Atlantic 252 Classics

Atlantic 252 Classics is a British online radio station that serves as a tribute to the legendary UK long wave radio station Atlantic 252, known for its broad reach across Ireland and Great Britain​. You can listen live through various platforms including TuneIn, myTuner, Online Radio Box, a web player, and the station's dedicated iPhone and Android apps. For those who use Amazon's virtual assistant, you can also enable the myTuner Radio skill on Alexa and say 'ask myTuner Radio to play Atlantic 252 Classics' to start listening​​.

The original Atlantic 252 was an Irish longwave radio station that started broadcasting in 1989 from its purpose-built transmission site at Clarkstown radio transmitter, County Meath. Its studios were located 12 km away in Mornington House, Summerhill Road, Trim, County Meath, and it also had sales offices and studios at 74, Newman Street in London​​. The station was known for its wide signal reach, with reception reports coming from locations as diverse as Berlin, Finland, Ibiza, Moscow, and even Brazil at night-time​​.

The first official record played on the launch date of Atlantic 252 was "Sowing the Seeds of Love" by Tears for Fears, which was followed by "Monkey" by George Michael​²​. The station had a rich lineup of personalities, including Charlie Wolf, Henry Owens, Mary Ellen O'Brien, Dusty Rhodes, Al Dunne, Tony West, Jeff Graham, and newsreader Andrew Turner​.