91.7 ABC Coast FM

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 in Queensland, covering as far south as Byron Bay in New 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 and adult 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, Mornings and Drive programs are a mix of music, news and current affairs. Afternoons are predominantly music based. Weekends also contain a high music content.

Along with 90.3 ABC Coast FM on the Sunshine Coast the station does not carry any of the ABC Rural programs such as The Country Hour. Both stations also uniquely rebroadcast the ABC’s digital only radio station DiG at certain times.

Local Announcers

• 2:00am–6:00am Trevor Chappell (Monday to Thursday) or Rod Quinn (Friday), Overnights (broadcast nationally)
• 5:00am–7:45am Tim Cox, Breakfast
• 8:00am–8:30am Tony Eastley, AM (broadcast nationally)
• 8:30am–11:00am Nicole Dyer, Mornings
• 11:00am–12:00pm Richard Fidler, Conversations
• 12:00pm–1:00pm Eleanor Hall, The World Today (broadcast nationally)
• 1:00pm–3:00pm Richard Fidler, Afternoons
• 3:00pm–6:00pm Bernadette Young, Drive
• 6:00pm–7:00pm Mark Colvin, PM (Broadcast nationally)
• 7:00pm–10:00pm Steve Austin, Evenings (broadcast throughout Queenslandl)
• 10:00pm–2:00am Tony Delroy, Nightlife (broadcast nationally)

• Peter Scott, Weekends

Trevor Jackson is the ABC Coast FM Content Director for the Gold Coast & Music Director for both the Gold & Sunshine Coast stations.

References

"About 91.7 Coast FM". ABC Online. 2010-01-29. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/01/29/2804545.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 

See also

• List of Australian radio stations