How to Complete the KAKTS Radio Challenge

Learn how to stop 20 call-ins and survive max notoriety for 1,200 seconds to complete the KAKTS Radio Challenge in Saints Row (2022). Get tips and strategies here!

Alright, so you wanna knock out the KAKTS Radio Challenge in Saints Row? It's pretty straightforward once you know the tricks. First off, you'll need to get the KAKTS Radio Venture up and running. That means finishing the 'Body of Evidence' mission to unlock Empire Tier 3, then finding an empty spot in Santo Ileso to build it. Just a heads-up, it's gonna cost you a hefty $400,000.

Once that's done, you've got two main goals for the challenge:

• Stop 20 Call-Ins
• Survive max notoriety (that's level 5!) for 1,200 seconds

Let's break down how to hit those targets without pulling your hair out.

How to Stop Call-Ins in Saints Row

So, whenever you get on a faction's bad side (level 1 Notoriety or higher), they might try to call in backup. Normally, you could just blast the caller, but the cops and Marshall can be super quick with their responses. Grinding this out against regular gangs can be a pain because you need a constant stream of enemies, and you have to be fast to interrupt their calls before reinforcements show up.

Here’s the pro tip: mess with the police instead. Just start ramming civilian cars in traffic until you get level 1 Notoriety. If you're on a busy street, civilians will freak out and try to call for police backup. They're way slower than the gangs, giving you plenty of time to just drive away and thwart their call-in. Find a super populated area, like the park in Lakeshore North, cause some chaos to get police Notoriety, then drive around the civilians. You'll see a phone icon pop up when they're calling for help – just dip out before the cops arrive. Honestly, just being a generally terrible driver while you're doing other stuff in Santo Ileso will probably rack these up passively for you.

How to Survive Max Notoriety in Saints Row

Getting to max Notoriety (level 5) means you've really gotta stir the pot and take down a lot of enemies. But once you're there, you can actually extend how long it lasts by ditching your ride and running around on foot. If you try to escape in a car, you'll probably lose your Notoriety way too fast, especially if you don't keep an eye on who's chasing you. On foot, though, you can evade them pretty much forever, especially if you duck into a busy area with lots of buildings to break line of sight and give you cover from all that gunfire.

If that sounds like too much work, there's another way. You can replay the 'Riding Shotgun' Side Hustle over in Marina East (it's one of Barb's jobs). About half of that mission takes place while you're under level 5 police Notoriety. Each time you run through it, you'll rack up over 100 seconds of max Notoriety time. It'll take a few tries to hit that 1,200-second goal, but hey, you'll be earning cash and XP with every attempt, so it's not a total loss.

Pro Tip: Don't forget you can always lower the game's difficulty setting if surviving all that heat feels a bit too intense.