Goldenrod Radio Tower

The Goldenrod Radio Tower (Japanese: コガネラジオとう Kogane Radio Tower) is a six-story tower located next to the Magnet Train station in Goldenrod City, the largest city in Johto.
==In the games==
The Radio Tower broadcasts numerous programs daily, the most prominent of such being Professor Oak's Pokémon Talk and Buena's Password, a new radio show that debuted in . For a short time in Generation II and Generation IV, the tower fell victim to the clutches of Team Rocket, during which time all of the normal broadcasts were replaced with a pirate signal officially announcing Team Rocket's return and pleading Giovanni to return from seclusion.
After the obtains their seventh Johto Gym Badge, it is necessary to purge the Radio Tower of Team Rocket in order to continue the storyline, because until the Radio Tower has been returned to normal, either the Blackthorn Gym will be closed because Clair is training in the restricted Dragon's Den, or a man selling RageCandyBars will prevent access to , the eastern path out of Mahogany Town. After defeating the impostor station manager in the fifth floor office, the player will receive the , which opens up a sealed area of the Goldenrod Tunnel. Upon finding the real station manager in the second basement of the Goldenrod Department Store, he will give the player a to open the door on the third floor that separates the upper floors of the tower in two. With the Card Key in tow, the player can ascend to the fifth floor studio (and the observation deck) to defeat the final , effectively disbanding the organization. To show his gratitude, the station manager will give the player a Rainbow Wing, a Silver Wing, or a Clear Bell.
Before Team Rocket's invasion, a guard will restrict access beyond the second floor to "authorized personnel" only. Thus, the third and subsequent floors of the Radio Tower can only be explored during and after Team Rocket's invasion.
===Places of interest===
====Studios====
In , the station had two studios, located on the fourth and fifth floors. A third studio was added in Pokémon Crystal on the second floor, to accommodate Buena's new radio show. In every version, the tower has a welcome center, as well as a computer linked to Bill's PC and the player's personal computer, on the first floor and a small café on the second floor. The technical operations of the tower are handled by way of a network of computers on the third and fourth floors. The Director's office is found on the fifth floor.
====Programs====
Many programs are broadcast from the tower, with most being produced in-house.
Program 	Host(s) 	Channel (PG) 	Description 	Where produced 	Games
Buena's Password 	Buena 	10.5 	Broadcasts one password per night between 6 PM-12 AM; Trainers who come to Buena and recite the password can get points redeemable for prizes. 	2nd floor studio	
Variety Channel 	Unknown 	10.5 	Broadcasts Buena's Password channel with a couple more new features. Aside from the aforementioned channel, there's a few other new channels that are broadcast in different schedules. 	Unknown 	
Lucky Channel 	 	8.5 	Broadcasts one ID per week; Trainers who come to the welcome center with a Pokémon whose ID is similar will win a prize. 	Unknown 	
Pokémon Music 	 	7.5 	Broadcasts different music to different effects depending on the day of the week. 	5th floor studio	
Pokédex Show 	(no DJ) 	4.54 AM-10 AM 	A show that broadcasts Pokédex entries gathered by the player. 	Unknown 	
Professor Oak's Pokémon Talk 	Mary and 	4.5: 10 AM-4 AM: all day	Talk show discussing locations where semi-rare Pokémon can be found. Also speaks about swarms. 	4th floor studio	
Team Rocket's announcement (replaces other broadcasts)	Team Rocket	Every radio station 	Plays on every radio station once Team Rocket has succeeded in taking over the Radio Tower. A Team Rocket Executive announces over the airwaves that they have resurfaced, and pleads for their boss, Giovanni, to come out of hiding and rejoin them. Begins playing once the player has obtained seven Badges, and ceases to play when Team Rocket is disbanded.	5th floor studio	
 	 	 	 	 	
===Items===
====Pokémon Lottery Corner====
In , the Lucky Channel is a radio show which broadcasts an ID number that changes once per week. Prizes are awarded for winning numbers, which must match any of the player's Pokémon's ID numbers with either all digits, four/three digits or two digits.
In , Felicity gives out tickets for the Pokémon Lottery Corner with an ID number that changes daily. Prizes are awarded for winning numbers, which must match any of the player's Pokémon's ID numbers from the last digit to the first digit.
====Buena's Password====
The player can collect points for the Blue Card by listening to the radio show Buena's Password, then visiting Buena on the second floor of the Radio Tower and answering her quiz. If they answer the question correctly, they earn 1 point for their Blue Card.
In Generation II, points must be spent to buy each prize; whereas in Generation IV, prizes are awarded when the player obtains a certain number of points. Players cannot have more than 30p on the Blue Card. If the player has 30p, they can speak to Buena to register her phone number in the Pokégear (points will not be spent). In Generation II, the player cannot earn points while their Blue Card has 30p (requiring points to be spent); whereas in Generation IV, the player will be issued a new Blue Card once the 30p limit is hit.
