sixteen stations playing more than 441 tracks of licensed music, as well as two talk radio stations. The composers of

1729-582: The Windows version of the game, features songs from the in-game radio station "The Lab", produced by The Alchemist and Oh No; Grand Theft Auto Online: Arena War (Official Soundtrack) , released in March 2019, features music by Health for the Grand Theft Auto Online expansion Arena War ; and DāM-FunK Presents The Music of Grand Theft Auto Online Original Score , released in December 2023,

1820-526: The Internet on an irregular schedule since then. In 2014, "Big" Wayne died of a heart attack; Lazlow and Tucker hosted a special show in Wayne's memory. Lazlow has also been involved in writing, producing and doing voice-work as a fictionalized version of himself for the Grand Theft Auto series of video games. He had worked at an advertising agency as a writer and producer, along with writer Reed Tucker (who

1911-683: The Long Island Press, and was an occasional guest on the Opie and Anthony and Ron and Fez shows on SiriusXM. He is affiliated with 2600 , having appeared on their Off the Hook radio show, their film Freedom Downtime and as a panellist and staffer at several of the H.O.P.E. conferences. WINS-FM WINS-FM (92.3 MHz ) is a radio station licensed to New York, New York , and owned by Audacy, Inc. WINS-FM simulcasts all-news radio station WINS (AM) (1010 kHz ), with

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2002-600: The Stone Age . When he learnt that the team would be building off each other's work, he voiced concern that the finished product could be disjointed. After sharing his work with the team, he was particularly impressed by Froese's contributions. "Edgar evolved the music, made it into a whole other thing", Jackson said. Froese had interpolated funk sounds with Jackson's hip-hop influences. Froese and Jackson then sent their work between The Alchemist and Oh No, who heavily sampled it. The Alchemist opined, "We were sampling, taking

2093-776: The WXRK call sign moved to the former WXTM in Cleveland , also owned by Infinity/CBS Radio, and coincidentally at the same 92.3 frequency, and was rebranded as "92.3 K-Rock." WFNY's ratings plummeted with the change to an all-talk format. As the replacement for Howard Stern, Roth lost nearly three-quarters of Stern's previous audience, dropping a 7.9 share to a 1.8. Among the core audience—18- to 34-year-old men—the numbers fell from 13.8 to 1.3. Overall station ratings went from 3.2 in Summer/Fall of 2005 to 2.7 in Winter of 2006, and later to

2184-401: The aggregate number of listeners who hear us on the radio and the Internet." The advent of WRXP caused WXRK to morph to active rock at that time. In December 2008, as a result of another change in the station's management, WXRK made an adjustment to a mainstream rock format focusing more on classic rock and playing even less current rock songs. With the format adjustment, Paul Turner, who

2275-490: The callsign WKRI. The Cleveland station is now WKRK-FM . Initially, WXRK had no on-air staff, although on Mondays it featured a Hostile Takeover show where guest(s) sat in as the DJ. The station also had contests which begun after Opie and Anthony . On February 8, 2008, it was announced that program director Tracy Cloherty was among the many non-programming staffers let go by CBS Radio, in an attempt to "more effectively monetize

2366-500: The car chase scenes. "We wanted everything to set the right tone", he explained. The Rockstar team wanted to synergise the game world's depiction of California with the radio stations by licensing tracks that imparted an appropriate "Cali feel". Pavlovich noted that Los Angeles' cultural saturation of pop music necessitated the Non-Stop-Pop FM station; he said that "the first time you get off an airplane in L.A. and you hear

2457-405: The establishment", describing it as "a social game". Welcome to Los Santos (also known as The Alchemist and Oh No Present Welcome to Los Santos ) was included with the Windows version of Grand Theft Auto V , which was released on 14 April 2015. The album was put onto a fictional in-game radio station called "The Lab" to fit with the rest of the in-game music. A retail version of the album

2548-464: The final terrestrial airing of the Opie and Anthony show aired on March 9, 2009. At 4:45 p.m. on March 11, 2009, after playing a block of goodbye-themed or departure themed songs, ending with Nirvana's "All Apologies" (a near-bookend to the format's 2007 relaunch) and " Right Now " by Van Halen , WXRK began stunting with the sound of a ticking clock. At 4:55 pm, the station announced that K-Rock

