If a station is not on your GTA Online radio wheel, first check Radio Station Favorites in the Interaction Menu. The wheel shows only the stations that you tick there. Other causes are less frequent. The two talk stations work only in their own county. Cayo Perico has no radio. Self Radio is on PC only. Some stations are only in the newer version of the game.
Why are radio stations missing in GTA Online?
Each cause in this table has a different fix. Find your symptom, then do the fix.
| What you see | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Many stations are not on the wheel | The stations are not ticked in Radio Station Favorites | Tick the stations in the Interaction Menu |
| WCTR goes away while you drive | WCTR works only in Los Santos County | Drive back into Los Santos County |
| Blaine County Radio is not on the wheel | Blaine County Radio works only in Blaine County | Drive into Blaine County |
| No radio on the island | Cayo Perico has no radio stations | Go back to Los Santos |
| Self Radio is not on the wheel | Self Radio is on PC only, and it needs your own music files | Put music files in the User Music folder on PC |
| A newer station is not on the wheel | Some stations are only in the newer version of the game | Check which version of the game you play |
The table is about full stations. If the station is there but a song or a playlist is not, read the last section.
How do I get radio stations back on the GTA Online radio wheel?
The Los Santos Tuners update added a "Favorite Radio Stations" option to the Interaction Menu. After you use it, only your favorite stations populate the wheel. ComicBook.com reported that the update lets players decide which stations they want on the wheel.
Do these steps:
- Hold the Interaction Menu button. On PlayStation, hold the touchpad.
- Open Radio Station Favorites. Push Square gives the path Inventory > Radio Station Favorites. Follow That App and the GTA Wiki put it under Preferences.
- Find the check box next to each station. Tick each station that you want.
- Close the Interaction Menu.
- Get in a vehicle and open the radio wheel. On a controller, hold left on the d-pad. The wheel now shows your changes.
Some players untick all stations to keep the radio off. Follow That App gives this as one way to switch the radio off permanently. If you did this some time ago, the stations stay off until you tick them again.
The favorites list controls only the wheel in a vehicle. It does not stop an unticked station from playing on the radio in a property.
If Non-Stop-Pop FM is the station that you lost, do these steps first. To learn more about its host, read who DJ Cara is in GTA 5. For the wheel controls and Self Radio setup, see GTA 5 Radio Wheel: Controls, Favorites and Self Radio.
Why do WCTR and Blaine County Radio disappear?
The two talk stations have a local signal. Blaine County Radio works only in Blaine County. West Coast Talk Radio (WCTR) works only in Los Santos County.
When you drive out of the county, you hear radio interference. Then the signal stops, and the radio automatically goes to the next station on the wheel. The station also goes off the wheel. When you drive back into its county, the station comes back.
This is not a fault. A player on GTAForums asked why a station disappeared near Maude's trailer. Other players answered that the two talk stations operate only in their own areas, and that the other stations work everywhere.
Does the radio work on Cayo Perico?
No. Radio stations are not available on the island of Cayo Perico. To use the radio, go back to the mainland.
Story mode has a similar limit. The radio wheel is not available in North Yankton.
Why is Self Radio missing from the radio wheel?
Self Radio is the custom station that plays your own music. It is on PC only. On PlayStation and Xbox, Self Radio is not in the game, so it can never show on the wheel.
On PC, Self Radio needs music files. Do these steps:
- Open the folder Rockstar Games > GTA V > User Music.
- Put your music files in that folder.
- Start GTA V or GTA Online.
- Let the game scan the folder.
- Get in a vehicle and select Self Radio on the wheel, the same as any other station.
Why is a station missing on my version of GTA 5?
The stations that you see can be different for each version of the game. A guide on Earth Repair Radio says that the stations "can vary with game edition and update status". It tells you to use your own radio wheel as the final list.
Two examples:
- The GTA Wiki lists MOTOMAMI Los Santos as a station in the enhanced version of GTA Online.
- Los Santos Underground Radio started as a GTA Online station. Later, Rockstar made it available in GTA 5 story mode too.
If a friend has a station that you do not have, compare the versions of the game first.
Why is a song or playlist missing from a station?
Sometimes the station is on the wheel, but part of its music is gone. There are two known causes.
First, an update can remove a song. In September 2026, an update to GTA 5 Enhanced removed "The Time Is Now" by Moloko. The dataminer Tex found the change, and TheGamer reported it. TheGamer says that an expired licence is the likely reason. For more songs that the game lost, see Songs Removed From GTA 5: The Full List and Why.
Second, a playlist can stop working. iFruit Radio has a Danny Brown playlist and a Skepta playlist. Since the Los Santos Drug Wars update, iFruit Radio plays only the Danny Brown playlist, because the Skepta playlist is broken. The favorites list cannot fix this.
If you miss a line from the radio, you can make a new one. The GTA radio voice generator reads your text in the DJ Cara AI voice over the Non-Stop-Pop FM intro. This voice is an AI recreation of the radio character, not Cara Delevingne, and Rockstar has nothing to do with it.
Sources
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