Atlantic 252 - A good example of a Red Pill

ford fiesta · 31-07-2020 2:23pm

So of all the Irish Superpirates, has Sunshine 101 the biggest connection with Atlantic 252 from the start?

ford fiesta · 31-07-2020 2:24pm

alzer100 wrote: »

I thought maybe he would about 15? No?

Just listening to him live on RTE Gold in which he just did a link in which he mentioned that he was 30 in 2003.

That would make Rick 15 years old in 1988....not 13 !

alzer100 · 31-07-2020 2:35pm

ford fiesta wrote: »

That would make Rick 15 years old in 1988....not 13 !

I would say that when it started, it's Irish presenter profile/programming personell were probably more connected to Sunshine 101.

ford fiesta · 31-07-2020 2:59pm

I think the more enjoyable show on the station in the early days, was Classic Rock Sunday playing rock stuff from the 60s, 70s, 80s - which seemed an escape from the Technotronic, Kylie, Bros and George Michael playlist of the day.

A bit like Bee Bop Gold was previously on Sunshine..

alzer100 · 31-07-2020 3:10pm

ford fiesta wrote: »

I think the more enjoyable show on the station in the early days, was Classic Rock Sunday playing rock stuff from the 60s, 70s, 80s - which seemed an escape from the Technotronic, Kylie, Bros and George Michael playlist of the day.

A bit like Bee Bop Gold was previously on Sunshine..

Classic Rock Sunday was tailored more specifically as an extension to its modern playlist for the audience that it was targetting. IMO

The Bee Bop specialist shows on Sunshine/Super-Q were specifically targeted to a different audience as opposed to the audience age group that they were catering to normally. Again, that's my opinion.

alzer100 · 31-07-2020 3:20pm

alzer100 wrote: »

I would say that when it started, it's Irish presenter profile/programming personell were probably more connected to Sunshine 101.

Question
When Atlantic 252 first start broadcasting:
Paul Kavanagh (PD) ex Sunshine 101
Dusty Rhodes ex Sunshine 101

Al Dunne ex Super-Q102
Henry Owens ex Super-Q102

This is circa 1989
Was there anyone else?
If not, was it then not more evenly matched?

May have this wrong tbh

Infoanon · 31-07-2020 3:50pm

TheBMG wrote: »

I’m open to correction but the Heartbeat link antenna (still visible in Dolphins Barn) is from their brief mid 1990s revival.

Heartbeat was based there pre 89 , I open to correction but I believe the post 88 transmissions where from studios based in the city centre.

No surprise that no 'love song ' DJ went to work on Atlantic

Infoanon · 31-07-2020 3:54pm

alzer100 wrote: »

Classic Rock Sunday was tailored more specifically as an extension to its modern playlist for the audience that it was targetting. IMO

The Bee Bop specialist shows on Sunshine/Super-Q were specifically targeted to a different audience as opposed to the audience age group that they were catering to normally. Again, that's my opinion.

Bee Bop was a huge success and apparently a surprise to many at how popular both shows (Q and Sunshine ) proved to be.
The Classic rock Sundays was shortlived on Atlantic.

For the anoraks - the first song played on Atlantic ( 254 at that stage) was. ....Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody (test transmissions )

ford fiesta · 31-07-2020 4:00pm

Infoanon wrote: »

For the anoraks - the first song played on Atlantic ( 254 at that stage) was. ....Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody

Test transmissions?

First song after launch was TFF 'Sowing the seeds of love'

alzer100 · 31-07-2020 4:18pm

Infoanon wrote: »

Bee Bop was a huge success and apparently a surprise to many at how popular both shows (Q and Sunshine ) proved to be.
The Classic rock Sundays was shortlived on Atlantic.

For the anoraks - the first song played on Atlantic ( 254 at that stage) was. ....Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody

I know it's sidetracking a little bit, but the Bee Bop shows music was a bit before my time. However, I really enjoyed them. I thought The Bop Shop was a great show. Cunningham was presenting it himself and it did have a more comprehensive playlist than Bee Bop Gold. The Bop Shop REALLY focussed on the US billboard chart of the mid 1950's up to the very early 1970's.
For the time Bill was presenting it, it was sponsored fully by Sony Ireland and so was commercial free (so to speak)

thebronze14 · 31-07-2020 4:32pm

Purple Mountain wrote: »

252 reminds me of Seal's Kiss From A Rose because that was what I used to hear on a loop.

An absolute guilty pleasure song of mine

Declan A Walsh · 31-07-2020 8:21pm

ford fiesta wrote: »

So of all the Irish Superpirates, has Sunshine 101 the biggest connection with Atlantic 252 from the start?

That's what I said in an earlier post!

I noted the other influence of offshore pirates (particularly Laser 558), especially in its early days. There was at least one ex-Voice of Peace presenter - Robin Banks. However, I'm not aware of any ex-Radio Caroline presenter on Atlantic 252? Was there any, among all those UK presenters especially?

ford fiesta · 31-07-2020 10:59pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

That's what I said in an earlier post!

I noted the other influence of offshore pirates (particularly Laser 558), especially in its early days. There was at least one ex-Voice of Peace presenter - Robin Banks. However, I'm not aware of any ex-Radio Caroline presenter on Atlantic 252? Was there any, among all those UK presenters especially?

