GNR Building Plaza (Fallout 3)



Galaxy News Radio (GNR) is the remains from big pre-war company Galaxy News Network.

Run by DJ Three Dog, GNR splits its time between Wasteland News, Survival Advice, and big band music. Three Dog operates the station as part of the "Good Fight," which he explains later is his attempt to tell inhabitants of the Capital Wasteland how "things really are" and the Enclave's true motives for the future. He also states that the only reason he plays the same few older songs over and over is because these are all the records he's been able to locate in playable condition.

GNR's initial signal quality is poor; as near away as Megaton the signal degrades to nearly inaudible and will fade out much further from the station. As a part of the main quest line, the player will rectify this, making the station one of three that can be heard anywhere, the other two being Enclave Radio and Agatha's Station.

As the player advances in the game, they may hear Three Dog tell news stories about their exploits, each based on how the player handled a given situation. These are, by and large, related to major quests -- for example, if the player disarms the nuke as part of The Power of the Atom, Three Dog will mention this event specifically in a news broadcast. Smaller quests will go unnoticed, such as saving the slaves from Evergreen Mills.

As part of the main story, the player is sent to GNR after finding out that James visited Three Dog.

Should Three Dog die (most likely because the player killed him), he will be relieved on-air by Margaret, his technician. She is far less glib than Three Dog and will simply play record after record, occasionally breaking in to say announce that she's taken over for the normal DJ because he's dead and all she has to play are the records; this ends any sort of news reports for the duration of the game.

Sci-fi fans will notice some references to Sci-fi shows in some of Three Dogs announcements:

Right after you fix the antenna at the Washington Monument, Three Dog will announce that "You can't stop the signal", a famous punchline from Joss Whedon's Serenity (you will have to wait for the song(s) to finish), while his line "Last, best hope for humanity," when you reach that Karma rank, comes from Babylon 5.

Licensed songs
The following 20 licensed tracks cycle on Galaxy News Radio, listed here by song title and performer in the order found in the Fallout 3 credits. Songs licensed from APM Music, Inc do not credit performers; the composer is listed if available.
 * "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" by The Ink Spots
 * "Anything Goes" performed by Cole Porter
 * "A Wonderful Guy" by Tex Beneke
 * "Boogie Man"
 * "Butcher Pete (Part 1)" by Roy Brown
 * "Crazy He Calls Me" performed by Billie Holiday
 * "Civilization" performed by Danny Kaye with The Andrews Sisters
 * "Easy Living" performed by Billie Holiday
 * "Fox Boogie" composed by Gerhard Trede
 * "Happy Times" performed by Bob Crosby & the Bobcats
 * "I'm Tickled Pink" composed by Jack Shaindlin
 * "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" performed by Ella Fitzgerald with The Ink Spots
 * "Jazzy Interlude" composed by Billy Munn
 * "Jolly Days" composed by Gerhard Trede
 * "Let's Go Sunning" composed by Jack Shaindlin
 * "Maybe" by The Ink Spots
 * "Mighty, Mighty Man" by Roy Brown
 * "Rhythm For You"
 * "Swing Doors" composed by Allan Gray
 * "Way Back Home" performed by Bob Crosby & the Bobcats

The Gentleman at legal geekery has done a splendid job of compiling the lyrics for these songs over here: http://legalgeekery.com/2008/11/08/fallout-3-song-list/

Other Broadcasts
Galaxy News Radio also proudly presents the adventures of Herbert Dashwood and his loyal sidekick Argyle. Radio dramas tell us about encounters with such evil villains as the slaver leader from Paradise Falls - the infamous "Black Widow"! Now broadcasting in a wasteland near you!

Location

 * Galaxy News Radio building and GNR Plaza is located in the Chevy Chase district.

Trivia
The Galaxy news symbol is an almost identical duplicate to that of Interplay, save for the name and the design of the rocket ship, the original developers of the fallout universe prior to Bethesda's aquisition of the Fallout franchise.

Related Quests

 * Galaxy News Radio