diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/radio.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/radio.dm
index 9c77b5aaf02..741ecfa7fa2 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/radio.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/radio.dm
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ var/global/list/default_medbay_channels = list(
 	var/mob/living/automatedannouncer/A = new /mob/living/automatedannouncer(src)
 	A.name = from
 	A.role = role
+	A.message = message
 	Broadcast_Message(connection, A,
 						0, "*garbled automated announcement*", src,
 						message, from, "Automated Announcement", from, "synthesized voice",
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@ var/global/list/default_medbay_channels = list(
 /mob/living/automatedannouncer
 	var/role = ""
 	var/lifetime_timer
+	var/message = ""
 	universal_speak = 1
 
 /mob/living/automatedannouncer/New()
@@ -275,7 +277,7 @@ var/global/list/default_medbay_channels = list(
 	..()
 
 /mob/living/automatedannouncer/proc/autocleanup()
-	log_debug("An announcer somehow managed to outlive the radio! Deleting! Area: [get_area(src)]")
+	log_debug("An announcer somehow managed to outlive the radio! Deleting! Area: [get_area(src)], Name: \"[name]\", Message: \"[message]\"")
 	qdel(src)
 
 // Interprets the message mode when talking into a radio, possibly returning a connection datum