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Atlantic 252 What happened?

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  • #122
    EveryoneKnowsNobodyCares
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭EveryoneKnowsNobodyCares


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121762595#Comment_121762595

    Yes, I think you're completely right! I remember now thinking some songs sounded higher pitched then elsewhere (or maybe that some songs sounded lower pitched on 2FM)



  • #123
    alzer100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121852386#Comment_121852386

    "Simon Bates Our Tune was the feature you are referring to and it was prerecorded in the London Studios and sent over on DAT, carted up and played out daily during middays around 94/95 after Simes had left Radio 1."

    It was a popular feature and capitalised on the fact that the feature "Our Tune" had record audiences previously on BBC R1. It transferred really well to Atlantic.



  • #124
    Tork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,672 ✭✭✭Tork


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121852386#Comment_121852386

    I'm pretty sure there was a version of that on 2fm many moons ago. Colm Hayes springs to mind for some reason. Did he have an afternoon show?



  • #125
    Glaceon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,098 ✭✭✭Glaceon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121852593#Comment_121852593

    Gareth O'Callaghan's "Your Song" slot I'd say. He still does it on his Classic Hits show on Saturdays.



  • #126
    sekefhiijj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭sekefhiijj


    Aidan Leonard also did such a feature while he hosted an afternoon 2fm show around 95-99. You'd be amazed at the amount of features like that which are recycled all the time.



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  • #127
    squonk
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,312 Mod ✭✭✭✭squonk


    Mark Byrne I think it was did something like that evenings on Cevtury around 8 or 9pm weekday evenings. Even at the time as a young teenager I thought it was dross lol!

    Post edited by squonk on


  • #128
    alzer100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    Atlantic had another variant of this at night called "The Loveshack" and before that it had been titled "Love Letters In The Sand" (with Sandy Beach) and prior to that "Love Letters In The Sack with Tony West. 1 Love Letter 1/2 songs at around 11.15pm at Night. It was another version of "Dedicated To The One I Love" from Sunshine 101's successful evening show. A feature which Mark Byrne incorporated into his Century evening show. Dross or not it got massive audiences wherever it was used as a feature. In the days prior to smartphones, social media etc. - radio was #1 and was the media used at night on a school night by the youth of not just this nation but worldwide. Nighttime CHR was king.



  • #129
    squonk
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,312 Mod ✭✭✭✭squonk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121853966#Comment_121853966

    Definitely. Even outside of the love slots there were requests and messages played for people going out with each other. Then 2FM also did a class slot at one stage where a class picked a bunch of tracks that got played. Class Tracks I think it was called. On the love songs vein, Lorcan Murray had a slot I think on his Daturday evenjng show in the late 80s if I remember. lol they were all at it really.



  • #130
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,676 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    There is a Capital Radio (London) connection with Atlantic 252 staff: Gary King, John O'Hara, Sandy Beech and Kevin Palmer. Any more?

    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #131
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,987 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121853966#Comment_121853966

    I liked "The Loveshack" that featured just one song each night (I think) - it was a chance to hear some love songs that were not on the usual tight 252 playlist ..... such as Bob Dylan "Lay Lady Lay" and Kate Bush "Wuthering heights"



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  • #132
    thejuggler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 937 ✭✭✭thejuggler


    Many memories of 252 during its imperial early 90s phase. I remember them playing recordings of one liner jokes from stand up comedians 3 or 4 times a day at the top of the hour. (9, 2 and 5?) Jo Brand used to feature regularly. The imaging was memorable too. Bumper Morgan jingles etc - one that stands out was Hey we’re on long wave - we can do whatever we like’ - it really summed up the irreverent feel of the station which appealed to many.



  • #133
    alzer100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    Andrew Turner of Atlantic 252 News has died on Wednesday. He was at BBC Radio1 in the 70s, then Laser Hot Hits 576 on The Communicator. Then Atlantic 252's main anchor, later he went to Capital Gold reading the news for Tony Blackburn. A father, a friend and storyteller. The utmost professional of Newscasters.



  • #134
    alzer100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭alzer100


    With immense sadness, I have to inform that Andrew Turner passed away yesterday.  

    His fantastic storytelling on and off air, and his booming voice will be so so missed.  

    His last show was with Tony Blackburn on Capital Gold breakfast show, and since then he continued to be a greatly supportive father and gave his weekly prompt phone calls, only like a professional newsreader would.  

    I loved hearing stories of his time at Atlantic 252. If you have any stories you’d like to share, please do. 


    Thank you

    Jamie Lee Turner

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  • #135
    TheBMG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 881 ✭✭✭TheBMG


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121867095#Comment_121867095

    That’s sad news. Met him on a number of occasions and he was a gregarious man and generous with his time.



  • #136
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,987 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121867626#Comment_121867626

    Of all the shows I listened to on Atlantic growing up in Ireland, hearing Kevin and Andrew in the morning made it even more unbelievable they were both broadcasting from Trim, Co. Meath !!

    Rest In Peace, another 252 legend gone but not fogotten.



  • #137
    thejuggler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 937 ✭✭✭thejuggler


    Sad news. Andrew also co hosted breakfast with Charlie Wolf. Has anyone heard any recent update on Charlie? I know he is battling Parkinson’s disease and effectively retired from media engagements as a result.



