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Long Wave Radio

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  • #32
    Denzil2222
    Closed Accounts Posts: 156 ✭✭Denzil2222


    Latchy wrote: »
    Didn't they broadcast from somewere near the Atlantic like Donegal ?



    :pac:

    No, they broadcast from trim co meath


  • #33
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,046 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    One of my fondest memories of youth is long wave radio atlantic 252.. I want the jingle as my ringtone but i'm gonna wait another 10 years so it'll be proper retro.


  • #34
    gonedrinking
    Closed Accounts Posts: 810 ✭✭✭gonedrinking


    some interesting facts about long wave radio atlantic 252:
    - they didn't have a broadcasting license for the Uk where most of their listeners were
    - their signal was received as far as Brazil
    - I listen to long wave radio atlantic 252 now give me my money!


  • #35
    Corsendonk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,870 ✭✭✭Corsendonk


    Station straplines included from Wikipedia
    "The Best Music"
    "Today's Best Music Variety"
    "Today's Best Music Mix"
    "The Big Mix Of Today's Hits"
    "Today's Hits Nonstop"
    "Real Music, Real Radio"
    "Nonstop Rhythm and Dance"
    Other frequently used phrases on the station were:

    "we've got another Long Wave of nonstop hits on the way"
    "this is the radio station with a wavelength all of its own"
    The station had a sung jingle package called "Euro-Power".
    The last station jingle package was a re-sing of the WKTU New York 1997 package.

    Presenters list can be found at
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_252


  • #36
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    From After Hours to Retro forum.


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  • #37
    darkmaster2
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    segaBOY wrote: »
    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.

    I meant to say that his 252 show was good when I was 12 :D


  • #38
    endplate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 991 ✭✭✭endplate


    The Station was based in Trim near the Summerhill roundabout. The transmitter is still located near Summerhill. There was so much contraversy when the tower went up loads of protests etc. Then the TV's went a bit fuzzy for a time and the mast was blamed for that. Did you know that Robin Banks now does the voiceovers on Mythbusters.


  • #39
    Jennyfer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭Jennyfer


    Didnt Rick O'Shea used to do "The Love Shack" just after 11 on week nights? Lol, some soppy tragic love letter and then 2 songs the sender requested after...haha oh nostalgia...


  • #40
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Atlantic 252 was merely a passer by.

    Long Wave is for BBC Radio 4, great to drift away to sleep with, listening to A History of the World in 100 objects or the book of the week, Sailing By and then the shipping forecast. Bliss.


  • #41
    Antenna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,466 ✭✭✭Antenna


    Some recordings of it to listen here:

    http://193.63.162.100/downloads/irish/atlantic252/


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  • #42
    Speak Now
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,871 ✭✭✭Speak Now


    orourkeda wrote: »
    The weather forecast on BBC Radio 4 198 LW was way better.

    And Test match special :D


  • #43
    testicle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,426 ✭✭✭testicle


    http://www.atlantic252.com/


  • #44
    the purple tin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Looking back now I realise just how crap a station it really was.
    Same songs repeated over and over and loads of ads, plus the annoying american accent jingles.
    (that describes most Irish stations though)


  • #45
    Thomas828
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭Thomas828


    mike65 wrote: »
    Atlantic 252 was merely a passer by.

    Long Wave is for BBC Radio 4, great to drift away to sleep with, listening to A History of the World in 100 objects or the book of the week, Sailing By and then the shipping forecast. Bliss.

    Long wave is also for Europe-1, France-Inter, RTL and Deutschlandfunk, stations I like to have on in the background.


  • #46
    cedan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭cedan


    the purple tin wrote: »
    Looking back now I realise just how crap a station it really was.
    Same songs repeated over and over and loads of ads, plus the annoying american accent jingles.
    (that describes most Irish stations though)

    We have come so far since Atlantic 252:rolleyes:


  • #47
    FatherTed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭FatherTed


    recylingbin wrote: »
    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.

    You're right. Radio Limburger was where is was at back in the 80s. I spent many a night having difficulty trying to tune in properly back in the wesht. This was when we had only RTE1 and FM2 on radio and same for TV.


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