Long Wave Radio

Denzil2222

Children back in the 1990s there was a radio station on the longwave (lw) band called atlantic 252, its what all the cool kids listened to.

mikom

Atlantic two five twoooooooooooooooooo.

Sanjuro

It was that or the Chris Barrie Phone Show. None of this Adrian Kennedy malarkay.

AnonoBoy

Denzil2222 wrote: »

Children back in the 1990s there was a radio station on the longwave (lw) band called atlantic 252, its what all the cool kids listened to.

Nope. It was what the cool kids mocked.

Jaysus they played awful sh*te on that station.






I was not a cool kid.

FreudianSlippers

Cool story bro

brianthebard

Was good before it was bought, isn't it just rte one now?

alwaysadub

Was the only station i liked.

I see though it means i wasn't cool

JohnathanM

The only song they ever played:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4lBr3sPgVI

Ghandee

brianthebard wrote: »

Was good before it was bought, isn't it just rte one now?

Possibly 2fm?
Know for sure Rick O'****e came from there, and possibly Ruth, 'husky voice' Scott!

Latchy

Didn't they broadcast from somewere near the Atlantic like Donegal ?



:pac:

Ghandee

Remember at school, we all had a theory that their was no actual dj in atlantic 252, that it was all on a loop tape recorder, same songs over and over again, a bit like radio nova nowadays! (though they play DECENT music over and over again)

Teutorix

Gucky wrote: »

Possibly 2fm?
Know for sure Rick O'****e came from there, and possibly Ruth, 'husky voice' Scott!

Oh dat voice :cool:

recylingbin

Radio Luxembourg ftw.
Brilliant listening to 5 seconds of a song, missing 5 seconds, then it coming back in for...you guessed it...5 seconds.

recylingbin

Gucky wrote: »

Possibly 2fm?
Know for sure Rick O'****e came from there, and possibly Ruth, 'husky voice' Scott!

Rick o shea
dusty rhodes
robin banks

They all had 'teh funneh' names. Not a decent album between them though.

Ghandee

Teutorix wrote: »

Oh dat voice :cool:

Would ya?

JackBrgs

brianthebard wrote: »

Was good before it was bought, isn't it just rte one now?

They had a "non-stop rhythm and dance" format until they closed in about 2002. They were replaced by a station called Team Talk and now it's Radio 1 Extra.

x in the city

Denzil2222 wrote: »

Children back in the 1990s there was a radio station on the longwave (lw) band called atlantic 252, its what all the cool kids listened to.

I listen to LW radio atlantic

twoooooo

fiiiivvvvvvvvvveee


twwwwooooooooooooooooooooooooo

orourkeda

Atlantic 252 LW was pish

The weather forecast on BBC Radio 4 198 LW was way better.

mikom

JohnathanM wrote: »

The only song they ever played:

There was quite a bit of this as well....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Tt8GjLwMg

orourkeda

Gucky wrote: »

Remember at school, we all had a theory that their was no actual dj in atlantic 252, that it was all on a loop tape recorder, same songs over and over again, a bit like radio nova nowadays! (though they play DECENT music over and over again)

They were based near trim I believe

darkmaster2

Charlie wolf was pretty good on it.

I used to listen to his breakfast show most mornings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aowoQihehA

orourkeda

darkmaster2 wrote: »

Charlie wolf was pretty good on it.

I used to listen to his breakfast show most mornings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aowoQihehA

I didnt think it was possible to get a worse morning show than Colm and Jim Jim but your man is actually more annoying.

rebel10

Oh my God, had completely forgot about that one!
Was like it was being aired from the mid atlantic!
A couple of songs they played endlessly:
"Return of the Mack" Mark Morrison
"Dreamer" Living Joy
"Saturday Night" Whigfield
and anything by the All Saints:rolleyes:

Oh memories.....

Nevermind_

This seemed to be played non stop too... ah memories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQqLDKsnqwA

MardiB

rebel10 wrote: »

Oh my God, had completely forgot about that one!
Was like it was being aired from the mid atlantic!
A couple of songs they played endlessly:
"Return of the Mack" Mark Morrison
"Dreamer" Living Joy
"Saturday Night" Whigfield
and anything by the All Saints:rolleyes:

Oh memories.....

I had completely forgot about it too.. And lets not forget ' The king of wishful thinking' That awful song about some girl being found dead in a forest,, That was on constantly. God the crap we used to listen to...

cedan

Epic 90's nostalgia thread!


....GO!


im just about old enough to remember it, was THE station in its day!

segaBOY

orourkeda wrote: »

I didnt think it was possible to get a worse morning show than Colm and Jim Jim but your man is actually more annoying.