2639-402: The format. WKTU remained among the top ten New York City radio stations through 1983. Shortly thereafter, WKTU received new competition from WHTZ and WPLJ , both of which adapted a contemporary hit radio (CHR) format. The station maintained respectable but declining ratings, due to the new competition. By mid-1984, WKTU moved to a mainstream CHR format as well, giving up its disco past, but

2730-409: The game's development , the music team were shown an early build before starting work on the score. Their work was mostly complete later in development but they continued composing until its final build was submitted for manufacturing. Edgar Froese , Tangerine Dream's founding member, initially rejected the offer of producing music for a video game. After he was flown to the studio and shown the game, he

2821-506: The game's sound design "impeccable", directing praise at the score. The staff at Edge wrote that the licensed music "enrich[es] Los Santos' already remarkable sense of space" and considered that the original score enhanced the atmosphere of the gameplay, retrospectively noting "...it's only in replaying GTAV ' s missions that you come to appreciate the complexity and power of [Rockstar's] bespoke, dynamic score, whose rhythms do so much to achieve that age-old videogame goal of creating

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2912-420: The height of the disco craze, WKTU was the station to follow in New York. Initially, WKTU played mostly dance/disco and a few rhythm-friendly pop and rock songs (such as " Miss You " by The Rolling Stones for example), but by 1979, the station began to add more R&B music (though they played some at the launch in 1978 as well) as well as rhythm friendly new wave rock. By then, WKTU was still regarded as

3003-809: The highest-rated in the market, dethroning Don Imus , who previously had the highest-rated morning show for several years on WNBC . Later that year, Stern's show became syndicated , with WXRK as its flagship station. By 1987, Stern stopped playing music on his show altogether, while the station changed to a classic rock format at 6 p.m. on June 5 of that same year. The airstaff, which included Flo & Eddie from classic rock band The Turtles , became full of veterans from other New York rock stations, including Dave Herman , Pete Fornatale , Meg Griffin , Vin Scelsa , and Alison Steele from WNEW-FM, along with Jimmy Fink, Tony Pigg, Marc Coppola , and John Zacherle from WPLJ. In 1993, The Greaseman 's syndicated show

3094-511: The home of Disco 92 WKTU, this station overtook WABC 770 AM as New York's top-rated hit music station in the late 1970s. In 1985, the station became " K-Rock ". Howard Stern was hired, giving WXRK a ratings boost. " The Howard Stern Show " was later nationally syndicated from WXRK via owner Infinity Broadcasting Corporation . WXRK's format varied between different iterations of rock, including classic and alternative, until Stern's highly publicized departure for Sirius Satellite Radio forced

3185-793: The host of Chatterbox radio show in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005), although in a minor role in the game's chronology (which takes place in 1998) that has Chatterbox as a show on a channel, not an entire channel of its own. During his show on the Public Access station, he hints that he will be getting his own channel during a call that frustrates him, when he says that "My buddy Donald [Love] and I have big plans for this station. C-box 24/7!" Lazlow "returned" in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006), which

3276-417: The hour. The listener also acted as guest DJ over the phone during that time. The station was also used as a secondary broadcaster of sister station WFAN , serving as a secondary outlet for NFL football games, New Jersey Devils hockey games and New Jersey Nets basketball games when there was a conflict with another game on WFAN. After Jim Cramer 's Real Money went off the air in December 2006, WFNY-FM

3367-405: The mellow format were at first kept on, with Paco (full name Paco Navarro) from Spanish language sister station 1480 WJIT added for evenings. That fall, the station rose from "Worst to First", unseating long-time leader WABC in the 18−30 age demographic. Air personalities of this era included Kenn Hayes, Randy Place, Paul Robinson, Trip Reeb, Mary Thomas, Dave Mallow and Joe Guarisco. During

3458-417: The new format, which he enthusiastically endorsed as a better fit for his audience, Stern stayed on the air until 1:06 p.m. that day playing music. The first song Stern played was Marilyn Manson 's cover of " Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) ". Most of the classic rock DJs, including Jimmy Fink, Tony Pigg and Marc Coppola, disappeared from the station with this change, as did The Greaseman. By August 1997,

