TeamTalk 252

TEAMtalk 252 was a short-lived UK national commercial sports radio station, based in Leeds in West Yorkshire with long wave transmission coming from the Clarkstown radio transmitter in Trim, County Meath in Ireland, formerly used by Atlantic 252.

Its 24-hour sports content included a popular news-based breakfast show, sports phone-ins, discussions and specialist programming.

The station was broadcast on 252 Longwave kHz across Ireland and the United Kingdom and was also available to listeners on Sky and online. It was particularly popular on the west side of Britain and in the Republic of Ireland where the signal was strongest.

Launch

The station was launched on 11 March 2002 as the UK's first national commercial radio station 100% dedicated to sport, providing entertaining and informative coverage of all UK football, rugby, racing, cricket and all major sporting events. TEAMtalk 252 also provided a number of specialist programmes dedicated to racing, cricket, motor racing, non-league football, business, rugby league, US sports and live coverage of the British Basketball League.