Is this a Softlock?

Flareonb0ii

So in Pokémon GSC there’s this item you get to wake up snorlax called the Expn Card used to tune the radio but on my save if the item goes in the key items slot then I don’t have it and I did talk to the guy in the Kanto radio tower and I think I did pretty much did everything up to that point so is this a softlock or is there something I missed

RadiantOverlord

"Actually it's not an inventory item, it doesn't even appear in the pokégear. Try using the radio. If you get to hear radio station 20 (pokéflute) in Kanto, you got it without problems"

i took this off some forum from 2007 after googling what you said thank me later

Flareonb0ii

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/comment/59223#Comment_59223

But the reason I think this is a softlock is, I don’t have the radio whenever I open the pokegear

Flametix

well theres the problem you have to pick it up from goldenrod city