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Remember Atlantic 252? The story of the station that was the sound of the 90s
22.01.2022 - 21:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
For a while no car ride was complete without hearing it.
Atlantic 252 - on longwave - was a 90s Manchester radio stalwart, even though it was based in Ireland.
The commercial station ran from 1988 up until its last broadcast in 2002 from its transmission site at Clarkstown, County Meath, reports Dublin Live.
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Broadcasts from the station could be heard as far away as Finland, Ibiza and even Moscow- but the station had close ties to Manchester - from local radio presenters to the early days of Take That - as well as a loyal local fanbase.
At the peak of its popularity in 1993, the station had six million listeners.
The longwave frequency meant it was picked up by a lot of drivers in older cars without FM - but it quickly gained a reputation for playing the same records a lot. Extreme's More Than Words and anything by Mike and Mechanics were particular favourites.
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Many successful artists, including Take That, did radio tours with Atlantic 252 before they hit it big.
In 2010, North Wales Live reported how a group of young men dressed in somewhat questionable outfits had taken to an impromptu stage in a Llangefni car park almost 20 years before.
Visiting the town as part of an Atlantic 252 roadshow, Take That would soon become superstars, selling more than 25 million records during the 1990s and launching a hugely successful comeback ten years later.
Mail photographer Richard Birch remembers being sent to photograph the fresh-faced young band.
At the time, he said: "Most people hadn’t got a clue who they were. Atlantic 252 was one of the only stations you
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