Welcome to Chill City FM – Where you can tune in, unwind, and let the mystery and magic of Chill City transport you.
Chill City FM is a fictional radio station from a bygone era, broadcasting endless vibes to help you escape. From suburban nostalgia and neon-lit 80s ambiance to cozy hideaways, each video offers a unique immersive experience. Chill City FM aims to thoughtfully curate the perfect vibe for every moment, with a hint of sentimental nostalgia and sense of humor. Whether you're studying, working, or simply unwinding, Chill City FM offers a soundtrack for every mood. For those looking to escape the noise of the world, Chill City FM invites you to slow down and tune into a simpler time.
Inspired by my work as a special education teacher—and seeing how calming videos help my students—I blend AI tools and traditional creativity to craft scenes that spark calm, nostalgia, and imagination.
📻 Subscribe for more rad vibes from the city that never sleeps… but always chills.
Chill City FM
The clock may have stopped at quarter past midnight, but the mystery was only beginning.
In the latest installment of Adventures in Chill City, we pick back up with Rad McFly and the gang as they search for answers after the strange events at the Chill City Arcade. A missing player, a mysterious cassette tape, and three letters that refuse to stay buried:
WIZ.
The clues are piling up, the shadows are getting closer, and someone in Chill City knows more than they’re willing to reveal.
The adventure continues in this week’s all new story:
UNSOLVED MYSTERY
_____
Chapter 3
Unsolved Mystery
Rad McFly never watched Unsolved Mysteries for the spooky music or the shadowy reenactments.
He watched for the mistakes.
“Wrong,” he said, pointing at the television with the corner of his Hardy Boys book. “The window was locked from the inside. Whoever disappeared didn’t climb out.”
He casually flipped through the pages, searching for where he had left off.
Thunder rolled over Chill City Pines.
Rain tapped steadily against the slanted windows of his attic loft bedroom. The room sat above the garage of his parents’ house, with a perfect bird’s-eye view of Chill City… almost like a private headquarters. Across the room, Rad’s IBM PS/2 desktop computer hummed on his desk. On its green monochrome screen waited a game he had been designing himself: Adventures in Chill City.
It wasn’t much of a game yet. Mostly just maps, typed clues, and simple blocky figures moving through locations around town. The arcade. Chill City High. The old video store. The park. The radio tower on the hill. Rad used it to keep track of the strange things that happened in Chill City. Lately, he had been adding new locations faster than he could solve the mysteries connected to them.
Outside the window, the red light atop the Chill City FM tower blinked beyond the rain-soaked trees. Rad glanced at his Casio calculator watch.
11:47.
Tomorrow was Monday. Another week at Chill City High. Another five days of teachers reminding him that the science lab was not a crime scene, the library archives were not his personal investigation files, and students were not supposed to question the principal about the locked room beneath the auditorium.
Fortunately, Rad rarely listened. Neither did his best friends.
Tasha noticed details everyone else missed. She could glance around a room once and tell you what had been moved and who was lying about it.
Eddie could talk his way into, or out of, almost anywhere. He also knew every shortcut, storm drain, maintenance tunnel, and unlocked back door in Chill City. If there was a way inside somewhere, Eddie could usually find it.
Together, the three of them had solved plenty of mysteries. Their newest case, however, was far from solved.
Nearly two days had passed since their strange night at the Chill City Arcade… the beginning of a case they had already started referring to as the Quarter Past Midnight case.
Eddie had vanished that night after noticing a mysterious figure hanging around the back of the arcade and chasing them through the back door. By the time Rad and Tasha reached the alley, only his jean jacket was left behind, lying in a puddle beneath the security light.
When Video Kid’s countdown reached zero, every machine in the arcade released the same piercing electronic shriek before going dark. Seconds later, the games rebooted as though nothing had happened. Mr. Donnelly blamed a power surge.
Rad knew better.
Later, Eddie told them what happened.
He caught the figure near the dumpsters, but after a brief struggle, the stranger grabbed Eddie by the jacket. Eddie slipped out of it and kept chasing, leaving the jacket behind in the rain. Eddie chased them behind the old video store, across Pine Street, and through the alleyways and shortcuts he thought only he knew.
The trail ended at Chill City Park. One moment, the figure was running toward the old footbridge. The next, they were gone. Rad and Tasha were already searching for Eddie when he returned to the arcade… soaked and out of breath, but unharmed. Eddie never did see the figure’s face…
Rad moved over to his desk and slid open the top drawer. His eyes shifted nervously over the cassette tape he’d retrieved from the Video Kid cabinet that night at the Chill City Arcade. He’d been tinkering with it nonstop. They had tried it in three different tape players, but it had never repeated the message it had somehow played inside Rad’s pocket.