Robin Banks must have been very young on the Voice of Peace. Born in 1972, so he would have been only around 19 when he started on 252..but sounded much older!

Declan A Walsh · 31-07-2020 11:04pm

ford fiesta wrote: »

Robin Banks must have been very young on the Voice of Peace. Born in 1972, so he would have been only around 19 when he started on 252..but sounded much older!

Not sure about the 19 bit. Have a look at this article:
https://radiotoday.ie/2013/12/qa-with-ex-atlantic-252-jock-robin-banks/

It does look like it was Radio Nova International, the satellite station, he was with rather than the original Radio Nova. I was thinking he was not connected to the original Radio Nova. But he confirms that he was with the Voice of Peace, and I had read that before.

alzer100 · 31-07-2020 11:50pm

Does anyone remember the name of the overnight automated show?

I'm posting this at 23:50. I would think I will have an answer pretty fast!!

alzer100 · 31-07-2020 11:51pm

I mean the one from the early 90's

ford fiesta · 01-08-2020 12:16am

alzer100 wrote: »

Does anyone remember the name of the overnight automated show?

I'm posting this at 23:50. I would think I will have an answer pretty fast!!

The Big Mattress.

Except it wasn't automated..the days before automation..think there were 'spinners' employed to play the songs and jingles!

alzer100 · 01-08-2020 12:21am

ford fiesta wrote: »

The Big Mattress.

Except it wasn't automated..the days before automation..think there were 'spinners' employed to play the songs and jingles!

Never doubted you for a second!

coolbeans · 02-08-2020 7:49pm

Youssuh N'dour and Nina Cherry 7 Seconds was one of the songs overplayed on LW252. That plus Jamiroquai, Sting, Seal, The Beautiful South and Simply Red. By 97 when i was on the tractor I'd switched to Today FM as the repetitiveness had gotten out of hand. I hate Muck Hucknell and his bland music to this day.

E mac · 02-08-2020 10:08pm

The repetitiveness of the song selection noticeable but worse was the ad rotation featuring the same ads over and over. Then made worse because they applied to mainland UK. There was one the bones of it was an English cinema chain with some special offer that involved Coca Cola,it was in every advert break.

JoeA3 · 02-08-2020 10:51pm

coolbeans wrote: »

Youssuh N'dour and Nina Cherry 7 Seconds was one of the songs overplayed on LW252. That plus Jamiroquai, Sting, Seal, The Beautiful South and Simply Red. By 97 when i was on the tractor I'd switched to Today FM as the repetitiveness had gotten out of hand. I hate Muck Hucknell and his bland music to this day.

Ironically, 20+ years later, Today FM are the same - a repetitive loop of the same rubbish 10-15 songs all day. I think I’d take Mick Hucknall over Gavin James any day of the week.

What I couldn’t take on 252 was the audio quality. The LW audio was rubbish when you were getting used to FM quality and CD music etc.

Tork · 02-08-2020 10:54pm

coolbeans wrote: »

... By 97 when i was on the tractor I'd switched to Today FM as the repetitiveness had gotten out of hand. I hate Muck Hucknell and his bland music to this day.

Oh the irony, given what Today FM has turned into

Speaking of ads, I'm pretty sure there were ones for Tampax or other ladies' sanitary products on the station.

Tork · 02-08-2020 10:56pm

JoeA3 wrote: »

What I couldn’t take on 252 was the audio quality. The LW audio was rubbish when you were getting used to FM quality and CD music etc.

In hindsight, it's baffling how a music station broadcasting on LW managed to keep going for as long as it did. I can't remember what other options were out there at the time but they must've been poor on both sides of the Irish Sea.

Infoanon · 02-08-2020 11:48pm

Tork wrote: »

In hindsight, it's baffling how a music station broadcasting on LW managed to keep going for as long as it did. I can't remember what other options were out there at the time but they must've been poor on both sides of the Irish Sea.

In the UK there was only the AM IBA stations and a BBC Radio 1 that was closer to a AC then a CHR station. A time when 7pm still meant Luxembourg 208 time Caroline on AM was still very popular.

Here legal commercial radio had started - a failing Capital 104 and Classic Hits.

So. a.hot hits station was always going to be successful in the short term

Max Power 2010 · 03-08-2020 12:07am

coolbeans wrote: »

Youssuh N'dour and Nina Cherry 7 Seconds was one of the songs overplayed on LW252. That plus Jamiroquai, Sting, Seal, The Beautiful South and Simply Red. By 97 when i was on the tractor I'd switched to Today FM as the repetitiveness had gotten out of hand. I hate Muck Hucknell and his bland music to this day.

Don't forget colour me bad 'I wanna sex you up'

alzer100 · 03-08-2020 12:34am

In its early days, does anyone remember Atlantic 252 getting the syndication for The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40?

Open to correction on this. Don't think they could air the show for vey long, probably due to restrictions placed by the international distributors as local radio stations in the UK were also taking it up.

Not mentioned as a presenter in Atlantic 252's Wikipedia, although I think Casey Kasem and Rick Dees were mentioned as presenters in Nova's.

Aliveireland · 10-08-2020 10:32pm

Search in tune in for Atlantic 252, it’s fantastic!

Atlantic 252 - A good example of a Red Pill

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