is an
ABC radio station in
Sydney ,
Australia . Formerly known by its
Callsign , '''2BL''', the station has since changed its name to '702 ABC Sydney'. It is the
Flagship station in the
ABC Local Radio network and broadcasts on 702
KHz on the
AM dial.
702 ABC Sydney was the first full-time radio station in Australia, having commenced broadcasting on
November 23 ,
1923 . Its first callsign was ''2SB'' where ''2'' denotes the
State of
New South Wales and ''SB'' stood for ydney '''B'''roadcasting Limited. However, the callsign was soon altered to ''2BL'' for '''B'''roadcasting '''L'''imited to avoid confusion with another Sydney radio station, ''2FC''.
2BL became one of the inaugural stations in the ABC network when it was founded in
1932 . 2BL became 702 ABC Sydney in
2000 .
In the second radio ratings survey of 2007
Nielsen Media Research recorded 702's share of the radio market as the third largest at 9.3%.
- 5.30am-8.00am Adam Spencer , Breakfast
- 8.00am-8.30am Tony Eastley , AM (Broadcast nationally)
- 8.30am-11.00am Virginia Trioli , Mornings
- 11.00am-12noon Richard Fidler , Conversation Hour (Broadcast throughout parts of NSW and Queensland )
- 12 noon-1.00pm Eleanor Hall , World at Noon (Broadcast nationally)
- 1.00pm-3.00pm James Valentine , Afternoons
- 3.00pm-6.00pm Richard Glover , Drive
- 6.00pm-7.00pm Mark Colvin , PM (Broadcast nationally)
- 7.00pm-10.00pm James O'Loghlin , Evenings (Broadcast throughout NSW and the ACT )
- 10.00pm-2.00am Tony Delroy , Nightlife (Broadcast nationally)
- 2.00am-5.30am Trevor Chappell , Overnights (Broadcast from Melbourne ) and Rod Quinn Sydney
- Thank God it's Friday is broadcast every Friday on Richard Glover 's Drive show and features a roundup of the week's events, featuring various Australian comedians. TGIF is also available as a podcast.
- Norman the Quiz, the pet-name for what used to be simply known as 'The Quiz', is hosted by James O'Loghlin every weekday evening. It is broadcast to all of NSW and the ACT
- The Challenge is a quiz broadcast at midnight (local time) by Tony Delroy . It has become something of an institution.
