In the coming weeks, this page will be further updated with more information as I come across it.
| name | 252 yrs | 252 position | other previous stations | now |
| Gary King | 1989-1990? | First presenter | Radio Top Shop, Radio Luxembourg, BFBS Radio, breakfast then 5am-6.30am on Radio 1 (1990-92?), Heart FM (London, 1997), Virgin 1215 (dates?), drivetime on Capital FM (London, 1999) | Saturday Night Magic on Magic FM (London) - previously did week-end afternoons; Mojo Breakfast weekdays 6am-9am on Mojo Radio; also the consumer electronics expert on QVC |
| Charlie Wolf | 1989-June/July 1992 | 6am-9am breakfast DJ in initial lineup | Laser 558 (nights '84-'85) GWR (Hot 7 at 7, Avon/Wilts) Beacon FM lunchtime (Salop & Wolverhampton) Signal (mid-morn Stockport) Talksport (?-2001), 'Cork talks back' 10pm Sun-Thu on Red FM (Cork, 2001-June 2004) | 1am-6am Fri nights & 2am-6am Sat nights on Talksport (UK) |
| Tony West | 1989-1992/3 | 9am-midday DJ in initial lineup | a station in Peterborough? | ? |
| Dusty Rhodes | 1989-? | midday-3pm DJ in initial lineup | weeknights on 2FM (Ireland), Presenter on Q102 (Dublin) | Founder of Digital Audio Productions |
| Al Dunne | '89-'97* | 3pm-6pm DJ in initial lineup. Also programme director. Later became evening DJ. Continuously on the recorded "252 On Location" trailers. Apparently also did 9am-11am weekdays. | Programme Manager at Q102 (Dublin) | Q102 (Dublin) - Swing presenter |
| Paul Kavanagh | until 1997ish? | station manager and occasional fill-in presenter | Programme director at Sunshine 101 (Dublin); Manager at Q102 (Dublin) | Runs Riviera Radio (Monaco) |
| David Lee Stone | ? | Middle of the day at week-ends in initial lineup; holiday fill-ins | Laser 558 | Sadly died due to alcoholism |
| Bob Stewart | ? | Some week-ends; in initial lineup | Love Songs at Capital Gold | Retired from radio due to illness |
| The Pizzaman | ? | eves DJ | Galaxy 102 Manchester | On Wyvern FM (Worcs & Herefordshire) 10am-3pm daily & 11am-3pm Sats under the name 'Nick Jordan' |
| Henry Owens | ? | DJ | Radio Nova Virgin 1215 (2000?), PD on Q102 (Dublin); CE & PD on Red FM Cork | Shareholder of Red FM (Cork) |
| Maryellen O'Brien | 1989-91 | The afternoon drivetime show; part of initial lineup | Various American stations before coming to 252. | Back in America and now a spiritual books author. |
| Sandy Beech | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Jeff Graham | ? | part-time week-end/fill-in | ? | ? |
| Robin Banks (Irish) | 4 & 1/2yrs on Long Wave's drivetime show | Evenings (7pm-midnight) and drivetime | 6 months on the Voice of Peace (Israel); Radio Nova Int.(?), then on 252, Virgin Radio (drivetime & Sat's album chart), XFM (drivetime, London), Beat 106 (breakfast, Central Scotland 2000-) | 4pm daily Kiss 100 London |
| Kevin Palmer | ? | Took over from Charlie Wolf. Show became "Kevin & Andrew in the Morning". | Heart FM (London) | Works at Gcap Media in London |
| Andrew Turner | 1989-94/5 | co-host/news on 'Kevin & Andrew in the Morning' | Laser Hot Hits ('86-'87) and Capital Gold (London) | |