You’re running out of time.
Rad suspected the figure had drawn Eddie away from the arcade for a reason, but Rad had no idea why. And he had a feeling the case was just heating up…
Just then, the telephone rang. Rad looked toward the beige touch-tone telephone on his desk. It rang again…
Nobody called the house this late unless something was wrong. He tossed the book onto his bed and picked up the receiver.
“Hello?”
At first, he couldn’t hear much over static. Then came Eddie’s voice.
“Rad?”
Rad leaned against the desk. “Where are you?”
“The old payphone in the alley behind the arcade.”
“At almost midnight on a school night?”
Rad checked his watch.
11:48.
“I told my mom I was studying with you,” Eddie continued.
“You’re not studying with me.”
“I know. That’s why you have to answer the phone if she calls.”
Rad sighed. “Why are you back at the arcade alone after what happened?”
Eddie went quiet. When he spoke again, his voice had dropped to a whisper.
“Because I found a clue.”
Rad turned toward the map of Chill City glowing on his computer. It was dotted with locations from every mystery they had investigated. He wondered which case Eddie meant… or whether they had just stumbled into a new one.
“Well, I’ve been seeing graffiti popping up all over town. On walls, bus stops, the back of the old video store…”
“What kind of graffiti?”
“That’s the weird part. It always says the same thing.”
Rad tightened his grip on the receiver.
“WIZ”, Eddie said. “Just those three letters.”
Thunder rumbled over Chill City Pines.
“How many have you seen?”
“Five since Friday. And there’s a new one behind the arcade. I’m sure it wasn’t here yesterday.”
“Did you tell Tasha?”
“Not yet. I wanted to call you first.”
“I think we should look into it,” Eddie said.
Rad reached for the keyboard and marked the Chill City Park on the map.
“So do I.”
(To be continued…)
13 hours ago (edited) | [YT] | 73
View 11 replies
Chill City FM
Last week, I introduced a new component of Chill City with the first chapter of Quarter Past Midnight, and I’ve been really excited to take this idea even further!
The next chapter, “Player Two,” continues Rad McFly’s strange night at the Chill City Arcade…
and the mystery is only getting started.
I hope you enjoy the next installment of Adventures in Chill City! 🔎 🔦
———
Chapter 2
“Player Two”
The coin door on the front of the Video Kid cabinet swung open.
Rad and Tasha stared at it.
“That’s not supposed to do that,” Tasha whispered.
“Old machines do weird things.”
“Old machines don’t know your name.”
Rad couldn’t argue with that.
He crouched in front of the cabinet. Inside, past the metal coin box and a jungle of dusty wires, something reflected the glow of the screen.
Rad reached toward it.
Tasha grabbed his wrist. “Maybe we shouldn’t touch anything.”
“You’re the one who brought me over here.”
“I brought you over here to look. Looking and reaching into haunted video games are two completely different things.”
Rad pulled his small flashlight from the inside pocket of his letterman jacket and clicked it on. The beam revealed an object wedged behind the coin mechanism.
A cassette tape.
Rad carefully worked it loose.
It was a plain black tape with a handwritten label stuck across the front.
PLAYER TWO
Below that, written in faded blue ink, were three letters.
WIZ
Tasha leaned closer. “That tape has been in there for two years?”
“Maybe longer.”
“Or somebody put it there tonight.”
Rad glanced over his shoulder.
The arcade was still crowded, but nobody seemed to be watching them. A couple of older kids battled at Street Fighter II. Mr. Donnelly, the night manager, stood behind the prize counter reading a newspaper. Somewhere near the entrance, a pinball machine rang out with a new high score.
Everything looked normal.
That somehow made it worse.
“We need a tape player,” Rad said.
“Eddie has one.”
“Where is he?”
Tasha’s expression changed.
“I thought he was with you.”
Before Rad could answer, every game in the arcade went silent.
The music stopped.
The arcade screens glitched.
Even the lights above the prize counter blinked.
For one long second, Video Kid was the only machine still running.
Its screen glowed electric blue across Rad’s face.
The message had changed.
PLAYER ONE READY.
Then another line appeared beneath it.
PLAYER TWO MISSING.
“Tasha,” Rad said quietly.
“I see it.”
From somewhere behind the back wall came a heavy metallic bang.
Then another.
Rad stood and aimed his flashlight toward the narrow employees-only hallway beside the restrooms. The door at the end of it was slightly open.
