2BL (identified on air and in print as 702 ABC Sydney since 2000) is an ABC radio station in Sydney, Australia. 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 13, 1923. Its first callsign was 2SB where 2 denotes the State of New South Wales and SB stood for Sydney Broadcasting Limited.

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  • 855 kHz AM (1923-1935)
    700 kHz AM (1935-1978)
    702 kHz AM (1978-)
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  • 855 kHz AM (1923-1935)
    700 kHz AM (1935-1978)
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  • 2BL (identified on air and in print as 702 ABC Sydney since 2000) is an ABC radio station in Sydney, Australia. 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 13, 1923. Its first callsign was 2SB where 2 denotes the State of New South Wales and SB stood for Sydney Broadcasting Limited. However, the callsign was soon altered to 2BL for Broadcasting Limited 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 first radio ratings survey of 2008, Nielsen Media Research recorded 702's share of the radio market as the second largest at 10.5%, behind commercial talk station, 2GB.
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  • 702 ABC Sydney
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  • 2BL (identified on air and in print as 702 ABC Sydney since 2000) is an ABC radio station in Sydney, Australia. 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 13, 1923. Its first callsign was 2SB where 2 denotes the State of New South Wales and SB stood for Sydney Broadcasting Limited.
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  • 702 ABC Sydney
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  • 702 ABC Sydney
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