Long Wave Radio

Denzil2222 · 26-10-2010 10:54PM #1

Children back in the 1990s there was a radio station on the longwave (lw) band called atlantic 252, its what all the cool kids listened to.

mikom · 26-10-2010 10:55PM

Atlantic two five twoooooooooooooooooo.

Sanjuro · 26-10-2010 10:56PM

It was that or the Chris Barrie Phone Show. None of this Adrian Kennedy malarkay.

AnonoBoy · 26-10-2010 10:56PM

Denzil2222 wrote: »

Children back in the 1990s there was a radio station on the longwave (lw) band called atlantic 252, its what all the cool kids listened to.

Nope. It was what the cool kids mocked.

Jaysus they played awful sh*te on that station.

I was not a cool kid.

FreudianSlippers · 26-10-2010 10:57PM

Cool story bro

brianthebard · 26-10-2010 10:57PM

Was good before it was bought, isn't it just rte one now?

alwaysadub · 26-10-2010 10:59PM

Was the only station i liked.

I see though it means i wasn't cool

JohnathanM · 26-10-2010 11:00PM

The only song they ever played:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4lBr3sPgVI

Ghandee · 26-10-2010 11:01PM

brianthebard wrote: »

Was good before it was bought, isn't it just rte one now?

Possibly 2fm?
Know for sure Rick O'****e came from there, and possibly Ruth, 'husky voice' Scott!

Latchy · 26-10-2010 11:02PM

Didn't they broadcast from somewere near the Atlantic like Donegal ?

:pac:

Ghandee · 26-10-2010 11:04PM

Remember at school, we all had a theory that their was no actual dj in atlantic 252, that it was all on a loop tape recorder, same songs over and over again, a bit like radio nova nowadays! (though they play DECENT music over and over again)

Teutorix · 26-10-2010 11:04PM

Gucky wrote: »

Possibly 2fm?
Know for sure Rick O'****e came from there, and possibly Ruth, 'husky voice' Scott!

Oh dat voice :cool:

recylingbin · 26-10-2010 11:05PM

Radio Luxembourg ftw.
Brilliant listening to 5 seconds of a song, missing 5 seconds, then it coming back in for...you guessed it...5 seconds.

recylingbin · 26-10-2010 11:06PM

Gucky wrote: »

Possibly 2fm?
Know for sure Rick O'****e came from there, and possibly Ruth, 'husky voice' Scott!

Rick o shea
dusty rhodes
robin banks

They all had 'teh funneh' names. Not a decent album between them though.

Ghandee · 26-10-2010 11:07PM

Teutorix wrote: »

Oh dat voice :cool:

Would ya?

JackBrgs · 26-10-2010 11:07PM

brianthebard wrote: »

Was good before it was bought, isn't it just rte one now?

They had a "non-stop rhythm and dance" format until they closed in about 2002. They were replaced by a station called Team Talk and now it's Radio 1 Extra.

x in the city · 26-10-2010 11:07PM

Denzil2222 wrote: »

Children back in the 1990s there was a radio station on the longwave (lw) band called atlantic 252, its what all the cool kids listened to.

I listen to LW radio atlantic

twoooooo

fiiiivvvvvvvvvveee

twwwwooooooooooooooooooooooooo

orourkeda · 26-10-2010 11:08PM

Atlantic 252 LW was pish

The weather forecast on BBC Radio 4 198 LW was way better.

mikom · 26-10-2010 11:09PM

JohnathanM wrote: »

The only song they ever played:

There was quite a bit of this as well....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Tt8GjLwMg

orourkeda · 26-10-2010 11:09PM

Gucky wrote: »

Remember at school, we all had a theory that their was no actual dj in atlantic 252, that it was all on a loop tape recorder, same songs over and over again, a bit like radio nova nowadays! (though they play DECENT music over and over again)

They were based near trim I believe

darkmaster2 · 26-10-2010 11:13PM

Charlie wolf was pretty good on it.

I used to listen to his breakfast show most mornings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aowoQihehA

orourkeda · 26-10-2010 11:15PM

darkmaster2 wrote: »

Charlie wolf was pretty good on it.

I used to listen to his breakfast show most mornings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aowoQihehA

I didnt think it was possible to get a worse morning show than Colm and Jim Jim but your man is actually more annoying.

rebel10 · 26-10-2010 11:22PM

Oh my God, had completely forgot about that one!
Was like it was being aired from the mid atlantic!
A couple of songs they played endlessly:
"Return of the Mack" Mark Morrison
"Dreamer" Living Joy
"Saturday Night" Whigfield
and anything by the All Saints:rolleyes:

Oh memories.....

Nevermind_ · 26-10-2010 11:32PM

This seemed to be played non stop too... ah memories

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

MardiB · 26-10-2010 11:32PM

rebel10 wrote: »

Oh my God, had completely forgot about that one!
Was like it was being aired from the mid atlantic!
A couple of songs they played endlessly:
"Return of the Mack" Mark Morrison
"Dreamer" Living Joy
"Saturday Night" Whigfield
and anything by the All Saints:rolleyes:

Oh memories.....

I had completely forgot about it too.. And lets not forget ' The king of wishful thinking' That awful song about some girl being found dead in a forest,, That was on constantly. God the crap we used to listen to...

cedan · 26-10-2010 11:41PM

Epic 90's nostalgia thread!

....GO!

im just about old enough to remember it, was THE station in its day!

segaBOY · 26-10-2010 11:54PM

orourkeda wrote: »

I didnt think it was possible to get a worse morning show than Colm and Jim Jim but your man is actually more annoying.

He used to do the Adrian Kennedyesque night show on Cork's Red Fm before being moved to the morning slot, was pretty poor stuff to be honest.

mojesius · 27-10-2010 12:26AM

Ah 252..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWAT9Z1Xyq0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjJwqDa1QVI

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie78VtBtwBI

over and over again.
They loved D:ream, Gabrielle and The Lighthouse Family too. Over and over again.

OPENROAD · 27-10-2010 12:33AM

Sanjuro wrote: »

It was that or the Chris Barrie Phone Show. None of this Adrian Kennedy malarkay.

Do people still ring up and call him Chris

OPENROAD · 27-10-2010 12:39AM

alwaysadub wrote: »

Was the only station i liked.

I see though it means i wasn't cool

Used to listen to it on the way out at weekends.

Also used to listen to BBC Radio 1, you could get it on FM if you had cablelink, thats when Radio 1 was good, Steve Wright in the afternoon, Mark and Lard etc...

Mackman · 27-10-2010 12:44AM

Fecking Dj's on LW Atlantic 252 were bastards for talking over the start and end of the songs. Made it very hard to record the songs onto tape

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