- 91.7 ABC Coast FM
Radio station
name = 91.7 ABC Coast FM
callsign = 4ABCRR
airdate =1988
frequency = 91.7 mHz FM Gold and Tweed Coasts
area = Gold Coast and Tweed Coast
owner =Australian Broadcasting Corporation
format = Talk
website = [http://www.abc.net.au/goldcoast/ http://www.abc.net.au/goldcoast/]91.7 ABC Coast FM is an
ABC Local Radio station. Based in the suburb of Mermaid Beach, the station broadcasts to the Gold Coast and surrounding hinterland inQueensland , covering as far down as Tweed Heads inNew South Wales .The callsign is 4ABCRR. The station started life in
1983 as "1593AM 4SO Gold Coast Rock". Originally set-up to target the youth market, the station is now a news, current affairs andadult contemporary music station.Local Programs
Unlike most of the other ABC Local stations outside the capital cities, ABC Coast FM originates most of its own programming and has a higher music content. Breakfast and mornings are a mix of music, news and current affairs. Afternoon and early evenings are mostly music. Weekends are also mostly music programming.
Along with
90.3 ABC Coast FM the station does not carry any of theABC Rural programs such asThe Country Hour . Both stations also uniquely rebroadcast the ABC’s digital only radio station DiG at certain times.Some national programs such as "Saturday Night Country" and "Nightlife with Tony Delroy" are broadcast.
References
ee also
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List of Australian radio stations
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