  • #138
    Tork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,672 ✭✭✭Tork


    Cripes, this thread has taken a grim turn. Jail, death, Parkinson's... I didn't know Charlie Wolf had Parkinson's but it would explain why he didn't sound great any time I heard him on the radio talking about Trump etc.



  • #139
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,864 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Charlie's had Parkinson's for a while now. Never a fan of his style but impossible to deny he was very good at it



  • #140
    Enda Caldwell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 267 ✭✭Enda Caldwell


    Andrew was a one-off as Kevin and Donie Quinn said to me tonight! Charlie was too! What is a very sad moment for all of us from Atlantic 252 is made more sad to think of the folks he left behind his daughter Lauren and his son Jamie Lee. Thinking of them at this difficult moment. Jamie told me he lives in France and yet Andrew in recent years as his dad would call him at 5pm every Sunday in the professional newsman manner that he always had. In fact he was quite the legend to be in the presence of as a 14 year old wannabe anorak in those hallowed halls of Mornington House in 89/90 hangin' out at Atlantic 252 back in the day. Anyone who met Andrew or worked with him at BBC, Laser 576 or Capital Gold only had good words to say about him. In the current climate of "radio is dead" & "streaming + spotify is king" "social influencers" and celebs taking up certain international shifts way above their talent base it MUST be remembered that Andrew Turner along with Domino (Anthony Lini) and Steve Wright are some of the most talented and creative broadcasters we are ever likely to hear in our lifetime.

    And to quote a great post I just caught on Digital Spy:

    "https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/1637839/andrew-turner"

    Post edited by Enda Caldwell on


  • #141
    end of the road
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,593 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121888346#Comment_121888346


    to be fair it was more a UK and ireland station rather then an irish station, so some of the DJS would not have been looking for work on 2fm anyway, if even any of them.

    i'm sure a few of them would have got it if they did want it.

    I'm very highly educated. I know words, i have the best words, nobody has better words then me.



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  • #142
    Declan A Walsh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,676 ✭✭✭Declan A Walsh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121888346#Comment_121888346
    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121892535#Comment_121892535

    Dusty Rhodes went from Atlantic 252 to 2FM. Rick O'Shea went from Atlantic 252 to FM104 to 2FM. Enda Caldwell was on Atlantic 252 and Today FM concurrently - weekdays and weekends/PM drives respectively. Enda continued on Today FM after Atlantic 252 closed down, while working weekdays on Cool FM. Mark Byrne, who had come from Century Radio, later turned up on Radio Ireland/Today FM. Nails Mahoney had previously been on 2FM before he joined Atlantic 252 and was later to do a few stints on Radio Ireland/Today FM. On the UK side, Gary King left Atlantic 252 early on for BBC Radio 1. Indeed the late Andrew Turner had previously been a newsreader on BBC Radio 1.

    Post edited by Declan A Walsh on
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  • #143
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,987 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    Dusty went straight from Atlantic to 2FM in early-mid 1994

    The only DJ after that to join 2FM after that was Rick O'Shea who joined 2FM in mid-2001 (after 5 or so years on FM 104 and then a short stint on Cork's 96FM)

    Gary King only stayed at Atlantic for around 6 months after the launch, then he joined BBC Radio 1 early breakfast.



  • #144
    thejuggler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 937 ✭✭✭thejuggler


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121892987#Comment_121892987

    You learn something new every day! Never knew Rick was on 96FM



  • #145
    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    Do you know the phrase that pays?



  • #146
    waywill1966
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,296 ✭✭✭waywill1966


    Being relaunched , well the name is,on smaller scale dab in the uk but will be available online!

    http://stream3.themediasite.co.uk:8330/listen.pls?sid=1

    https://radiotoday.co.uk/2024/06/atlantic-252-name-to-return-as-digital-radio-station/
    Post edited by waywill1966 on


  • #147
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,987 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122262523#Comment_122262523

    I wouldnt pay much heed there.. not too many happy old listeners and anoraks on the 252 memories facebook page



  • #148
    TheBMG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 881 ✭✭✭TheBMG


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122262560#Comment_122262560

    not too many happy anoraks anywhere to be fair! I was a fan of A252 but let it be.



  • #149
    animalinside
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 491 ✭✭animalinside


    I actually had no idea it was Irish until a few years ago when I looked it up online and was shocked. They never mentioned it that I heard. You also wouldn't really associate something novel and modern like a 24 hour popular music station with "attitude" broadcasting over the whole of Ireland and UK with Ireland.

    The whole thing was absurd - music on longwave radio - I can only imagine what audio snobs must have thought of it, but it also kind of worked. There was no youtube and endless music tv channels back then, you had to take what you got.



  • #150
    ford fiesta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,987 ✭✭✭ford fiesta


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122266551#Comment_122266551

    Music on LW in 1989 was far from absurd



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  • #151
    TheBMG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 881 ✭✭✭TheBMG


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122266780#Comment_122266780

    Even in 1989 it was a risk. The IBA were beginning to let their heritage stations do AM/FM splits so 252 was always on borrowed time. UK radio system was finally opening up and once the Brits had some decent choice on FM it was game over for 252. They were a great station and had a great run.


    would it work today? Think the Capitals, Hits, and Spins still do it tbh. Just not on LW and with less M People.



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