presenters line-up came from Laser 558/UK Commercial Radio and BBC Radio One and the Irish presenters came from Dublin Superpirates like Sunshine 101 and SuperQ 102. During the early years the presenters that worked at Atlantic 252 utilised funny names, an idea originated in the US at stations like WHTZ FM Z100. Bam Bam (real name Peter Poulton, also used Peter Jarrod) Robin Banks (Christian Richardson) Enda Caldwell David Dunne Rick O'Shea (Paul Crossan) Eddy Temple-Morris Charlie Wolf (Steven Linskey) Gill the Jock (Gillian Dunne) Replacements Atlantic 252 was briefly replaced by a sports station TEAMtalk 252, which opened in the early days of January 2002. This faced competition from BBC Radio 5 Live and talkSPORT, and was itself closed in the summer of 2002, just a few months after its launch. The transmission site is now owned by 2RN (RTÉ Networks) and the 252 kHz frequency is used by RTÉ Radio 1. Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) tests have also been heard on this frequency since 2007. Mornington House is now regional offices for Meath County Council. See also RTL Group TEAMtalk 252 References External links Official tribute site Atlantic 252 station page on Radiowaves.FM Full recordings of Atlantic 252 from the Radio Retro section at Radiowaves.FM Listen to Atlantic 252 as featured on The Anorak Hour from Phantom FM Defunct RTÉ radio stations Defunct radio stations in the United Kingdom Radio stations established in 1989 Radio stations disestablished in 2002