A shadow moved across the gap.
“Eddie?” Tasha called.
No answer.
The Video Kid cabinet made a cheerful little chime.
Rad looked back at the screen.
A countdown had appeared.
10
9
8
“What happens when it reaches zero?” Tasha asked.
“I don’t know.”
“Great. That’s comforting.”
They hurried toward the hallway.
The flashlight beam bounced over faded movie posters, stacked soda boxes, and a mop bucket with one crooked wheel. The door at the end led to the alley behind the arcade.
Rad pushed it open.
Cold rain blew against his face.
The alley was empty.
Almost.
Eddie’s jean jacket lay in a puddle beneath the flickering security light.
Tasha rushed forward and picked it up.
“Eddie!” Rad shouted.
His voice echoed between the brick buildings.
No answer came.
The cassette tape clicked inside Rad’s pocket.
Not shifted.
Clicked.
Like someone had just pressed play.
A faint, scratchy voice whispered from inside his jacket.
“Rad…”
He froze.
The voice continued.
“…you’re running out of time.”
From inside the arcade, Video Kid’s countdown reached zero.
And every game in the building screamed.
(To Be Continued)
5 days ago | [YT] | 93
View 12 replies
Chill City FM
Happy Friday Chill City! ✌️ I thought I’d try out this neat little concept I thought up for introducing and teasing tonight’s video releasing at 7PM CST. I had so much fun cooking this up, I might just have to keep the story going. So here you go….
“Quarter Past Midnight”
Chapter 1
“Video Kid”
Rad McFly knew three things about the Chill City Arcade after midnight.
One: the change machine ate dollar bills like it had a personal grudge.
Two: the soda from the machine by the restrooms always came out warm.
And three: nobody, absolutely nobody, beat the high score on Video Kid.
Not anymore.
Rad stood just inside the arcade doors, rainwater dripping from the cuffs of his camouflage cargo pants and pooling around the toes of his Nike sneakers. His red and white letterman jacket was damp across the shoulders, but he barely noticed. The place was too alive for him to care.
Even this late, the arcade buzzed with activity, and somewhere near the snack counter, somebody groaned in defeat as Magneto wiped out another brave squad.
It was the kind of noise Rad loved best.
But tonight, there was something different underneath it.
Something weird.
Something nervous.
“Rad!”
He turned.
Tasha hurried toward him from the row of racing games, her curls bouncing around the collar of her purple windbreaker. She had that look on her face… the one that usually meant somebody had either found a clue, started trouble, or both.
“You need to see this,” she said.
Rad glanced past her. “If Eddie got caught spray painting in the alley again, I’m not bailing him out.”
“It’s not Eddie.”
That got his attention.
Rad followed her through the maze of cabinets, past Double Dragon, Street Fighter II, and the ancient Dragon’s Lair machine that only worked if you kicked the side just right. The deeper they went, the darker the arcade seemed to get, until they reached the back wall.
That was where Video Kid stood.
This legendary cabinet was a thing of local lore. It was older than most of the games around it, with faded side art and a control panel worn smooth from years of sweaty palms. A cartoon kid with lightning-bolt sunglasses grinned from the marquee, holding a joystick in one hand and a skateboard in the other.
Rad had spent half his summer trying to beat that game.
So had everyone else.
Nobody came close.
Not since the mysterious player with the initials WIZ had taken the top spot two years ago and disappeared from Chill City like yesterday’s newspaper. Most people had given up on playing the game by now. But not Rad.
Rad looked at the screen.
The high-score table glowed electric blue.
1. WIZ — 999,999
2. RAD — 641,300
3. TAD — 612,050
4. ACE — 588,900
Rad frowned.
“That’s the same score,” he said.
“Look closer,” Tasha whispered.
Rad leaned in.
Below the leaderboard, where the game usually flashed INSERT COIN, a new message blinked in crooked green letters.
QUARTER PAST MIDNIGHT.
PLAY AGAIN, RAD.
Rad felt the noise of the arcade fade behind him and a cool sweat form on his brow.
He checked his coveted Casio calculator watch.
12:15.
A cold little chill ran up the back of his neck.
Then, from inside the Video Kid cabinet, something clicked. Not the normal click of old wiring or a stuck speaker.
A real click.
Like a lock opening…..
(To Be Continued)
2 weeks ago | [YT] | 193
View 25 replies
Chill City FM
The Nintendo PlayChoice machine was one of the coolest sights in arcades, pizza joints, and mall corners back in the day… giving you a chance to play NES classics on a timer before you ever owned them at home.
