Teamtalk 252 to Close

carrolls

Teamtalk 252 is to stop broadcasting on Sky (And LW) in 4 weeks time.
Not many rich pickings for Sports fans on the Irish EPG now.

To be honest, I'm not surprised.
A high power longwave transmission-very expensive for a small audience-they must have been making huge losses.
mm

ifconfig

Weren't they originally Atlantic 252?... The mast for their longwave relay is
very tall and near Enfield/Kilcock. If you've
ever travelled on the old Galway->Dublin
road as you approach Enfield/Kilcock
environs by night or evening you would
probably see the flashing hazard lights on
their antenna. I remember the furore many
years ago when they got the planning
permission to put the antenna up.
It is in some farmers (or acquired farmer's)
field.

I listened to their England v Argentina on LW
in the car a few weeks back and found their
commentary to be complete bilge. Sounded
like 3 biassed fans in a bar waffling and
badmouthing about the ref.

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Mossy Monk

Originally posted by eirin
I listened to their England v Argentina on LW
in the car a few weeks back and found their
commentary to be complete bilge. Sounded
like 3 biassed fans in a bar waffling and
badmouthing about the ref.

as did i on the bus and you're right they were commentating from a pub in Leeds :rolleyes:

John Q

I lisen to teamtalk 252 everyday and find them great for every sport. During the world cup the reason that their commentary was crap was because they they were commentating off the telly like what Ger Canning was doing for RTE but radio is more difficult,
My sister in California could'ent get any commentary on the internet for the Irish soccer matches because of FIFA restrications but Talksport went against FIFA with thier unoffical commentary which was better than notting.

jez

When they stop broadcasting on Sky and Lw . Does they mean they are finished totally or will they still broadcast on med wave or FM in UK. For a station that had a strong tinge of Irish it is surprising they shud pull the plug. Is all this information reliable or just a fairytale?

byte

It's a shame to see it go as it's the only sports channel I can receive loud and clear. I suppose it could never have been competition to the mighty (where available) Radio 5 Live or talkSport.

Slightly OT, I was poking thru the Sky brochure looking at the lists of channels and it listed talksport too. Strange methinks. Pity it is a lie :mad:

Genghis

Aren't these guys on the air only about 6 months. Surely they could've stuck it out until the premiership etc begins in August. The only full season they have had is also the most quiet for a number of sports.

dmeehan

twas very handy for listening to the races at cheltenham early in the year

looks like i'll have to go to cheltenham next year

carrolls

The pre-launch previews on LW were very promising, and the enthusiasm of the presenters seemed genuine.
But after a week of listening to the station proper, this initial hope proved to be unfounded. It was a very poor setup.

Tony_ire

I have to say this is good news to me, that is if Atlantic comes back. Anyone know what the chances of that happening or what will replace teamtalk on 252 lw??

jez

Lads,for the second time.How reliable is this information about them closing. I did a competition on their station yesterday and asked the question. Staff no nothing about coming off Sky and Longwave. Therefore will someone say where the info comes from. Statements like this must have a reliable source.
Maybe someoneelse can ring them on 00448701250252

???

Aquos76

I sent of an email to teamtalk asking them about this rumour and this was their reply...

Thank you for your Email, and your concern about TEAMtalk 252.
The takeover of TEAMtalk Media PLC will become unconditional by UK Betting
this week.

At this stage no decisions have been taken by UK betting as to the future of
TEAMtalk 252 by the Directors of UK Betting PLC.

Any decisions and changes will be made public and released as soon as
possible, either on the station or on www.teamtalk.com after their
announcement to the stock exchange.

Thank you again for your interest, and you concern about the future of
TEAMtalk 252.

carrolls

From the horses mouth (Well, a genuine staff member of TT252)

DavidHemsley Star Member, SudiosVille, certainly North of Watford! Posted 05-07-02 12:47\ TEAMtalk252 to close At a meeting today we were given an estimated time of between 4 and 8 weeks. No further plans were announced, ALL TEAMtalk252 staff will be losing their jobs, me included.

See full thread
http://forums.mediauk.com/showthread.php?threadid=17048&perpage=15&display=&pagenumber=10

byte

That's that then! I wonder what will happen the 252LW frequency now? Bring back the original Atlantic!

Gadgie

Originally posted by irishbyte
That's that then! I wonder what will happen the 252LW frequency now? Bring back the original Atlantic!

Woo! Yeah! I was gutted when I heard Atlantic 252 was going off the air to be replaced by another sports talk station (as if turning Talk Radio into TalkSport wasn't bad enough!), so hopefully they'll be back (though I doubt it).

Glenn

mike65

If true and it seems it is, its a pity. True its no 5 Live but it had no rights and is new, James H Reeves will be missed my me at least...

Mike.

rlogue

The best use of the 252 kHz frequency would be to put RTÉ Radio 1 on it.

byte

Originally posted by rlogue
The best use of the 252 kHz frequency would be to put RTÉ Radio 1 on it.

The best use of it would be BBC Radio 5 Live!

No harm in dreaming:rolleyes:

Charles Slane

Two words - Radio Caroline.

DMC

My MW reception of 5 Live is good enough.... although it would be nice....

Phantom FM, anyone?

mike65

5 Live on 252 would be fantastic, I wonder if the owners of the mast would be interested in leasing it...? I'm sure the Beeb would'nt mind more listeners if the price was right.

Mike.

CHRISTYG

3 words on the chances of 5 Live taking Teamtalk's frequency- "hell freezes over"

ifconfig

On the topic of hell freezing over ... i managed to find an article re-published from Irish Times concerning the transfer of ownership
of the mast and frequence for 252 from Atlantic -> TeamTalk.
In the article it is mentioned that one potential use of that frequency would be (God forbid) as an informational channel
in the event of a nuclear catastrophe.

Perhaps Joe Jacobs has a career for himself as a DJ .......

http://www.worldofradio.com/dxld2001.txt

--e