Radio station, Country
Back Country Radio
Country, outlaw country included.
Back Country Radio in GTA VI: country music, with Morgan Wallen (MW), Lana Del Rey (Delta Dawne) and reporter Mud Dog Mike. Presented on October 8, 2026.
Overview
Back Country Radio is the game’s country station, outlaw country included. Its two hosts go by on-air names: singer Morgan Wallen is MW, and singer Lana Del Rey is Delta Dawne. A third character rounds out the team: Mud Dog Mike, a roving reporter and “swamp meteorologist”, played by Jeremy Dufrene, Lana Del Rey’s husband.
On the air
- Morgan Wallen
- On-air name MW
- Lana Del Rey
- On-air name Delta Dawne
- Jeremy Dufrene
- On-air reporter Mud Dog Mike
What the announcement says, and doesn’t say
Morgan Wallen is also on the game’s official album, with “Last Thing You Need”; Rockstar hasn’t said whether this track will play on Back Country Radio. The station’s playlist hasn’t been published.
What we know for the game
Like the other stations, it can be heard in a car and, for the first time in the series, on foot: with Jason’s or Lucia’s phone and earbuds, according to Rockstar.
Key points
- Style: country, outlaw country included.
- On the air: Morgan Wallen (MW) and Lana Del Rey (Delta Dawne).
- Reporter: Mud Dog Mike, played by Jeremy Dufrene.
- Presented by Rockstar on October 8, 2026.
- Heard in the official preview, according to Game Informer: “Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behavior” (David Allan Coe), “Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’” (Loretta Lynn) and “The Conversation” (Hank Williams Jr. and Waylon Jennings).
Sources
- OfficialRockstar Newswire: The Music of Grand Theft Auto VI: In-Game Radio Stations
Six stations presented with their hosts, on-demand podcasts, and a radio you can listen to in a car or on foot with Jason’s or Lucia’s phone and earbuds.
- OfficialGrand Theft Auto VI: Music
The official stations page, with each station’s style, hosts and a preview; it lists nine album tracks as of October 20, 2026.
- Seen in mediaLana Del Rey Learned LA’s Roads From ‘GTA’ — Now She’s A Radio DJ In ‘GTA VI’
Covers Rockstar’s Music page: each station, its style and its hosts, with their on-air names.
- Seen in mediaGTA 6 In-Game Radio Stations Announced, and You Can Preview Them Right Now
Quotes Rockstar’s article: the hosts’ on-air names, reporter Mud Dog Mike, on-demand podcasts and listening on foot.
- Seen in mediaGTA 6 radio stations revealed and you can listen to them now
Details each station’s style: bachata, merengue, dembow and reggaeton for Cocoteo FM; from 20th-century classics to amapiano and 3-step for AfroBank FM; metal since the 1980s for The Chamber 106.6.
- Seen in mediaGTA 6 radio stations to be hosted by Robyn, Palms Trax, Bad Bunny, more
Lists the six stations and their hosts, and links to the previews on the official Music page.
- Seen in mediaGrand Theft Auto VI: Here Are All The Songs We Heard In Rockstar’s In-Game Radio Preview
The songs identified with Shazam in the previews of the six stations on the official Music page: a press list, not a Rockstar list.
All the section’s sources, with their statuses, are at the bottom of the Radio and music page.
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What’s next?
The rest gets written on November 19, 2026.
Each page will be filled in once the game is out: what you find there, what you do there, what it earns you. Nothing made up until then.