| Niall McCaughey | ? | ? | Radio Ireland's chief-engineer; then worked for 252 and recently for TV3 | 'pirate-buster' for the Irish ODTR agency (as of 2000) |
| Simon Nicks | ? | Mid-mornings (11am-3pm) | TFM (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) | Galaxy 102 (Manchester) breakfast show |
| The Big Mattress (three female DJs: Paddy Quinn, Hillary and Emily) | ? | Midnight-6am Fri & Sat nights | ? | ? |
| Nails Mahoney | 1991, 1997-8 | the Midday shift; week-ends and mid-mornings | breakfast presenter on Sunshine 101 (Dublin); went to Canada after Atlantic | 4pm-7pm on 98FM (Dublin) under the name 'Brian McColl' |
| Cousin Brucie | 1992-6 | Breakfast presenter | Australian stations include: 96FM (Perth), Triple M (Sydney), 92.9 (Perth) & 6KA (Karratha) | Currently a full-time call centre manager and a casual lifestyle TV reporter on Channel 9 (Australia) under the name 'John Duke' |
| Hollywood Haze (aka Steve Hayes or Steve Haze) | 1993-1999 | "done just about every show" | Sunshine 101 (Dublin) Eastside Radio Ireland (Cork) (known as Steve Kelly on both) | "Drivetime" presenter on 96FM & 103FM (Cork) |
| Dickie Bow (aka Mark Whelan) | ? | Breakfast DJ | Tipp FM (Tipperary) | The Breakfast Show (7-9am) on Live 95 (Limerick), previously 8pm-midnight weeknights |
| Rick O'Shea | Mar 1994 & Nov 1995 | Lunchtime DJ | 1995-2001 on FM104 (Dublin) | Breakfast daily on 2FM (Ireland) (Summer 2001-March 2005, weeknights) |
| Bam Bam | mid-1994? to mid-1995? (or even 1992-4?) | Mid-mornings | ? | Breakfast DJ 6am-10am weekday mornings and also 7pm-8pm Friday nights on Kiss FM (London) various other EMAP stations. |
| Beverly Hills | ||||
| Dan the Hitman | ? | ? | Heart FM (Birmingham) & The Pulse (Bradford) | 'North East Love Lines' presenter, Sat-Thu 10pm-2am on Century FM (North East) under the name 'Dave Sherwood' |
| Nice Guy Eddie | ? | ? | ? | Works abroad (in Lebanon?) under the name 'Dan Harper'. |
| Lois Lane (aka Catharine Orman) | 1995-2000 | ? | Presenter/News presenter on GWR | Presents the afternoon show on Dixon's Live and Impulse Live, both part of IM Media Broadcasting |
| Matt Finlay | 1996-9 | ? | ? | 7pm-10pm weekdays and "The Week's Most Wanted" presenter (2pm-6pm Saturdays) on Beat 106 (Scotland). At station since November 1999 (first doing 10am-1pm, then 9am-midday). |
| Elvis O'Brien (aka Steven Cooper) | 1996-2001 | ? | FM104 (Dublin), Tipp FM (Tipperary), Kiss 103 (Monaghan) | Freelance at Q102 (Dublin) and Beat FM (Waterford) |
| Mark Little | 1997-8 | Week-ends only | East Coast FM breakfast show from 1992-2000 as Sean Ashmore | Director of East Coast FM (Wicklow) and KFM (Kildare) & CEO of Country Mix (Dublin). Known as Sean Ashmore. |
| Will Clarke | 1997-2000 | Evenings; also did drivetime for a while | ? | In sales and marketing at Tower FM (Bolton) |
| Tony Dibbin | Nov 1997 to Nov 1998 | Weekdays 10pm-2am for 3 months, then 10am-1pm | Passion FM (Oxford) as breakfast show presenter and "Most Wanted Chart Show" presenter 3pm-6pm Sundays (until the station closed down) | ? |