3549-467: The next several months (exceptions were Maria Malito and Jo Maeder, who became known as "The Rock and Roll Madame"). Jimmy Fink from WPLJ was one of the first new radio personalities to be hired. After being fired from WNBC in October 1985, Howard Stern signed on to do afternoons, and initially combined music with talk, but on February 18, 1986, Stern took over the morning slot. His morning show became

3640-519: The official "Free FM" launch two days later at 6 am. The station, which was one of several CBS Radio stations around the nation branded as " Free FM ", featured rock singer David Lee Roth as its morning show host. Other talk shows from hosts such as The Dog House with JV & Elvis , Penn Jillette , Leslie Gold , Chris Booker , and Jake Fogelnest & Jackie Clarke aired weekdays, while an active rock music format continued to be played on weekends, called "Free Rock Weekends." Simultaneously,

3731-438: The original score idea as "daunting", because it was unprecedented for a Grand Theft Auto game. Like most previous series entries, the game uses licensed music tracks provided by an in-game radio as well. Pavlovich hoped that the original score would enhance the licensed music use, not detract from it. He further noted the balancing act between the score's "ambient subtext and tensions" and the game's onscreen action. To work on

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3822-436: The producer of The Dog House , after numerous complaints were received from various civil rights groups. On May 15, 2007, XM Satellite Radio suspended the Opie and Anthony Show for 30 days because of comments made by a homeless man about raping Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and First Lady Laura Bush made on an uncensored May 9 broadcast. Their suspension was effective immediately. During this time, CBS Radio kept

3913-441: The radio and the pop just seeps out ... We wanted that. It really connects you to the world". He felt that greater discernment was required for licensed music choices than in Grand Theft Auto IV because Grand Theft Auto V ' s music plays a pivotal role in generating Californian atmosphere. Music "reflects the environment in which the game is set", he said. Initially, the team planned to license over 900 tracks for

4004-575: The radio but they refined the number to 241. The tracks are shared between fifteen stations, with an additional two talk-back stations and a radio station for custom audio files on the PC version. Some tracks were written specifically for the game, such as rapper and producer Flying Lotus ' original work composed for the FlyLo FM station he hosts. Pavlovich noted how the team would first develop an idea of what each station would sound like, and then select

4095-525: The radio stations in Vice City and the pedestrian dialogue. In this game, which takes place in 1986, he is the host of the Vice City radio station V-Rock . In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004), Lazlow co-wrote and produced the in-game media and hosted Entertaining America on WCTR after the original host Billy Dexter was killed by fictional character Jack Howitzer on air. Lazlow "returned" as

4186-418: The radio stations, and selecting a disc jockey that matches the genre of music the station hosts. The soundtrack consists of a wide variety of radio stations that play different genres of music, including reggae , hip hop , hardcore punk , pop and country . In September 2014, it was announced that new songs would be added to some of the radio stations in the next-gen releases of the game. In developing

4277-399: The radio stations, the development team sought to reinforce the game's recreation of California by licensing tracks they felt appropriately echoed a "Cali feel". On the inclusion of the pop station Non-Stop-Pop FM, music supervisor Ivan Pavlovich noted "the first time you get off an airplane in L.A. and you hear the radio and the pop just seeps out... We wanted that. It really connects you to

4368-410: The ratings continued to decline. That fall, the station added legendary WABC host Dan Ingram to afternoons, and Jo "The Madame" Maeder, from Miami's Y-100 , joined Jay Thomas in the morning and did her own midday show, but the station continued to struggle in the ratings. To make matters worse, then-named WAPP also went CHR that fall. So strong was the memory of the late-1970s WKTU that despite all

4459-419: The rest of the station did not fare as well. Moreover, it was hard to classify "K-Rock" an alternative station (considering classic rock acts like Led Zeppelin were being played), while it was hard to label it as active rock due to the inclusion of some, but not all, alternative artists. Concerned about Stern's move to Sirius Satellite Radio at the beginning of 2006, and acknowledging that its target audience

4550-409: The same day WKTU aired the historic Live Aid concert, the station switched to an album-oriented rock format, adopted the moniker "K-Rock", and changed their call letters to WXRK. (The WKTU call letters later reappeared on New York City's 103.5 FM with a dance pop format in 1996.) Initially, the format at WXRK was similar to the pre-1983 WPLJ, as the air personalities left the station gradually in

