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For many parts of rural Scotland, at its peak, Atlantic 252 was the only contemporary music station that people were able to listen to as Radio 1 didn't appear on FM in those areas until well into the 1990s and this will have accelerated the decline in listening to Atlantic 252.
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Originally Posted by Rillington
For many parts of rural Scotland, at its peak, Atlantic 252 was the only contemporary music station that people were able to listen to as Radio 1 didn't appear on FM in those areas until well into the 1990s and this will have accelerated the decline in listening to Atlantic 252.
Despite theoretically being available, BBC FM stations could be tricky to find in the very hilly part of west Wales where I was at university. You could usually get 1FM, as it was styled back in the day, but it was unreliable. You could get Atlantic 252 anywhere, any time. And we did.
I would imagine that Atlantic 252 had huge audience share in those hilly areas of west Wales and across much of Scotland, especially north of the central belt.
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