| the Cisco Kid/Dan Francisco (aka Al Sterling) | ? | ? | Signal Radio (Stoke-on-Trent), Power FM (Southampton), Galaxy Radio, Radio City (Liverpool) | 'Saturday Night Fever', Sats 7pm-10pm on Magic 1548 (Liverpool). Also a commercial production artist and station imaging producer for Radio City (Liverpool) and Magic 1548 (Liverpool) |
| Dave James | 1998 | Evenings, mid-mornings, week-end breakfast, covered as head of news for 3 months, "Rhythm & Grooves" presenter, swing work (drivetime & breakfast) | Choice FM (Birmingham) in 1997 plus many other stations from 2001 (Galaxy FM, Stray FM, Peak FM, Select FM - see his website for details!) | 4pm-8pm daily, 10pm-2pm Sat on Passion Radio (Sussex) Also swing work for Radio Aire (Leeds) and Head of Imaging at CN Media Group |
| Mark Collins | 1999 | ? | Virgin 1215 and Talksport | 1pm-4pm weekdays, 6am-10am Saturdays and the "Chart Show" at 4pm-7pm Sundays on Wave FM (the south coast) |
| David Dunne | ? | ? | Worked with the Ministry of Sound | Works for the Hed Kandi brand (part of GMG) |
| Eddie Temple-Morris | ? | ? | ? | "The Remix" presenter 7pm-10pm Sundays on XFM (London); also works as a voice-over and a rave DJ. |
| Rob Tisseara DJ Lotty Lorraine Caroline Janice Ben & Elliot | ||||
| Simon Hardwick | Jul 1999-Nov 2000 | Drivetime DJ (2pm-6pm) | Covered breakfasts and mid-mornings on Juice FM (Brighton) for 2 years inc. 2003 | "The Soul Train" presenter 8pm-11pm Fri & 10pm-6pm and "Saturday Requests" presenter 10am-2pm Saturdays on Splash FM (Worthing). 1pm-4pm daily and |
| Marc Brow | 1999-2000 | 7am-10am breakfast show presenter | ? | Programme controller at the Pulse (Bradford) |
| Archie McPherson | 1999-2000 | Travel news presenter on 7am-10am breakfast show | ? | ? |
| Jamie Wood | 1999-2001 | Drivetime (or evenings?) | ? | Produces the Smash Hits Chart for EMAP |
| Enda Caldwell | 2000-1 | Overnights, week-ends & drivetime; last ever live presenter on Atlantic 252 | Cool FM (Belfast) 1 week on Kiss 100 (London) | "Nothin' But '90s" presenter 11pm-2am Fridays on Today FM (Ireland) |
| Greg Parke | early-June 2000 | Week-end overnights and covering DJ | Owner and presenter of Energy Radio (Navan, Co. Meath, Oct 1994-Dec 1997). Worked at RTL FM (Berlin). Breakfast DJ on Kiss 106 (Dundalk, late 1998-early 2000) | Breakfast DJ 6-10am daily on Q102 (Londonderry). "Total '80s" presenter 10pm-1am Sundays on QFM (N. Ireland). |
| Matt Mackay | 2000-2001 | Mid-mornings for one and a half years | At Essex FM for 5 years prior to joining Atlantic | 10am-2pm weekdays on Hallam FM (Sheffield) |
| Derek Flood | Feb-Sep 2000 | Fill-in DJ | GWR, LMFM, Cool FM, CFM, Viking FM & RTE | "Planet Hits" presenter (9pm-1am Saturdays, was 11pm-2am) and fill-ins on Today FM (Ireland) |
| Tony Wrighton | Jan 4th 2000 - Oct 13th 2001 | Last breakfast presenter | Radio Aire (Leeds), Essex FM (Essex), The Eagle (Surrey), Liberty 963/972 (London), Medway FM (Medway) and on television (BBC-1, YTV, Sky Sports, Auctionworld) | Drivetime presenter 3pm-6pm weekdays on Century FM (Manchester) Also a week-end presenter on Avago TV and runs a dating advice website, the Science of Dating |
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This page last updated: December 20th 2005.