The Central Coast's 107.7 Triple M (call-sign: 2GGO) is a commercial radio station based in
Gosford, New South Wales
Gosford is the city and administrative centre of the Central Coast Council (New South Wales), Central Coast Council local government area in the heart of the Central Coast (New South Wales), Central Coast region, about north of Sydney central ...
,
Australia. The broadcast area is the
NSW Central Coast
The Central Coast is a peri-urban region in New South Wales, Australia, lying on the Tasman Sea coast to the north of Sydney and south of Newcastle.
The local government area of the Central Coast Council has an estimated population of ...
, a region that extends from southern
Lake Macquarie
The City of Lake Macquarie is a local government area in Greater Newcastle and part of the Hunter Region in New South Wales, Australia. It was proclaimed a city from 7 September 1984. The area is situated adjacent to the city of Newcastle and i ...
to the
Hawkesbury River
The Hawkesbury River, or Hawkesbury-Nepean River, is a river located northwest of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Hawkesbury River and its associated main tributary, the Nepean River, almost encircle the metropolitan region of Sydney ...
.
Originally called 2GO, it was the Central Coast’s first radio station starting on the AM band with 1310, moving to 1323, and the final location on the AM band was 801 (to allow for stereo broadcasting). It later moved to its current frequency of FM 107.7.
Ownership of the station has changed a number of times. For some period it was a part of the WESGO group, being a two-station company comprising 2GO in Gosford and
2WS in
Sydney. Currently owned by
Southern Cross Austereo
Southern Cross Media Group Limited, doing business as Southern Cross Austereo, is an Australian media company which operates broadcast radio and television stations. It is the largest radio broadcaster in Australia, operating 86 radio statio ...
, in November 2019 it was rebranded to
Triple M
Triple M is an Australian commercial radio network owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo. The network consists of 40 radio stations broadcasting a mainstream rock music format and 5 digital radio stations.
The network dates back t ...
.
2GO to go, along with Sea FM and Gold 92.5
Radioinfo 9 October 2019
The original AM transmitter tower complex for 2GO in 1971 was at Ourimbah before moving to Chittaway Point in 1985. In 1992 the station converted to FM (107.7 MHz) with transmitters at Somersby.
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Adult contemporary radio stations in Australia
Radio stations in New South Wales
Radio stations established in 1971
1971 establishments in Australia