GTA III almost had a radio station run by an actual criminal — and it got scrapped because the cops found out.
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GTA III almost had a radio station run by an actual criminal — and it got scrapped because the cops found out.

A cut radio station called 'Pirate Radio' was planned for GTA III to replace MSX FM with a different UK DJ. According to a claim from an anonymous source on the Deep Web site Hidden Answers, the original DJ was scrapped because police discovered he was a wanted criminal in Pakistan.

Source: Pirate Radio — CC BY-SA

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The MSX FM logo — the station Pirate Radio was supposed to replace, until its UK DJ got busted as a wanted criminal in Pakistan.
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The MSX FM logo — the station Pirate Radio was supposed to replace, until its UK DJ got busted as a wanted criminal in Pakistan.

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