Enclave Radio

A Radio station run by the Enclave and broadcast from the Raven Rock mountain complex. It is hosted by President John Henry Eden and airs patriotic music, as well as President Eden's "frank discussions". The Enclave has dispatched a number of Eyebots to ensure that citizens without a radio can hear the broadcasts.

Megaton resident Nathan is revealed to be a big fan of this station and the Enclave as a whole; he is often heard humming tunes from the station's broadcasts.

At the beginning of the game, this is the only station the player can receive; while Galaxy News Radio's broadcast range begins just a small walk to the south of the Vault 101 entrance, the signal is too weak to be more than static, and Agatha's Station is off-line.

A few NPCs point out the repetitive nature of the Enclave Radio broadcast, and question whether it is a live broadcast or an old pre-War recording that's been on infinite loop for decades.

Broadcast schedule
The station plays a small handful of patriotic songs, broken up by long monologues from President Eden. One of the monologues discusses his love of baseball in detail, while another mentions his childhood pet, but all generally end with a patriotic message and his pledge that the Enclave will save America. One such monologue reveals Eden's hatred for the pre-war government, referring to them as "half-wits" and "idiots" who caused The Great War with their "incompetence," while another is a vague discussion of Eden's right to be president; he says that there obviously must have been an election ("it's every American's God-given right to vote"), but he can't go into the details for "reasons of national security," and that he will of course surrender his post when his term is up, without stating when that is.

While the player is working through The Waters of Life, Enclave soldiers will begin attacking; at this point, the station messages will change to include a variety of messages from President Eden discussing how the Enclave is now "in your cities, in your homes, and in your life,in your heart" as they pursue their goals of bringing America back. One of these messages is an announcement by Colonel Autumn speaking briefly explaining the purpose and methodology of the Enclave troops out in the Wastes.

This station will be taken offline if you convince President John Henry Eden to destroy himself along with the Enclave base at Raven Rock in the course of The American Dream quest.

If you leave President Eden without destroying him, he will broadcast a new radio segment about Project Purity and how it will soon restore America to its former glory (an oblique reference to the modified FEV virus, which Eden presumes you will inject into Project Purity to kill the populace of the Wasteland, also you have no choice but to take it)

Finally, during the climactic assault on the Purifier in Take It Back!, Eden (if still alive) will broadcast a final message of defiance cheering on the Enclave defense against the Brotherhood of Steel assault and loudly declaring that "No one, NO ONE is going to take this great nation away from me!". This message will loop continuously until the end of the game.

If Enclave Radio is no longer on the air, at least some of the residents of Rivet City will discuss this and will associate it with a big explosion on the horizon to the North West.

Monologues
Speeches of John Henry Eden


 * This is the repeating monologue for the Take it Back!.

"Stand now, at the precipice. A great nation once more threatens to crumble, to topple into the sea of lawlessness and despair that have ruled us all for over 200 years. In short, my dearest America... We... Are... At... War! Even as I speak these words, fearless Enclave Soldiers are fortifying their positions at the great water purifier, bracing for an inevitable assault. The Brotherhood of Steel, in arrogance, has claimed Project Purity as their own; they would steal the Enclave's work, steal America's water; only a matter of time before the traitors march on the purifier, an attempt to take it by force. Let them come! Wave upon traitorous wave will crash against the Enclave's walls. The Brotherhod of Steel will fail. All those who oppose the Enclave will fail! I am President John Henry Eden, and this is my pledge. No one... NO ONE, will take this great nation from me! God bless the Enclave. God bless America."

Trivia
President John Henry Eden's discussions are loosely based upon the "Fireside Chats" broadcasted by President Roosevelt during the Great Depression. Much like the enclave Radio, these promise reform, change, and ask that people support the U.S. Government.

The song Stars and Stripes Forever is played with president Eden talking over it, in an identical manner to a scene in the film A Boy And His Dog.

One of John Henry Eden's thoughts on the Enclave radio is reminiscent of another computer game that Malcolm McDowell, the voice of Eden, acted in. The thought is "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance", originally a well known quote by Thomas Jefferson, which is also McDowell's climactic line in the final sequences of the game Wing Commander IV: The Price Of Freedom. McDowell's role is that of Admiral Tolwyn, a power-crazy military commander whose goals and methods are very much similar to those of John Henry Eden in Fallout 3.

Glitches

 * With the Broken Steel add-on, if the player did not convince John Henry Eden to destroy Raven Rock, the station will be offline after Take it Back! has been completed. Once Who Dares Wins is completed however, the radio station may appear again. All it broadcasts is "Stand now, at the precipice.".

Songs

 * America the Beautiful
 * Dixie
 * Marine's Hymn
 * Battle Hymn of the Republic
 * Hail Columbia
 * Stars and Stripes Forever
 * The Washington Post
 * Yankee Doodle