4641-432: The same time as Cannon was guesting on Stern's SiriusXM Satellite Radio show. Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack The music for the 2013 action-adventure video game Grand Theft Auto V , developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games , was composed by German electronic music group Tangerine Dream , American composer Woody Jackson , and American hip hop musicians The Alchemist and Oh No . The game

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4732-407: The score "dynamic to say the least", praising the music for its appropriation within the gameplay. He concluded that the team have "craft[ed] an entertaining blend of musical tastes that everyone can get on board with". Tshepo Mokoena of The Guardian deemed the soundtrack "inaccessibly trendy at points, but varied enough". The album peaked at 11 on Billboard ' s Top Soundtracks charts in

4823-525: The score wanted it to accompany the licensed music, as opposed to detract from it. The game's music has been released on five official soundtracks: The Music of Grand Theft Auto V , released alongside the initial launch of the game, consists of three volumes comprising the score, and selections from the in-game radio; The Cinematographic Score — GTA 5 , an electronic album released in March 2014, comprises tracks composed and produced by Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese ; Welcome to Los Santos , released with

4914-580: The score" a challenge. Pavlovich found that while Rockstar assigned the team missions to write music for, some of their random creations influenced other missions and sparked inspiration for further score development. He discussed a "stem-based" system used to make music fit dynamic game factors where the team would compose music to underscore outcomes players could make immediately after completing missions. Each of these stems, Froese reflected, included up to 62 five-minute WAV files, which were sent to Pavlovich in New York. "He then created, very professionally,

5005-430: The score, Rockstar engaged The Alchemist , Oh No , Tangerine Dream and Woody Jackson , the latter of which had previously worked on Red Dead Redemption , L.A. Noire and Max Payne 3 ' s music. The team of producers collaborated over several years to create more than twenty hours of music that scores both the game's missions and dynamic gameplay throughout the single-player and multiplayer modes. Early in

5096-444: The sensation of playing a movie." Carolyn Petit of GameSpot also thought that the score "lends missions more cinematic flavour", while Jeff Gerstmann of Giant Bomb said that the score helped enhance dramatic tension during missions. Keza MacDonald of IGN commented that the licensed music had been selected well, and agreed that the original score "builds tension" on missions. Alex Young of Consequence of Sound considered

5187-486: The series in the mission "Fame or Shame" in which he is chased and threatened by protagonists Michael De Santa and Trevor Philips . He also appears in person in other missions, including one in which Michael physically assaults him. In 2018, he makes a brief appearance in some missions of the After Hours update in Grand Theft Auto Online . Afterwards, he is seen having fun or despair in the player's nightclub (which

5278-437: The show on from 6 a.m. to 9 am. However, it was not simulcast on XM. At 9 a.m. on May 24, 2007, after Opie and Anthony , an eight-hour countdown clock began on the former Free FM website, while WFNY-FM began stunting with a sound collage . The stunting came to an end at 4:57 p.m. with a statement from general manager Tom Chiusano, who apologized to listeners for taking K-Rock away. Minutes later, at 5 pm, K-Rock

5369-440: The show to several stations around the U.S., with WFNY/WXRK as its flagship. By spring 2007, Opie and Anthony managed to slightly improve WFNY-FM's ratings to a 1.4. However, this performance left the radio station ranked No. 22 of 25 in the New York City market. Weekends continued to use the "Free Rock Weekend" format, which included hour-long "Freecasts" in which a single listener chose the (approximately 15) songs played during

5460-447: The station added more music that suited an active rock station and removed pop-leaning alternative product (which they played very little of anyway), and it continued this format of a hybrid active rock/alternative for several years. By 2003, with a new program director , the station dropped the active rock variant of music. No matter what the format, the longtime problem for the station was that while Stern always had very high ratings,

5551-554: The station for $ 7,500 in February 1950. In late 1950, the owners of WHOM acquired the station and WHOM-FM went on the air on February 26, 1951, featuring a variety of formats, including ethnic, background music, classical, Spanish, and easy listening. By the early 1970s, WHOM-FM aired a Spanish-language easy listening format. In the early 1970s, WHOM and WHOM-FM were sold to SJR Communications. On June 5, 1975, WHOM-FM became WKTU, taking on an adult contemporary music format and

