97.6 K12 FM
Electronica and dance-punk station hosted by C.B. DeCaro. The playlist runs through mid-2000s indie dance and electroclash.
Overview
97.6 K12 FM is Saints Row 2's dance and electronic station, hosted by C.B. DeCaro. Volition tags the format internally as "Electronic Music", but the playlist cleanly splits between dance-punk, electroclash and the late-2000s indie dance crossover. Most Ronin vehicles spawn with the radio set to this station.
DJ C.B. DeCaro
C.B. DeCaro hosts the station, voiced by Courtenay Kellen Taylor. The character plays an unflappable late-night dance-music DJ, talking up upcoming tracks in a laid-back, almost detached delivery. The segments are short and uniformly in-character, with no listener phone-ins.
Tracklist
There are 11 licensed songs in the bank, all sitting in the 2002 to 2008 window. The lineup includes Crystal Castles, Death from Above 1979, Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem and MSTRKRFT, plus the Tasty/Trauma electroclash producer Matthew Dear and the lesser-known TRS-80.
Audio quality
The audio in this archive is taken from the Xbox 360 version of the game, which plays at 32 kHz with full stereo songs. The reason for going with the 360 source rather than the PC original is that CD Projekt's Saints Row 2 PC port is genuinely one of the worst PC ports I've come across, and the audio is the most obvious casualty: every radio station ships at 22050 Hz mono. That's especially appalling given the 360 audio was already perfect; the PC port simply downgraded it for no good reason.
Tracklist
Trivia
- Most Ronin vehicles spawn with the radio set to K12.
- C.B. DeCaro is voiced by Courtenay Kellen Taylor.
- DeCaro is replaced by T-Roy when the station returns in Saints Row: The Third.
Across other games
