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Atlantic 252 What happened?

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    #212
    paulhardman
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121757307#Comment_121757307

    Take a look at "wilkosnaps" on Instagram, Matt Wilkinson on Heart London - he's certainly doing something good with what he's got at Global.



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    #213
    Lewis_Benson
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122279358#Comment_122279358

    Calling Seal shyte?

    Fail.



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    #214
    miamee
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    Thought this might be a thread about the return of Atlantic252, silly me. I am thoroughly enjoying the 90s tunes back on Atlantic, tuning in via the app.



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    #215
    Losty Dublin
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122341873#Comment_122341873

    Waiting for the angry anorak mob to hop on you for the audacity to like the new unofficial version of Atlantic in 10, 9, 8…😉



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    #216
    miamee
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122353784#Comment_122353784

    😂 I don't care, reliving my musical youth is keeping me happy! I am the target audience.



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    #217
    Tork
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122353816#Comment_122353816

    I'm enjoying it too. Hearing tunes I haven't heard in a long line time. How long it'll last is another question because I haven't noticed any ads.

    I have a Google smart speaker and would like to cast the audio to that when I'm at home. I can't see any option to cast it on the app, nor is the station showing up in TuneIn (there's a different A252 station there).



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    #218
    squonk
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    I’d forgotten it was up. Dipped in just three for a listen! It’s fantastic! Like uncovering a time capsule from the late 80s/very early 90s. Reminds me instantly of being on summer holidays in secondary school! Great stuff. Long may it continue.



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    #219
    miamee
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122353964#Comment_122353964

    They mentioned recently that there will be some ads, I can't remember if I heard that on the station or on their Instagram account. I suppose they needed to build up a listenership first.



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    #220
    squonk
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    Who is running it? Is anyone connected with the original station involved?



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    #221
    squonk
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    Been listening on and off since yesterday. Wow! Lots of tracks from that 89-91 period I’d totally forgotten because they’re never played anywhere and could be classed as obscure now. They wouldn’t have been big hits long term. They totally capture what was really going on in that period musically though, for me at least. Even TOTP from this time period doesn’t have this stuff but it was stuff I liked at the time. Stuff like a cover of Anither Day In Paradjse by I think it might be someone like Jam tronix or such and a drum beat/vocal cover of wishing on a star. You just don’t hear this stuff now.

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    #222
    its_steve116
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122361164#Comment_122361164

    googles Jam Trinidad

    Nope, no results.



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    #223
    squonk
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    Jam Trinik I think. That’s bit right either



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    #224
    its_steve116
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    Found it. New one to me!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0e0Q7Y2Ucs


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    #225
    its_steve116
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122361301#Comment_122361301

    And I think this is the version of "Wishing on a Star" you're referring to...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8b_l4fjDI4


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    #226
    Tork
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122361164#Comment_122361164

    They're starting to run ads, though they're unobtrusive so far. I'm continuing to enjoy this station and the voiceovers from Jim Merkel. It's lovely to be able to leave the music playing in the background with no "hilarious" messers interrupting the flow. So far I haven't noticed hearing any songs twice. That's not to say it hasn't happened but it's not as obvious as it is on mainstream radio shows. The streaming services get pretty repetitive too. I'm genuinely enjoying listening to hear what the next track might be.



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    #227
    vinnielo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 154 ✭✭vinnielo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122353964#Comment_122353964

    If you go to http://lsn.to/ATC on Chrome on an Android phone and start playing, you can find an option to cast to your Google smart speaker.



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    #228
    Tork
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    Thanks. I'll try that when I get home. It's just a shame that they think Alexa is the only smart speaker out there.



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    #229
    vinnielo
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122382555#Comment_122382555

    Google shot themselves in the foot when they stopped the support for conversational actions with no suitable replacement.

    It affected many radio stations and Google is solely to blame for abandoning both the stations and its "smart" speaker users.



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    #230
    Tork
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    I used to have an Alexa speaker and gave it away. The Google ecosystem works far better with the apps I use and I'm happy enough with it. It's just Atlantic 252 that it doesn't work with. The app works fine with Android Auto in the car, which was a pleasant surprise.



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