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'''Liberty City Free Radio''', abbreviated as '''LCFR''', is a talk radio station on | '''Liberty City Free Radio''', abbreviated as '''LCFR''', is a talk radio station on Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories. It is similar to WCTR from [[GTA San Andreas]] in that it is comprised of several programs. All LCFR programs except Chatterbox are assumed to have not survived to reappear in ''Grand Theft Auto III''. | ||
=== Electron Zone Radio === | === Electron Zone Radio === | ||
A talk show discussing technology related topics. Hosted by ''Bill'' (Michael Urichek) and ''Steve'' (Ptolemy Slocum). Bill represents the "Fruit OS" users, an obvious parody of Apple's Mac OS. Steve represents "TOS" users which stands for Technical Operating System and is a parody of Microsoft's DOS. The talk show hosts are also apparently caricatures of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The show's callers are largely a pack of internet nerds or internet haters - a sly reference to the Matrix films is also made when a woman calls in asking about a virtual reality movie called The Mainframe. | A talk show discussing technology related topics. Hosted by ''Bill'' (Michael Urichek) and ''Steve'' (Ptolemy Slocum). Bill represents the "Fruit OS" users, an obvious parody of Apple's Mac OS. Steve represents "TOS" users which stands for Technical Operating System and is a parody of Microsoft's DOS. The talk show hosts are also apparently caricatures of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The show's callers are largely a pack of internet nerds or internet haters - a sly reference to the Matrix films is also made when a woman calls in asking about a virtual reality movie called The Mainframe. | ||
In one segment, Richard Burns from | In one segment, Richard Burns from WCTR in ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' calls in, mentioning that he was fired shortly after the 1992 [[Los Santos]] riots. | ||
Its disappearance from Liberty City's airwaves by 2001 is likely a reference to the dot com boom of the late 1990s. | Its disappearance from Liberty City's airwaves by 2001 is likely a reference to the dot com boom of the late 1990s. | ||
=== Chatterbox === | === Chatterbox === | ||
The radio program made famous in ''GTA III'' returns with | The radio program made famous in ''GTA III'' returns with Lazlow as host. By 2001, the show will be given its own full-time frequency. An announcer on the radio station says that he was kicked out of both [[Vice City]] and [[San Andreas]], since he was a disc jockey at both places. Lazlow's callers are diverse but generally offensive, including an internet freak who wants to knock down the Liberty City cathedral, a foul-mouthed cannibal, a man obsessed with shaving and an innocent-sounding 7-year-old girl who knows an awful lot of swearwords for someone so young. The mother of the game's main character ([[Toni Cipriani]]) also calls in, but gets angry with Lazlow, calling him Lazarus and threatening him with a Mafia assassination. This is likely a homage to ''Grand Theft Auto III'' when Toni calls Lazlow explaining how much his mother controls his life. | ||
=== Heartland Values with Nurse Bob === | === Heartland Values with Nurse Bob === | ||
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=== Breathing World === | === Breathing World === | ||
A spiritual enlightment talk show hosted by a new wave hippie by the name of Melissa Chowder (Ashley Albert). Throughout the show, Melissa interviews Crow (Gregg Martin), formerly of a band he doesn't name. Crow is on the show to promote Crowfest '98, a concert tour. The name Crowfest '98 may have been taken from | A spiritual enlightment talk show hosted by a new wave hippie by the name of Melissa Chowder (Ashley Albert). Throughout the show, Melissa interviews Crow (Gregg Martin), formerly of a band he doesn't name. Crow is on the show to promote Crowfest '98, a concert tour. The name Crowfest '98 may have been taken from ''Ozzfest'' '98. Crow talks on the show and says that after quitting the band, he has since seen spiritual enlightment through the fact that he has joined a religious cult. Crow was previously referenced in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''. Crow is an immense egomaniac who offends Melissa greatly with his constant talk of Amazonian drugs, fleecing native tribes and "having five hours worth of Tantric Sex", a possible reference to the rock star Sting. | ||
=== Coq O Vin === | === Coq O Vin === | ||
French chef Richard Goblin (Mike Shapiro), referenced in San Andreas during Entertaining America,hosts this show where he mutilates live animals and insults the | French chef Richard Goblin (Mike Shapiro), referenced in San Andreas during Entertaining America,hosts this show where he mutilates live animals and insults the American values when it comes to cooking. He also takes calls from fans of the show, most of whom he alienates by slaughtering animals in their general direction, viciously insulting them or actually attacking them. Over the course of the show, Richard forces a cow to give birth directly into his soup and then butchers her, stuffs a live goose and chops up the eyeballs and perineum of a large mammal and makes them into a calzone. At the end of the show, the LCFR announcer makes a sarcastic comment about animal rights, which may show that the program is a sly reference to the controversy surrounding the airing of the cooking show "Out of the Frying Pan" in 1977, when animal rights campaigners protested against the butchering of a pig live on air. | ||
[[Category: Liberty City Radio Stations]] | [[Category: Liberty City Radio Stations]] | ||