{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; background: #A6D4FF; border: 3px solid #1E90FF"	Item 	Item	Points
	Ultra Ball 	2p 	
	Full Restore	2p 	
	Nugget 	3p 	
	Rare Candy 	3p 	
	Protein 	5p 	
	Iron 	5p 	
	Carbos 	5p 	
	Calcium 	5p 	
	HP Up 	5p 	
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==Layout==
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Artwork depicting the Goldenrod Radio Tower is seen in 's mindscape.
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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The Goldenrod Radio Tower appeared in Air Time, where was invited to the tower to be interviewed by DJ Mary. A disguised also infiltrated the Radio Tower, intending to steal anything valuable inside. However, all they discovered were tapes of various radio shows. They were then mistaken for a comedy group called "The Dugtrio Trio," and were dragged to be interviewed by DJ Mary.
Due to Team Rocket having accidentally destroyed the tape of the day's Radio Drama, Ash, , and Team Rocket were asked to act the show live. During the show, Jessie constantly made her own changes to the script, eventually leading to Team Rocket revealing themselves and attempting to steal . Thankfully, Ash managed to recover Pikachu, Team Rocket was defeated, and the Radio Drama was brought to a successful end.
===Pokémon Generations===
The Goldenrod Radio Tower appeared in a flashback in The Legacy, where Looker described Team Rocket's takeover of the building to . He also mentioned how the entire takeover failed due to Giovanni not showing up despite Team Rocket's broadcast.
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure===
The Goldenrod Radio Tower appeared in Clash!! Jō VS Team Rocket, where Jō confronted and defeated Archer there, bringing an end to Team Rocket's schemes.
===Pokémon Adventures===
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The Goldenrod Radio Tower first appeared in Smeargle Smudge, where was invited to visit it by the Radio Director. Gold was excited to visit the radio station in the hopes of meeting DJ Mary, but when he saw the that had attacked him shortly before was actually Mary's Pokémon, he busted into the recording studio right in the middle of a live interview with Whitney. Despite the Radio Director being furious with Gold's interruption, the listener response to it was very positive. As such, the Director organized a Bicycle race from Goldenrod to between Gold and Whitney, although Gold insisted on converting his bike into a by attaching its handle to his skateboard. While the race was called off later, Gold considered himself the winner due to having made his way past the that was blocking Route 37 and defeating a that had taken Whitney hostage. After making Mary write him a pile of signatures, Gold headed to the Goldenrod Game Corner to spend the money he had earned with his appearance in the radio show.
In Irked Igglybuff and Curmudgeonly Cleffa and Savvy Swinub, the Radio Tower crew visited Pryce at the Mahogany Gym, assuming that the Legendary Pokémon would be coming to challenge him, as it had done with several other Johto Gym Leaders recently.
In The Last Battle XIV, arrived at the Radio Tower for a radio show he was hosting. In the middle of the broadcast, he was notified of a boy who had arrived at the studio and was hoping to get himself a Pokédex.
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In The Final Battle IV and V, the aforementioned boy was revealed to have been . However, Professor Oak had refused to hand him a Pokédex, because Earl Dervish had told him that Emerald had consistently refused the company of Pokémon at Earl's Pokémon Academy. As such, he had told Emerald to consider what Pokémon meant to him and what his path with them would be, only agreeing to give him a Pokédex once he had found an answer.
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In One Tough Togepi, Professor Oak was revealed to have told Gold that Team Rocket sightings had been made near the Goldenrod Radio Tower lately.
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
The Goldenrod Radio Tower appeared in Let's Use Fighting Type Pokémon!! when Whitney showed sights around Goldenrod City.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
The Goldenrod Radio Tower appeared in Showdown at the Radio Tower!!, where and visited it to meet DJ Mary. When it turned out that the Radio Director was actually in disguise, Clefairy battled against his Pokémon and won, saving the Radio Tower.
===Gallery===
Goldenrod Radio Tower Adventures.png|The Radio Tower in Pokémon Adventures
Goldenrod Radio Tower Golden Boys.png|The Radio Tower in Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys
Goldenrod Radio Tower PM.png|The Radio Tower in Pokémon Pocket Monsters
==In the TCG==
The following is a list of cards named Radio Tower.
==Trivia==
* The Radio Tower's exterior design in is closer to the one initially planned for Pocket Monsters 2, rather than to its original final design in .
* In , the poster announcing the Lucky Channel on the ground floor is still present, despite the program itself no longer being available.
* According to the Radio Director, there was once another Bell Tower that stood in the Radio Tower's current spot and was even visited by the Legendary Pokémon , which is evident by the Rainbow Wing that he found there when it was torn down and kept.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Kanto Radio Station
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