diff --git a/code/game/objects/radio/radio.dm b/code/game/objects/radio/radio.dm
index 68d9e68a709..13dbcd71e84 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/radio/radio.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/radio/radio.dm
@@ -193,9 +193,7 @@ Frequency:
var/part_c = ""
if(findtext(part_b, "135.3") || findtext(part_b, "135.5") || findtext(part_b, "135.7") || findtext(part_b, "135.9"))
- part_b = "" + part_b
- part_c = part_c + ""
-
+ part_a = ""
if (length(heard_masked))
var/rendered = "[part_a][M.name][part_b][M.say_quote(message)][part_c]"