For me, it's Flash FM. GTA Vice City (on a re-play) introduced me to the awesomeness called '80s pop music and I just absolutely love it. The banter with Toni and Teri is also top notch. Many great radio stations on there as well.
I think it's always a positive to have the news stations at the GTA games. They are informative, funny, and they give shoutouts to the stuff that happens in the game, which is actually fun, because it makes your efforts in the game a little more worth it, since it feels more real, hearing about your actions, or actions in the story in general, on the news, and that people are paying attention to them. Lots of things also come to mind, you get to commute hearing talk shows as well as the commercials, which is a breath of fresh air compared to the music you hear on other stations.
News and talk shows are funny for sure, but for merely music it's always going to be VRock for me. Was since VC, and is still in VC:S. Just better to have something easy to listen to when simply playing around, as trying to listen to the jokes in the talk shows can be a bit distracting for someone who doesn't speak English as their first language.
For me it depends on the context in which I am listening to the radio. If I am on a long chill and calm ride, I really like to spice things up with music like V-Rock for example. On shorter rides, in missions for example, I adjust the music to what is currently playing in the radio and to what I feel like fits the style of the mission best. My favourite radio stations are: Flash FM, V-Rock, Wave 103, Fresh FM and sometimes Emotion 98.3. I cannot really pick a "winner" in that context for me, because it also depends on how I actually feel outside of the game.
Among all the famous radio stations that you stated, which one is you favourite? Personally, my favourite is V-Rock.
I used to skip Emotion as soon as I saw it was on until once I heard Phil Collins. Have always been giving it a shot when I enter a car and it's on, but I somehow always drift to Flash FM. V-Rock is great too, pretty much on the level with Flash FM for me.
VCFL was probably my favorite, so many great hits like Sexual Healing or Rise to The Top on that station, it was pretty rad. I also liked Flash FM.
The GTA VC has one of the best game soundtracks game ever. I personally think that all radio stations that exist in the game is good. Perhaps my favourite station though in Emotion 98.3. You know those moments where you pull up on the beach and watch the sun rise/set? To me nothing is more calm and relaxing than doing to to Emotion 98.3. It's just a nice way to kick back.
I can see where the emotion station can be the best at certain parts in the game. At the same time though sometimes you need the more intense songs, but I usually just end up switching around until something good is on.
I loved Emotion 98.3 and Flash FM too, those were the radio stations that I enjoyed listening to the most.