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5642-673: The station played softer songs from the Beatles , Mamas & Papas , Spanky and Our Gang , the Association , the 5th Dimension , among others. The station steered clear of AC only songs and standards vocalists as well as hard rock or uptempo R&B. Eventually, the station evolved, re-positioned as mellow rock, dropped artists like the Carpenters, most R&B product, and added some softer songs from AOR artists. Unlike today's adult contemporary music formats, WKTU, by early 1978,

5733-785: The station referred to on air as "1010 WINS at 92.3 FM". The station's studios are located in the Hudson Square neighborhood in Manhattan . WINS-FM is a class B station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 6,000 watts. Its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building . WINS-FM also broadcasts in HD Radio . Originally co-owned with 570 WMCA , this station has featured a series of contemporary music , soft rock , classic rock , mellow rock , alternative rock and hot talk formats from 1975 to 2022. As

5824-440: The studio. After playing a song by the band the hosts also called the bass part "a little faggy." The bass player returned to the studio, stated he was bisexual and that he found their use of the word "faggot" offensive. Gay rights groups such as GLAAD criticized the show as being homophobic for their remarks. JV and Elvis were later suspended on April 30, over a six-minute prank phone call peppered with ethnic and sexual slurs to

5915-473: The subsequent on-air changes, the general public still regarded it as a disco station. Even though WAPP moved back to playing mostly rock music in the form of a rock-based CHR in June 1985, giving WKTU one less competitor, the station management thought a more drastic change was needed. Since New York City only had one full-time rock station with WNEW-FM , there was an opportunity. On July 13, 1985, at midnight, on

6006-416: The tracks were written specifically for the game; for example, rapper and producer Flying Lotus hosts the station FlyLo FM which includes original work he composed for the game. For each of the radio stations, over time the team would develop an understanding of where the station's music was going and then select a DJ to host the station. Each station's DJ was selected with the mindset that they would match

6097-436: The week of 12 October 2013. The Cinematographic Score — GTA 5 was released on 24 March 2014, limited to 2000 copies. The album was composed and produced by Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese , while his wife Bianca Acquaye provided the cover art and acted as executive producer. Froese agreed to work on the game despite his distaste for the medium, intrigued by Grand Theft Auto V ' s philosophy of "working against

6188-645: The world". He felt that music licensing for the game involved a greater discernment than in Grand Theft Auto IV , as the music in Grand Theft Auto V played a greater role in building a Californian atmosphere. "It reflects the environment in which the game is set", he explained. Initially, the team planned to license over 900 tracks for the radio, but over time they refined the total number of tracks to 241. The tracks are shared between 18 stations, including two talk radio stations. Some of

6279-431: Was Free FM's music director and was still a Free Rock disc jockey. She has been heard doing DJ shifts on co-owned Fresh 102.7 as well. "Free Rock Weekends" aired from 6 am. Saturday – Midnight Sunday, and 6 am. Sunday – 2 a.m. Monday. Game Show Radio ran Midnight–2 a.m. on Sundays, while infomercials ran from 2 a.m.–6 a.m. Sunday. Free FM was using guest hosts for the 10 p.m. to midnight time slot. March 2, 2007,

6370-446: Was also a writer and audio director on Red Dead Redemption 2 . In April 2020, Lazlow left Rockstar Games for personal reasons after spending nearly 20 years at the company. He has since operated Radio Lazlow, an independent production company working on projects for studios like Disney and Netflix . Lazlow co-founded Absurd Ventures with co-founder of Rockstar Games, Dan Houser . Lazlow has written articles for Playboy and

6461-422: Was also featured in-game. In February 2022, the songs from the radio station were collectively released as a digital EP named GTA Online: The Contract through Aftermath Records and Interscope Records . Since the game's location is modelled on Southern California , the developers attempted to create an accurate representation of the region. Production of the soundtrack also consisted of licensing music for

