Radio Freedom

Radio Freedom is a radio station in the Commonwealth in Fallout 4.

Background[]

Radio Freedom was the main communication network for the Commonwealth Minutemen before the Castle was attacked. After the Minutemen take back the Castle during Taking Independence, the station is hosted by an unnamed announcer and broadcasts classical music. The station is one way to receive the potentially story-relevant Minutemen quest Old Guns. Afterward, it is used to call in artillery bombardment, and necessary to complete With Our Powers Combined.

Up to three of these quests can be triggered in less than a minute either by actively listening to the broadcast via Pip-Boy, or simply by being in earshot of the Castle or any other radio playing the station. If the Sole Survivor already had less than three such quests in their quest log prior to tuning into Radio Freedom, the broadcast will fill up that number to the maximum of three before starting to announce that there is nothing of note to report in the Commonwealth. Ignoring them until they expire results in various amounts of negative consequences for the respective settlements.

Broadcasts[]

Generic broadcasts[]

• "This is Radio Freedom, broadcasting all day, all across the Commonwealth."
• "Good morning, Commonwealth. This is Radio Freedom, the voice of the Minutemen."
• "All quiet, which is how we like it. Stay safe out there people."

Artillery strikes[]

• "Sorry, General, you're out of our range. Good luck."
• "We see your smoke, General. Preparing to fire for effect."
• "Ceasing fire. Hope that helped. Anything left is all yours."

Settlement help[]

• "Attention, Minutemen! Word's come in that a settlement needs our help. Please respond if you can."
• "Any Minutemen in the area. There's a settlement that's been raided by Super Mutants. Please respond if you can help."
• "This was just delivered... by a robot. Anybody in the vicinity of Graygarden, please go see what they need there."
• "Just got a message. Finch Farm is asking for help. Any Minutemen in the area, please respond."

Old Guns[]

• "This message is for the General, if you're listening. We have a... situation at the Castle that we could use your help with. Nothing serious, just... hey, you can't do that!"
• Ronnie Shaw: "Listen up, "General". Get your heinie over to the Castle pronto. This is Ronnie Shaw. You never heard of me but you'll want to talk to me. Alright, don't get your panties in a bunch, you can have your precious mic back.
• "Uh... well, yeah. Sorry about that, folks."

Defend the Castle[]

• "This is Radio Freedom with a breaking report from the Castle."
• "The walls have been breached. Repeat, the Castle walls have been breached."
• "We've defeated the Institute forces and they are retreating. You can rest assured that the Castle is still Minutemen territory."

With Our Powers Combined[]

• "Thanks to the bravery and sacrifice of Minutemen from all across the Commonwealth, the Brotherhood threat has been eliminated. We've now seen just how strong we can be when we stand together: strong enough to defeat the Brotherhood of Steel with all their military might. The Commonwealth is now free to set its own course for the first time in centuries. Let's make the most of this opportunity."

Rockets' Red Glare[]

• "Reports have been coming in from all over the Commonwealth, and I can confirm: the Brotherhood airship has been destroyed. The best information we have right now is that the Railroad was reponsible. If that turns out to be true, the whole Commonwealth is in their debt. Ever since the Brotherhood arrived, their threat to the freedom of the Commonwealth was obvious. Through their brave action, the Railroad has struck a blow for freedom that won't soon be forgotten."

The Nuclear Option[]

