Music in GTA V

In Grand Theft Auto V, instead of just having radio stations, many missions are scored, with specific music tracks played at specific moments in order to build atmosphere and tension. However, radio stations continue to exist.

We though could do something interesting if we scored missions in GTA. Obviously we didn't want to lose radio stations, so we thought we'd do both. Exactly how we're going to balance between the two we're not entirely sure yet – we're still trying to figure that out. But we have some very cool people doing the score, different people, who will work in the same stem-based system that we used in the other games".

Dan Houser in The Guardian

Radio Stations

Logo	Radio Station	Format(s)	DJ(s)
	Blaine County Talk Radio	Talk radio	Unknown
	Channel X	Punk rock Hardcore rock	Keith Morris
	East Los FM	Latin American music	Don Cheto Camilo Lara
	FlyLo FM	Electronica IDM Alternative hip-hop	Flying Lotus
	Los Santos Rock Radio	Classic rock Pop/rock	Kenny Loggins
	Non Stop Pop FM	Pop Dance-pop House	Cara Delevingne
	Radio Los Santos	Contemporary hip-hop Rap	Big Boy
	Radio Mirror Park	Indietronica Chillwave	Twin Shadow
	Rebel Radio	Outlaw country	Jesco White
	Soulwax FM	Dance-punk Fidget house	Soulwax
	Space 103.2	Funk R&B Disco	Bootsy Collins
	The Blue Ark	Reggae Dub Dancehall	Lee "Scratch" Perry
	The Low Down 91.1	1970s soul Funk	Mama G
	Vinewood Boulevard Radio	Alternative rock Garage rock Punk rock	Nate Steve
	WCTR 95.6	Talk radio	Lazlow Michelle
	West Coast Classics	Classic hip-hop Gangsta rap	DJ Pooh
	Worldwide FM	Electronica Worldbeat Funk	Gilles Peterson

In-universe bands

Logos of the new bands appearing in GTA V.

The band Love Fist from the GTA III Era make a return. One Strangers and Freaks mission has Trevor Philips betting up the bassist Willie to get a "souvenir" for Nigel and Mrs. Thornhill, an eccentric, elderly English couple who collect celebrities' personal items. On the reality talent show Fame or Shame, contestant William Angio sings a power ballad from Jezz Torrent's solo career. Several new bands are also mentioned in GTA V, including Barbeque Spaceflight, Sorry Commode, Softly Softly Catchy Monkey, Anguished Cornhole, and Fatal Incursion; however, none of these bands make a physical appearance within in the game nor do any of their songs appear on the game's soundtrack.

Nightride FM

In early 2012, Kavinsky revealed that he was going to be the host of a radio station in GTA V called Nightride FM. However, there have been no news about that station whatsoever since then.