Fun fact: The PlayChoice-10 was first introduced by Nintendo in 1986, letting players choose from a rotating lineup of up to 10 games in a single machine… basically a sampler of pure 80s magic.
There was something special about hearing that countdown timer ticking while you tried to beat a level just one more time.
👉 What was YOUR go-to PlayChoice game?
👉 And where do you remember discovering one for the first time… arcade, restaurant, mall, somewhere else?
Drop your memories below… let’s take it back. 👇✨
#Nintendo #PlayChoice10 #RetroGaming #80sArcade #NES #ChillCityFM #80sNostalgia #Nostalgiacore
2 weeks ago | [YT] | 178
View 30 replies
Chill City FM
Been using my summer break wisely so far by surrounding myself will all my favorite things. Channeling some nostalgic inspiration as i work on some new content. Don’t ever let anyone tell you to “grow up”. It’s that magic of being an 80s kid that makes Chill City what it is! Stay rad everyone! ✌️😎
#nostalgia #nostalgiacore #80sNostalgia #retro #retrogaming #nintendo #80sVibes
3 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 316
View 34 replies
Chill City FM
Epic hang last night. Now I have to clean my room ✌️😎
#retrovibes #retrogaming #retronostalgia #nostalgia #nostalgiacore #80s #90s #80sNostalgia #90sNostalgia #80sKids #90sKids
1 month ago | [YT] | 129
View 7 replies
Chill City FM
Looking like a pretty rad little Saturday morning here in Chill City ✌️😎
#nostalgia #tmnt #teenagemutantninjaturtles #nostalgiacore #80s #80sNostalgia #90s #90sNostalgia #retro #vhs #retrotoys #retrogaming #nintendo
1 month ago | [YT] | 342
View 39 replies
Chill City FM
Thank You Chill City!!!
25,000 subscribers…
That number honestly doesn’t feel real.
What started as a simple idea I had at work one day… a way to channel my creativity, a place to slow things down, revisit the feeling of simpler times, and share a little nostalgia… has grown into something so much bigger than I ever imagined. And it’s all because of each and every one of you.
Every view, every comment, every message… I read them. I feel them. And they remind me why I started this in the first place.
Chill City FM was never just about the music or the visuals… it’s always been about a feeling. That space that exists somewhere between a memory and a dream. Chill City is me trying to harness that experience, bottle it up, and share it with the world. That late night drive. Those Saturday mornings infront of the tv eating cereal and watching cartoons. Those long summer days riding bikes through the neighborhood with your friends, or those late nights spent trying to beat that final boss. Those moments when time slows down and everything just feels… right.
The fact that so many of you connect with that same feeling means more to me than I can put into words.
So whether you’ve been here since day one or just recently found your way into Chill City…
Thank you.
We’re just getting started. Season 2 is here, and I’ve got a lot more planned… more stories, more world building, more moments to escape into together.
As always,
Stay rad… and be excellent to each other.
— Chill City Mayor, Rad McFly ✌️😎
P.S. Can you find the Delorean in the picture?
1 month ago | [YT] | 287
View 36 replies
Chill City FM
What were your favorite comics when you were a kid? There’s something special about the comics you grow up with. For me, it all started with a Masters of the Universe comic I picked out at the grocery store with my mom. I didn’t know it at the time, but that moment sparked something that would stick with me for life. From there, it was a full dive into worlds filled with heroes, villains, and stories that felt larger than life… ThunderCats, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, M.A.S.K., and icons like Wolverine, Batman, Spider-Man, RoboCop, and G.I. Joe.
Collecting comics wasn’t just a hobby, it was an experience. The hunt for the next issue, the feel of the pages, the cover art that pulled you in before you even read a word… it all meant something. Those stories fueled imagination, creativity, and a lifelong love for nostalgia that still inspires everything I create today.
And honestly? I never really stopped collecting. Any chance I get, I’m still adding to the collection and still chasing that same feeling.
I’d love to hear from you! What were your favorite comics growing up? And which ones are you still collecting today?
#comics #retrocomics #vintagecomics #80snostalgia #nostalgia #nostalgiacore #comiccollectors #MastersOfTheUniverse #Transformers #TMNT #Batman #SpiderMan #Wolverine #GIJoe #RetroVibes #GeekCulture
2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 159
View 34 replies
Chill City FM
That coming home and watching cartoons after school in the 90s type vibes…
#90s #90sNostalgia #90sVibes #90sCartoons #90sAesthetic
2 months ago | [YT] | 289
View 36 replies
Load more