Radio Tower Gold & Silver · Johto landmark

Map of Radio Tower in Pokémon Gold and Silver — 1F (in-game map)

The Goldenrod Radio Tower is the five-floor broadcasting station in Goldenrod City. Early on you can win a Radio Card in a quiz on 1F and try the weekly Lucky Number Show. Once you clear Team Rocket's Mahogany hideout and win your seventh badge from Pryce, the Rockets seize the tower to broadcast a call for Giovanni's return, and freeing it (with help from the Basement Key and Card Key) ends Team Rocket for good.

Wild Pokémon: None
Items: 8
Trainers: 16

Connects to: Goldenrod City

Where Radio Tower is on the Johto map Radio Tower on the Johto map

Wild Pokémon

No wild Pokémon here.

Trainers

Rocket Executive 5F

Koffing 30

Weezing 32

Koffing 30

Prize ₽540

Rocket Executive 5F

Houndour 33

Koffing 33

Houndoom 35

Prize ₽630

Trainer	Pokémon	Prize	Where
Rocket GruntGrunt	Raticate 24 Raticate 24	₽240	1F
Rocket GruntGrunt	Grimer 23 Grimer 23 Muk 25	₽250	2F
Rocket GruntGrunt	Rattata 21 Rattata 21 Rattata 23 Rattata 23 Rattata 23	₽230	2F
Rocket GruntGrunt	Zubat 26 Zubat 26	₽260	2F
Rocket GruntGrunt	Arbok 26	₽260	2F
Rocket GruntGrunt	Koffing 23 Grimer 23 Zubat 23 Rattata 23	₽230	3F
Rocket GruntGrunt	Weezing 26	₽260	3F
Rocket GruntGrunt	Raticate 24 Koffing 26	₽260	3F
ScientistMarc	Magnemite 27 Magnemite 27 Magnemite 27	₽675	3F
Rocket GruntGrunt	Zubat 22 Golbat 24 Grimer 22	₽220	4F
Rocket ExecutiveExecutive	Golbat 36	₽648	4F
Rocket GruntGrunt	Ekans 21 Oddish 23 Ekans 21 Gloom 24	₽240	4F
ScientistRich	Porygon 30	₽750	4F
Rocket ExecutiveExecutive	Arbok 32 Vileplume 32 Murkrow 32 Phone rematches (1) Rematch 1 · ₽450Arbok 23 Gloom 23 Murkrow 25	₽576	5F

Prize money is the trainer class’s base payout times the level of the trainer’s last Pokémon. Trainers with phone rematches call you when they want another battle; their teams grow as you progress.

Items

Item	How	Where
Master Ball	Gift	1F
Exp. Share	Gift	1F
PP Up	Gift	1F
TM11 Sunny Day	Gift	3F
Pink Bow	Gift	4F
Basement Key	Gift From the fake director, after you beat him.	5F
Rainbow Wing	Gift Gold The real Director’s reward for freeing the Radio Tower.	5F
Silver Wing	Gift Silver The real Director’s reward for freeing the Radio Tower.	5F

Hidden items can be found with the Itemfinder from Ecruteak City.

Tips

The Radio Card quiz answers on 1F are Yes, Yes, No, Yes, No; the card lets your Pokégear play the radio.
Each week the Lucky Number Show on 1F checks your Pokémon's ID numbers: two matching end digits win a PP Up, three an Exp. Share, and all five a Master Ball.
The 'Director' on 5F is a Rocket in disguise; beat him for the Basement Key, then rescue the real Director in the Goldenrod Underground warehouse for the Card Key that opens the 3F shutter.
The Executive on 4F uses a single Lv 36 Golbat, and the leader on 5F has Houndour, Koffing and a Lv 35 Houndoom; Electric or Psychic moves suit Golbat and Koffing, but use Water or Ground on Houndour and Houndoom, which are immune to Psychic.
Once the tower is free, the Director gives you the Rainbow Wing in Gold or the Silver Wing in Silver.
Afterwards, talk to Mary on 4F for a Pink Bow and the woman on 3F for TM11 Sunny Day.

Walkthrough: Part 9: The Radio Tower Takeover and the Legendary Birds

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FAQ

What are the Radio Card quiz answers in Pokémon Gold and Silver?

Answer Yes, Yes, No, Yes, No to the five questions on Radio Tower 1F to win the Radio Card.

How do you get the Rainbow Wing in Pokémon Gold?

Free the Radio Tower from Team Rocket. The real Director gives you the Rainbow Wing on 5F, which lets you meet Ho-Oh on top of Tin Tower.

How do you get the Silver Wing in Pokémon Silver?

Free the Radio Tower from Team Rocket. The Director gives you the Silver Wing, which lets you find Lugia deep in the Whirl Islands.

When does Team Rocket take over the Radio Tower?

When you earn your seventh badge, which means beating Pryce after you have shut down their Mahogany Town hideout. Head back to Goldenrod City to find them in control of the tower.

Sources & picture credits

Guide text is original retrogameindex writing, checked against Bulbapedia and the game data. Wild Pokémon and encounter chances for both versions and all three times of day, fishing, Headbutt and Rock Smash tables, items, trainers, gifts, trades and shops come from the pret/pokegold decompilation (pret/pokegold ef0201d8da). Maps and sprites © Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK, archived from the Bulbagarden Archives; the Johto and Kanto maps are drawn from the game’s own Pokégear graphics (listed on the image gallery).