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We transmitted for the first time on
shortwave on June 6th, 1982 on 7325 kHz.
But in fact, the name of "Atlantic
2000" is very much older.
In 1956, Radio Andorra is not received very well on the Atlantic coast.
Its owner, Jacques Trémoulet,
decided to rent airtime to a Spanish station of the SER network, Radio San
Sebastian. Thus was born Radio Atlantic, transmitting from Spain to the French Atlantic coast. But due to a lack of advertising
revenue, the station closed down in 1960.
In 1968, Jacques Trémoulet
came back on the Basque Coast. He rented airtime to another Spanish station, named " la Voz de Guipuzcoa", transmitting from the Ulia Mount, near San Sebastian.
He launched Radio Ocean.
The station transmitted several hours
per day in French language on 273 meters on medium wave.
Jacques Trémoulet
passed away in 1971. His successors did not want to continue Radio Ocean. The station came under the control of the French newspaper Sud-Ouest, directed by Henri Amouroux,
and became Atlantic 2000 in 1972.
During the following years, Atlantic
2000 continued to transmit on 273 meters, and became popular in the South
West of France.
In 1974, Henri Amouroux
leaves the newspaper Sud-Ouest. His successors are
not interested by Atlantic 2000, and the station has financial problems.
In 1975, due to the death of General
Franco, a national bereavement forced all Spanish stations to play classical music
without advertising during several weeks.
Transmitting from Spain, Atlantic 2000 is concerned by this decision.
The management of the station used this
pretext for close down the station for good.
But in 1978, the listeners of the
French Atlantic coast heard a new station named Atlantic 2000, playing pop
music on 101 MHz FM.
In tribute to the station disappeared 3
years earlier, our team relaunched Atlantic 2000.
The new Atlantic 2000 began
broadcasting at the end of 1978 on 101 MHz FM.
A few weeks later, the station was
switching on a second transmitter on 95 MHz, broadcasting simultaneously on
101 and 95 MHz for a short time.
The frequency of 101 MHz was
discontinued on December 31st, 1978.
Each weekend, and during the summer,
Atlantic 2000 continued its regular broadcasts
on 95 MHz until the end of summer 1981. The station produced some new
transmissions
on 95 MHz in early 1982.
Atlantic 2000 International was
broadcasting for the first time on short wave on June 6th, 1982
on 7325 kHz.
We were on the air usually every month
until July 1988.
Some frequencies were tested, on the
48, 41, 38 and 26 meter bands.
The best results were obtained on the
41 meter band.
After more 19 years of silence,
Atlantic 2000 was back on the air on October 28th, 2007
on 6280 and 6210 kHz.
From 2008 to 2010, we broadcasted from Italy, by using the transmitters of Mystery Radio, and then, Radio Amica.
From December 2010, we have transmitted
from Germany, via several relay stations:
- on 3985, 6005 and 7310 kHz via
Shortwave Service in Kall-Krekel (12/2010 to
02/2017)
- on 9480, 9485 and 7265 kHz via MV
Baltic Radio in Göhren (10/2011 to 01/2016)
- on 3955, 6070,
7440 and 9670 kHz via Channel 292 in Rohrbach Waal.
On Sunday, March 22nd of 2015, Atlantic
2000 transmitted with 10 kW of power on 9865 kHz, via Radio Revival from Sala in Sweden.
The 10th of July 2016, and the 14th of January 2018, Atlantic 2000 was relayed by WINB, from
Red Lion in the USA, with 50 kW of power.
During the summer 2021, our programmes
were transmitted by Radio For Peace International from the site of Okeechobee
in Florida (USA) owned by Radio Miami International (WRMI) on 9395,
15770 and 21525 kHz with a power of 100
kW.
From the same site, we have been relayed by Texas
Radio Shortwave the 21st of August 2021 on 5800 and 7780 kHz, and on 5950 kHz the 10th
of October.
Since the beginning of our shortwave
transmissions, we received a lot of reception reports from
Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chili, Colombia,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan,
Kazakhstan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta,
Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,
Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine,
United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, and more countries via several web receivers in Europe and USA.
Atlantic 2000 can be listened all
around the world on the Internet.
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