• "This is Radio Freedom. I'm proud to report that the Minutemen were able to finally bring the fight to the Institute. Our assault force infiltrated the Institute's underground facility and detonated their fusion reactor. I'd like to take this time to salute the General, who personally led the attack on the Institute. I'd also like to thank all of the Minutemen volunteers from across the Commonwealth who joined in the attack. Remember, it was thanks to their sacrifice that we are all free from the insidious threat of the Institute for the first time in decades. We still have a lot of work to do to bring peace and freedom back to the Commonwealth, but this is certainly a giant step forward."
• "We can confirm that the Brotherhood of Steel used their giant war machine, "Liberty Prime", to blast their way into the Institute. The Brotherhood assault force then managed to detonate the Institute's fusion reactor, completely destroying the entire underground facility. It still isn't clear what the Brotherhood's ultimate intentions towards the Commonwealth are. But, we certainly owe them thanks for freeing us all from the insidious threat of the Institute for the first time in decades."
• "The word is that the Railroad managed to infiltrate the Institute. They managed to detonate the Institute's fusion reactor with the help of rebel synth sympathizers. I think under the circumstances, we should all rethink our feelings about synths. Remember, it was thanks to their sacrifice that we are all free from the insidious threat of the Institute for the first time in decades."

Behind the scenes[]

The instrumental violin and fiddle music heard on Radio Freedom was performed by violinist Heather MacArthur, who also performed the music for Agatha's Station in Fallout 3. MacArthur was credited on Fallout 3 but not Fallout 4. Fiddle music heard on Radio Freedom was later used in "The Radio," the seventh episode of the first season of the Fallout TV series. Prime Video X-Ray credits the track as "Minutemen Radio" by Heather MacArthur.

Bugs[]

• PC Playstation 4 Xbox One It is possible for Radio Freedom to stop playing at some point in the game.^[verified]
• PC To fix the bug on PC, the quest Taking Independence needs to be set back using console commands. Open the console and type setstage 0003a457 570. This will set back the objective of the quest to "power the transmitter," so make sure that the transmitter is not connected to a source of power before entering the command. After reconnecting the transmitter, one of the minutemen will start the broadcast. Upon reporting to Preston Garvey, the quest will be completed and the player character will be rewarded with XP.
• PC Another fix is to open the console and type setstage 00067ff9 400. This will force the radio to start broadcasting again.
• PC Playstation 4 Xbox One Another fix is to use an artillery smoke grenade. After the targeting broadcast, Radio Freedom will resume its normal routine.
• PC If the radio stopped playing after an artillery strike, try setstage adf3d 500.

Video[]

Radio Freedom playlist

v · d · e Radio stations in Fallout 4 Stations Major Classical Radio · Diamond City Radio · Radio Freedom Minor Silver Shroud Radio · Trinity Tower Radio Beacons Permanent Automated radio alarm · Boston City Works Beacon · Caravan distress frequency · Civil Alert System Broadcast · Default radio signal · Distress signal (Relay tower 0BB-915) · Distress signal (Relay tower 0DB-521) · Distress signal (Relay tower 0SC-527) · Distress signal (Relay tower 1DL-109) · Eden Meadows Cinemas radio station · Emergency frequency RJ1138 · Garbled radio beacon · Greenbriar radio signal · Miller family radio signal · Nautical radio signal · Raider radio signal · Separated family radio signal · Skylanes 1665 Mayday · Supermutant radio broadcast · Unintelligible radio signal · Valentine's Detective Agency Radio Quest Distress signal (Brotherhood of Steel) · Military frequency AF95 · Nuka-Cola Family radio · Nuka World Radio · Settlement recruitment beacon · Shipbreaker's radio frequency · Vault 88 radio beacon Creation Club Faint radio signal · Radio distress signal · Strange signal · Vault-Tec distress signal Parentheses () denote cut content, italics denote stations available through add-ons.

v · d · e Commonwealth Minutemen Locations Concord (Museum of Freedom) · Quincy ruins · Sanctuary Hills · The Castle Radio Radio Freedom Characters Current Minuteman · Preston Garvey · Radio Freedom announcer · Ronnie Shaw · Sarge Former Brent Savoldi · Clint · Colonel Ezra Hollis · General Joe Becker · General McGann · Lieutenant Foster Quests Main Defend the Castle · Old Guns · Taking Independence · The Nuclear Option (Minutemen) · With Our Powers Combined Side Sanctuary · Taking Point Events Defense of Diamond City · First Battle of the Castle · Quincy Massacre