Radio

The **radio** is a feature in *Shattered* and *Shattered 2* that the player has access to.

## About

### *Shattered*

When switching to the radio on the Bluetooth, or when stealing a car, the radio will play. The player can switch to any station listed, and when a station is turned on one of the transcripts for that station will play. There are no songs, just pre-recorded segments that are picked at random. When the player steals a car, they can also use the radio in there. After a transcript ends, you will hear static and after a few seconds, another segment will play.

If the player flips to another station and then back to that station (or turning off the radio and then back on again), a different transcript will play. Instead of songs, the radio consists of talk shows, news, sports, commercials, and other radio-related junx.

The player can listen to the following ten stations:

* **108.9 The Bullet CXX:** Talk Show
* **89.1 NO Network:** Sports - Baseball (Parody of YES Network)
* **111.7 Funkmeisters:** Commercial/Ad station (funny)
* **125.8 The Cr!t!cs:** Movie reviewers, movie news updates
* **100.2 Diamond 6 News:** News
* **93.6 Poetry Channel:** Poetry (Yes, poetry.)
* **91.8 Animal World:** Animals, animal talk show, documentary
* **106.6 The Cr!t!cs 2.0:** Game reviewers
* **86.6 Car Needs:** Cars, car-related news, car commercials
* **97.7 Fails Arr Us:** Funny fails, talk show about fails, etc

### *Shattered 2*

In *Shattered 2*, the radio returns, and this time consists of actual songs in addition to commercials and talk show segments. The radio can no longer be played using the Bluetooth; rather, it must be played from inside a vehicle or by approaching an NPC's boom box on the Boardwalk and changing the station.

The player can listen to the following six stations, flipping between them via a wheel similar to *GTA*:

* **107.8 Atlantic Rock**: Classic rock songs
* **98.2 Boardwalk Tunes FM**: Pop
* **91.1 East A.C. Radio**: Hip hop, Rap, R&B
* **101.7 Thumpin Beats**: Dance/EDM
* **99.6 The Javelin**: Regular Talk Show
* **103.5 Diamond 6 News**: News

For a list of songs and talk show transcripts in *Shattered 2*, visit the page for that radio station.

In between songs/talk show segments, random commercials will play. All the possible commercials can be heard here.

## Trivia

* In *Shattered*, the radio feature was criticized for its lack of variety and repetitiveness. Chris6dProductions stated that the game isn't focused around the radio, so it suffices. However, they made sure to severely revamp the radio in *Shattered 2*, adding actual songs, making it better.
* In *Shattered 2*, the radio commercials are the same as those used in the game *Cities: Skylines*. The commercials were used as a joint deal between Chris6dProductions and Paradox Interactive.
* The licensing to use all the songs in *Shattered 2* cost almost $4 million, taking up over a fourth of the game's $15 million budget. However, Chris6d said it was "worth it" in the end.
* *Shattered 2* was originally supposed to have a seventh radio station, 94.4 SportsTalk Radio. However, it was cut during development. A member of Chris6dProductions stated that it will be featured in *Shattered 3* instead.