He used to do the Adrian Kennedyesque night show on Cork's Red Fm before being moved to the morning slot, was pretty poor stuff to be honest.

mojesius

Ah 252..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWAT9Z1Xyq0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjJwqDa1QVI

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie78VtBtwBI

over and over again.
They loved D:ream, Gabrielle and The Lighthouse Family too. Over and over again.

OPENROAD

Sanjuro wrote: »

It was that or the Chris Barrie Phone Show. None of this Adrian Kennedy malarkay.

Do people still ring up and call him Chris

OPENROAD

alwaysadub wrote: »

Was the only station i liked.

I see though it means i wasn't cool

Used to listen to it on the way out at weekends.

Also used to listen to BBC Radio 1, you could get it on FM if you had cablelink, thats when Radio 1 was good, Steve Wright in the afternoon, Mark and Lard etc...

Mackman

Fecking Dj's on LW Atlantic 252 were bastards for talking over the start and end of the songs. Made it very hard to record the songs onto tape

Denzil2222

Latchy wrote: »

Didn't they broadcast from somewere near the Atlantic like Donegal ?



:pac:

No, they broadcast from trim co meath

One of my fondest memories of youth is long wave radio atlantic 252.. I want the jingle as my ringtone but i'm gonna wait another 10 years so it'll be proper retro.

gonedrinking

some interesting facts about long wave radio atlantic 252:
- they didn't have a broadcasting license for the Uk where most of their listeners were
- their signal was received as far as Brazil
- I listen to long wave radio atlantic 252 now give me my money!

Corsendonk

Station straplines included from Wikipedia

"The Best Music"
"Today's Best Music Variety"
"Today's Best Music Mix"
"The Big Mix Of Today's Hits"
"Today's Hits Nonstop"
"Real Music, Real Radio"
"Nonstop Rhythm and Dance"
Other frequently used phrases on the station were:

"we've got another Long Wave of nonstop hits on the way"
"this is the radio station with a wavelength all of its own"
The station had a sung jingle package called "Euro-Power".
The last station jingle package was a re-sing of the WKTU New York 1997 package.

Presenters list can be found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_252

biko

From After Hours to Retro forum.

darkmaster2

segaBOY wrote: »

He used to do the Adrian Kennedyesque night show on Cork's Red Fm before being moved to the morning slot, was pretty poor stuff to be honest.

I meant to say that his 252 show was good when I was 12

endplate

The Station was based in Trim near the Summerhill roundabout. The transmitter is still located near Summerhill. There was so much contraversy when the tower went up loads of protests etc. Then the TV's went a bit fuzzy for a time and the mast was blamed for that. Did you know that Robin Banks now does the voiceovers on Mythbusters.

Jennyfer

Didnt Rick O'Shea used to do "The Love Shack" just after 11 on week nights? Lol, some soppy tragic love letter and then 2 songs the sender requested after...haha oh nostalgia...

mike65

Atlantic 252 was merely a passer by.

Long Wave is for BBC Radio 4, great to drift away to sleep with, listening to A History of the World in 100 objects or the book of the week, Sailing By and then the shipping forecast. Bliss.

Antenna

Some recordings of it to listen here:

http://193.63.162.100/downloads/irish/atlantic252/

Speak Now

orourkeda wrote: »

The weather forecast on BBC Radio 4 198 LW was way better.

And Test match special

testicle

http://www.atlantic252.com/

the purple tin

Looking back now I realise just how crap a station it really was.
Same songs repeated over and over and loads of ads, plus the annoying american accent jingles.
(that describes most Irish stations though)

Thomas828

mike65 wrote: »

Atlantic 252 was merely a passer by.

Long Wave is for BBC Radio 4, great to drift away to sleep with, listening to A History of the World in 100 objects or the book of the week, Sailing By and then the shipping forecast. Bliss.

Long wave is also for Europe-1, France-Inter, RTL and Deutschlandfunk, stations I like to have on in the background.

cedan

the purple tin wrote: »

Looking back now I realise just how crap a station it really was.
Same songs repeated over and over and loads of ads, plus the annoying american accent jingles.
(that describes most Irish stations though)

We have come so far since Atlantic 252:rolleyes:

FatherTed

recylingbin wrote: »

Radio Luxembourg ftw.
Brilliant listening to 5 seconds of a song, missing 5 seconds, then it coming back in for...you guessed it...5 seconds.

You're right. Radio Limburger was where is was at back in the 80s. I spent many a night having difficulty trying to tune in properly back in the wesht. This was when we had only RTE1 and FM2 on radio and same for TV.