Atlantic 252 - A good example of a Red Pill

JoeA3

coolbeans wrote: »

Youssuh N'dour and Nina Cherry 7 Seconds was one of the songs overplayed on LW252. That plus Jamiroquai, Sting, Seal, The Beautiful South and Simply Red. By 97 when i was on the tractor I'd switched to Today FM as the repetitiveness had gotten out of hand. I hate Muck Hucknell and his bland music to this day.

Ironically, 20+ years later, Today FM are the same - a repetitive loop of the same rubbish 10-15 songs all day. I think I’d take Mick Hucknall over Gavin James any day of the week.

What I couldn’t take on 252 was the audio quality. The LW audio was rubbish when you were getting used to FM quality and CD music etc.

Tork

coolbeans wrote: »

... By 97 when i was on the tractor I'd switched to Today FM as the repetitiveness had gotten out of hand. I hate Muck Hucknell and his bland music to this day.

Oh the irony, given what Today FM has turned into

Speaking of ads, I'm pretty sure there were ones for Tampax or other ladies' sanitary products on the station.

Tork

JoeA3 wrote: »

What I couldn’t take on 252 was the audio quality. The LW audio was rubbish when you were getting used to FM quality and CD music etc.

In hindsight, it's baffling how a music station broadcasting on LW managed to keep going for as long as it did. I can't remember what other options were out there at the time but they must've been poor on both sides of the Irish Sea.

Infoanon

Tork wrote: »

In hindsight, it's baffling how a music station broadcasting on LW managed to keep going for as long as it did. I can't remember what other options were out there at the time but they must've been poor on both sides of the Irish Sea.

In the UK there was only the AM IBA stations and a BBC Radio 1 that was closer to a AC then a CHR station. A time when 7pm still meant Luxembourg 208 time Caroline on AM was still very popular.

Here legal commercial radio had started - a failing Capital 104 and Classic Hits.

So. a.hot hits station was always going to be successful in the short term

Max Power 2010

coolbeans wrote: »

Youssuh N'dour and Nina Cherry 7 Seconds was one of the songs overplayed on LW252. That plus Jamiroquai, Sting, Seal, The Beautiful South and Simply Red. By 97 when i was on the tractor I'd switched to Today FM as the repetitiveness had gotten out of hand. I hate Muck Hucknell and his bland music to this day.

Don't forget colour me bad 'I wanna sex you up'

alzer100

In its early days, does anyone remember Atlantic 252 getting the syndication for The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40?

Open to correction on this. Don't think they could air the show for vey long, probably due to restrictions placed by the international distributors as local radio stations in the UK were also taking it up.

Not mentioned as a presenter in Atlantic 252's Wikipedia, although I think Casey Kasem and Rick Dees were mentioned as presenters in Nova's.

Aliveireland

Search in tune in for Atlantic 252, it’s fantastic!