6552-466: Was half of The Regular Guys morning show on WKLS-FM in Atlanta , began hosting the 10 p.m. to Midnight slot on the station for two weeks. That same day, Nick DiPaolo became host of the 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. time slot. He had done some preview shows the previous week. Beginning January 3, Loveline with Dr. Drew Pinsky & Stryker aired in late nights, tape delayed, from Midnight to 2 a.m. Danni

6643-502: Was impressed by its scale and cinematic nature, and changed his mind. Froese's first eight months of work on the score produced 62 hours of music. He recorded with Tangerine Dream in Austria but further work was conducted at Jackson's United States studio, which The Alchemist and Oh No used as well. Jackson's initial role was to provide score for Trevor's missions, and he took influence from artists such as The Mars Volta and Queens of

6734-486: Was included with the update) depending on the club's popularity. He has arranged voice cameos in the Grand Theft Auto series for several key figures from the magazine 2600: The Hacker Quarterly , including Emmanuel Goldstein , Bernie S . and Kevin Mitnick . Lazlow has collaborated with Rockstar Games on Red Dead Redemption and Max Payne 3 , co-writing and directing pedestrian dialogue and in-game media. He

6825-761: Was left with just four talk shows (one from syndication). As a result, the station attempted to revamp its lineup with the addition of several new talk shows, the first of which occurred on December 20, 2006. Ron and Fez , who also had a show on XM, signed an agreement to broadcast a Free FM-exclusive radio show from 6 p.m. to 9 pm. Ron and Fez had previously been employed by CBS at WNEW-FM shortly after that station switched to Hot talk in 1999. Additional new shows soon followed. On December 28, 2006, John and Jeff started being broadcast from syndication out of sister station KLSX in Los Angeles, broadcasting live from 2 a.m.-6 a.m. On January 2, 2007, Larry Wachs , who

6916-407: Was looking elsewhere for modern rock music, WXRK made another format adjustment on April 4, 2005, to a mainstream rock format, which relied heavily on classic rock from artists such as Guns N' Roses , Metallica , The Smashing Pumpkins , and Nirvana , while playing new music from such established artists as System of a Down , Nine Inch Nails , Green Day and Weezer . At this time, New York City

7007-517: Was moving to 92.3 HD2, and after an introductory package, officially flipped to a rhythmic-leaning CHR format, branded as 92.3 Now. The first song on Now was " Boom Boom Pow " by The Black Eyed Peas . Nick Cannon was morning host on the station from January 2010 to February 2012. By July 2012, major directional changes were made with a shift to a more mainstream Top 40 format. The station also added Ty Bentli for mornings. This would eventually become known as "Ty Loves NY." On November 8, 2012,

7098-406: Was not a profitable success, and in December 1949 officials announced the outlet would cease for economic reasons after sign-off on December 30. General manager Norman Boggs compared running the station to "having a champagne taste with a beer pocketbook." The announcement attracted interest from a syndicate of buyers headed by Stanley Joseloff, president of Storecast Corporation of America, acquired

7189-518: Was one of the few large cities in the United States without an alternative rock station. To prevent any backlash from fans of modern rock, an Internet-only radio station called "K-Rock2" was launched at the same time as the format adjustment. The strategy did not work, as ratings did not improve much. On October 25, 2005, as a result of the imminent departure of Howard Stern to Sirius Satellite Radio , Infinity announced that WXRK would adopt

7280-418: Was only playing artists heard on album-oriented rock stations, using the softer songs from their popular albums. Artists found primarily on top 40 stations were no longer included. WKTU was still called "Mellow 92" at that point. Ratings were relatively low. Meanwhile, station executive David Rapaport (father of actor Michael Rapaport ) visited New York's Studio 54 nightclub on half a dozen occasions, and

7371-417: Was positioned as " soft rock ". On air, they were known as "Mellow 92". They played current AC songs that crossed over to top 40 as well as a mix of music from 1964 forward. Core artists included Eagles , Stevie Wonder , Elton John , James Taylor , Paul Simon , Stylistics , Linda Ronstadt , Four Tops , Carly Simon , Barry Manilow , and some more contemporary cuts by Barbra Streisand . For 1960s music,

