Longwave radio Atlantic252

xzanti · 16-01-2008 10:43AM #1

Anyone remember this British radio station? I used to listen to it all the time as a kid/adolescent/teenager... Wonder what ever happened to it.. Great tunes

MarkR · 16-01-2008 10:46AM

I listen to longwave raaaadio atlantic two five two. He he..

swalsh · 16-01-2008 10:47AM

I used to listen to this too all the time. Always wondered what happened to it, as op said great music

Wishbone Ash · 16-01-2008 11:26AM

xzanti wrote: »

Anyone remember this British radio station? I used to listen to it all the time as a kid/adolescent/teenager... Wonder what ever happened to it.. Great tunes

I think RTE Radio One have that frequency now for their LW transmissions.

Atlantic 252 used to broadcast from Co Meath IIRC. I wouldn't have thought it old enought to be retro yet!

What about Radio Luxembourg in the pre 2FM days!

mental07 · 16-01-2008 01:36PM

I hated Atlantic 252! They had a playlist of about 20 songs, and the sound quality was rubbish, it being on long wave and all. I was a 2FM kid

<jingle> The hotline.........TONYFENTON!

DarkJager · 16-01-2008 01:37PM

Atlantic 252 was a savage radio station... yeah the playlist wasn't anything massive, but the tunes they played were top quality!!

mental07 · 16-01-2008 01:39PM

DarkJager wrote: »

Atlantic 252 was a savage radio station... yeah the playlist wasn't anything massive, but the tunes they played were top quality!!

But you could hear them on 2FM/any other station with decent sound!

DarkJager · 16-01-2008 01:41PM

I didn't think the sound was actually bad at all! Sounded the same to me as any other radio station...

mental07 · 16-01-2008 01:42PM

DarkJager wrote: »

I didn't think the sound was actually bad at all! Sounded the same to me as any other radio station...

Nah it was all horrible and tinny.

2 stroke · 16-01-2008 01:44PM

252 sounded better than 2fm does in tipperary today.

Washout · 16-01-2008 01:46PM

is it where we were first introduced to Dusty Rodes?

mental07 · 16-01-2008 01:49PM

Washout wrote: »

is it where we were first introduced to Dusty Rodes?

I think it was, and Rick O'Shea. Not to mention Robin Banks.

DarkJager · 16-01-2008 01:51PM

Can anyone remember the name of the show they used to have on on Saturday Afternoons??? Can't remember who was presenting it but it was like a mix of competitions and music, sort of like 2fm Saturday Show...

Wishbone Ash · 16-01-2008 02:06PM

DarkJager wrote: »

I didn't think the sound was actually bad at all! Sounded the same to me as any other radio station...

:eek: The sound on 252 was awful. I could never understand why anyone would listen to it when they had FM stations. I used to hate it, especially with those DJs with put-on British accents. I only even heard it when I had no choice but to hear it.

mike65 · 16-01-2008 02:53PM

Dusty Rhodes, Sandy Beech etc!

Mike.

guinnessdrinker · 16-01-2008 03:14PM

Listening to longwave now, I know the sound is not great but as a kid listening to Atlantic 252 I don't think I knew the difference. All my friends used to listen to it at one stage. I remember the cash calls too, I listen to...

Ruu_Old · 16-01-2008 04:00PM

Yep, knew a fella who worked there who ended up working at at Red FM (I think he is still there).

Firetrap · 16-01-2008 05:37PM

There's a tribute site for it -> Atlantic 252.com. I loved it when I was a teenager and first started listening when they were doing the test transmissions. They used to keep playing Information Society's "What's on your mind" as one of the songs in the loop. Can't remember the others.

Wishbone Ash · 16-01-2008 05:56PM

guinnessdrinker wrote: »

I remember the cash calls too, I listen to...

Was that not Sunshine 101?

Sad people all over Dublin answering their 'phone with....

"I listen to the red hot sounds of Sunshine 101............"

:rolleyes:

Ruu_Old · 16-01-2008 05:58PM

Were the cash calls the ones you had to guess how many pounds and pennies it was?

mental07 · 16-01-2008 09:32PM

Eddie Temple Morris?! I remember him from MTV

byte · 16-01-2008 11:27PM

Ah, yes, I remember Atlantic 252 alright. Then it was replaced with TeamTalk 252, a station trying to rival BBC R5 Live and failing. Now it's just RTE R1.

Firetrap · 16-01-2008 11:48PM

That sports station was rubbish. It didn't last pissin' time

Back when Atlantic 252 started, there were still lots of cars on the road that didn't have FM radios in them. None of yer AM/FM nonsense - just MW/LW/SW. I'd say now you'd have to go out of your way to buy a stereo or a car radio with longwave on it. At least the signal was decent though - did anyone anywhere ever hear its sister station Radio Luxemburg in anything other than a fuzz of swirly noises and static? The kids with their DAB radios just don't understand.

L1011 · 17-01-2008 12:37AM

xzanti wrote: »

Anyone remember this British radio station? I used to listen to it all the time as a kid/adolescent/teenager... Wonder what ever happened to it.. Great tunes

RTE owned, broadcast from Trim, transmitter in Summerhill.. it just PRETENDED to be British.

"And now, call the studio on 0035346...."

bullets · 17-01-2008 12:56AM

I remember 252 it was a popular station and played on the school bus
and every car when I was 16 years of age. I remember some song that
had lyrics "every where we go we always take the weather" (maybe the waterboys???) and also some song called the wind of change.

They repeated the songs over and over again. Only reason I remember
the station was that it was on all of the time when I was going on
a school trip to Achill Island where I lost my virginity to one of the
local girls.

~B

guinnessdrinker · 17-01-2008 01:06AM

The cash call was when the dj rang somebody up and said something like; "do you know the phrase that pays", and the person recieving the call would have to say; "I listen to longwave radio atlantic 252". Then they would win the cash!

bullets wrote: »

I remember 252 it was a popular station and played on the school bus
and every car when I was 16 years of age. I remember some song that
had lyrics "every where we go we always take the weather" (maybe the waterboys???) and also some song called the wind of change.

Yeah I remember them constantly playing "weather with you", it was by Crowded House, the other one you mention is I think by The Scorpions. Early 90's radio!

Wishbone Ash · 17-01-2008 01:07AM

Firetrap wrote:

did anyone anywhere ever hear its sister station Radio Luxemburg in anything other than a fuzz of swirly noises and static?

Yes, but we listened to Luxembourg in 'hand-me-down' transistors from the 1960s!

bullets wrote: »

I remember some song that
had lyrics "every where we go we always take the weather" (maybe the waterboys???)

Crowded House.

Firetrap · 17-01-2008 09:37AM

I listened to it a bit in the late 80s because the pirate stations were gone and there wasn't anything any good on 2FM at night that appealed to my teenage ears. Once Atlantic 252 closed down for the night, there was nuthin' to listen to.

Another song that they were always playing was Charles & Eddie's "Would I Lie To You"

_blank_ · 17-01-2008 12:21PM

Regulate by Warren g and Nate Dogg was another song they used to play the whole time.

I used to love Long Wave Radio Atlantic252

mikep · 17-01-2008 01:07PM

Apparently A 252 had the record for most plays of one song in 24 hrs...something like 30 plays in 24 hours of Love is all around (or whatever) by Wet Wet Wet!!!!:eek:
Another reason to hate it!!!

I always thought it was a waste to boradcast music on LW....

mike65 · 17-01-2008 01:29PM

Wind of Change was Das Scorpions song.

Mike.

Longwave radio Atlantic252

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