ABC Gold Coast (ACMA callsign: 4ABCRR) is an
ABC Local Radio
ABC Local Radio is a network of publicly owned radio stations in Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
ABC Local Radio stations broadcast across the continent using terrestrial transmitters and satellites. Its programm ...
station. Based in the suburb of
Mermaid Beach
Mermaid Beach is a coastal suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. In the , Mermaid Beach had a population of 7,329 people.
Nobby Beach is a neighbourhood in the south of the suburb ().
Geography
The suburb is bounded to ...
, the station broadcasts to the
Gold Coast and
Tweed Heads
Tweed Heads is a coastal city at the mouth of the Tweed River in the Northern Rivers region of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tweed Heads is the northernmost town in New South Wales, and is located in the Tweed Shire local government ...
in New South Wales.
The station started life in 1952 as 4SO, operating as a relay from Toowoomba
of the ABC Regional Network, transmitting on a frequency of 1590 kHz (changed in 1978 to 1593 kHz to fit in with the revised 9 kHz spacing).
Its ''persona'' changed dramatically in 1983 when it was branded as ''1593AM 4SO Gold Coast Rock''
to target the youth market, then became 91.7 ABC Coast FM when it began broadcasting on the FM band in 1989. The station is now a news, current affairs and
adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, sou ...
station. In 2013 the station changed its name to 91.7 ABC Gold Coast in alignment with the nomenclature used for other ABC Local Radio stations across Australia. In 2019, the frequency was dropped from the stations name, in alignment with other ABC Local Radio stations across Australia.
References
See also
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List of radio stations in Australia
This is a list of radio stations that radio broadcasting, broadcast in Australia. Stations that are not included in the list are genuine internet radio stations that are not traditional AM, FM or DAB. The explanation of new internet radio broa ...
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Gold Coast
Radio stations on the Gold Coast, Queensland
Radio stations established in 1988