7462-425: Was put in the nighttime slot, bookending Stern with an act that was often quite controversial. By the mid-1990s, modern rock had become popular. In mid-1993, in New York City radio, WHTZ began to play a lot of modern rock despite primarily being a CHR station. Late in 1993, classical music station WNCN switched formats and became WAXQ ("Q 104.3"), with a mix of hard and modern rock. Moreover, WNEW-FM switched to

7553-554: Was relaunched as alternative WNYL. On October 27, 2022, the station switched to a full-time simulcast of 1010 WINS, changing its call sign to WINS-FM. The station launched as WMCA-FM at 2:30 pm on December 25, 1948, transmitting from atop the Chanin Building . It operated daily between 3 and 9 pm, duplicating programming that originally aired on its AM counterpart, WMCA ; both stations were co-owned by former New York state senator Nathan Straus Jr. The FM station

7644-545: Was relaunched on 92.3 FM, playing an alternative rock format with a playlist focused on rock from the 1990s and 2000s, along with heavy classic rock . The first song on the resurrected K-Rock was " All Apologies " by Nirvana , while the first host on air was Gregg "Opie" Hughes of Opie and Anthony , who confirmed that the show would still be on the station under its new format. The station reverted to its previous call letters, WXRK, on May 31, 2007. The previous WXRK (92.3 K-Rock in Cleveland , also owned by CBS Radio) received

7735-466: Was released digitally on 15 December 2023. All song names are stylised in uppercase. On December 18, 2020, three singles were released by Rockstar alongside the Grand Theft Auto Online update The Cayo Perico Heist . The singles were released by various artists and contained music that was featured in the update. A new radio station was added to Grand Theft Auto Online in its The Contract update in December 2021, featuring music from Dr. Dre who

7826-441: Was released digitally on 24 September 2013, in three volumes, including an original score composed for the game in addition to selections from songs that were licensed for the in-game radio. The retail version of the soundtrack was released on 9 December 2014, for CD and vinyl through Mass Appeal Records . In the context of the game, The Music of Grand Theft Auto V was well received. Jim Sterling of Destructoid considered

7917-474: Was released on 21 April through Mass Appeal Records . David Jeffries of AllMusic felt that the album "captures the excitement of flipping the radio dial in the game". Pitchfork Media 's Clayton Purdom praised the album's variety of artists and genres, calling it "music blooming out of a club you are supposed to want to go into". Andrew Matson of NPR spoke positively of most of the album's tracks, though felt that some were "unconsidered, and ... never jells as

8008-633: Was released on streaming services on March 1, 2019. All song names are stylised in uppercase . All tracks are composed and produced by Jacob Duzsik and John Famiglietti, except for "Slaves Of Fear (Arena War Remix)", written by Jacob Duzsik, John Famiglietti and Lars Stalfors , produced by Stalfors, with additional production by Dave Cerminara and Stint . DāM-FunK Presents The Music of Grand Theft Auto Online Original Score features music featured in Grand Theft Auto V ' s multiplayer mode, Grand Theft Auto Online . It features songs from several artists, re-arranged and produced by Dam-Funk . The album

8099-561: Was the last day for the Penn Jillette show on "Free FM" and CBS Radio stations. The following Monday, WFNY-FM expanded the guest host time slot by an hour, making it 9 p.m. to midnight. In April 2007, during an interview with a local band, A Brief Smile, on The Dog House , hosts JV and Elvis directed numerous homophobic insults at the band's bassist. The hosts referred to the bassist as "Fag Number 1" and asked, "How many badges of honor do you have in your colon?" and kicked him out of

8190-520: Was the voice of the Howard Stern Show and K-Rock when it was a classic rock station in the 1990s, returned as voice of the station's promos. As a result of the format shift, on December 16, 2008, FMQB announced that afternoon jock Ian Camfield had left K-Rock to go back to XFM in London. K-Rock vet Chris Booker took his place, airing in afternoon drive from 2−7 p.m. Due to low ratings,

8281-464: Was very impressed with the crowds there. He got the idea that a disco -based station was needed, as several FM-based Top 40 stations were leaning disco in other markets, although no one was airing all disco music around the clock. As a result, Rapaport purchased 200 disco records and brought them into the station. WKTU abruptly flipped to a disco-based rhythmic top 40 format with the tagline "Disco 92" at 6 p.m. on July 24, 1978. The same disc jockeys from

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