ABC Gold Coast

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = ABC Gold Coast

| logo =

| city = Lower Beechmont, Queensland

| country = Australia

| area = Gold Coast and Tweed Heads RA1{{cite web|title=GOLD COAST RA1|url=http://www.acma.gov.au/licplan/defmaps/documents/maps/la_515.pdf|publisher=Australian Communications and Media Authority|access-date=27 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184038/http://www.acma.gov.au/licplan/defmaps/documents/maps/la_515.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=dead}}

| branding = ABC Gold Coast

| frequency = 91.7 MHz FM

| translator =

| repeater =

| airdate = {{start date|1983}} (as 4SO)

| format = National radio

| language = English

| power =

| erp = 25 kW{{cite web|title=Radio and television broadcasting stations|url=http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100059/stations_book_electronic_edition.pdf|publisher=Australian Communications and Media Authority|access-date=27 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231171445/http://acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib100059/stations_book_electronic_edition.pdf|archive-date=2010-12-31|url-status=dead}}

| haat =

| facility_id =

| coordinates = {{coord|28|2|7|S|153|14|29|E|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD}}

| callsign_meaning = 4 – Queensland
ABCRegional Radio

| former_callsigns =

| former_frequencies = 1590 kHz AM (1952–1978)
1593 kHz AM (1978–1989)

| affiliations =

| owner = ABC Radio and Regional Content

| licensee = Australian Broadcasting Corporation

| sister_stations = {{Collapsible list

|framestyle=border:none; padding:0;

|title=

|1=ABC Classic FM

|2=ABC Country

|3=ABC Jazz

|4=ABC NewsRadio

|5=ABC RN

|6=Double J

|7=triple j

|8=triple j Unearthed

}}

| webcast =

| website = [https://www.abc.net.au/goldcoast/ ABC Gold Coast]

}}

ABC Gold Coast (ACMA callsign: 4ABCRR) 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 station started life in 1952 as 4SO, operating as a relay from Toowoomba{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226260914 |title=Broadcasting Station Official Opening 4SO Southport |newspaper=South Coast Bulletin |issue=1547 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=15 October 1952 |access-date=20 November 2017 |page=24 |via=National Library of Australia}} 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{{cite web|title=About 91.7 Coast FM|url= http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/01/29/2804545.htm|date=29 January 2010|access-date=29 July 2011|publisher=ABC Online}} 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 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.