bathurst new south wales australia branding 1503 2bs gold frequency 1503 khz am first air date 1 january 1937 1 power 5 kilowatts class commercial transmitter coordinates coordinates 33 24 57 s 149 34 45 e 33.4157 s 149.5793 e 33.4157 ; 149.5793 callsign meaning bathurst owner bathurst broadcasters pty ltd sister stations b rock 99.3 fm website 2bs . com.au 1503 2bs gold is a local radio station located in bathurst new south wales australia broadcasting on 1503 khz . it is owned by bathurst broadcasters pty. ltd. who also owns sister station b rock 99.3 fm . it was previously owned by the london times mirror and by australian consolidated press . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the station began broadcasting on 1 january 1937 . 2 a station had existed in bathurst prior to this 2mk owned by the mockler brothers beginning on 31 october 1925 . 3 also 2bs wasn t always the intended call letters 2bx was also considered . finally a station located at meadow lane which was to serve both bathurst and lithgow was also projected to start in 1925 with the call letters 2le . that station never eventuated . in the 1950s it was discovered that 2bs s signal was causing problems with the signal of melbourne station 3ak . this forced 3ak to become a daytime station having previously been an overnight station . 4 this problem was fixed in the 1960s by switching to directional antennas which led to 3ak commencing 24 hour transmission . this was at the same time acp owned both stations . in 1969 acp sold 2bs to ron camplin who continues to own the station today . today 2bs is an adult contemporary station with a prime target audience of 25 playing music from the 1950s onwards . it s breakfast and drive programs are produced locally with other programs being networked ray hadley alan jones chris smith ross greenwood and the continuous call team from 2gb sydney and the syndicated program my generation from wsfm . the station recently started fm repeater stations in the surrounding towns of blayney oberon and sofala . see also edit list of australian radio stations references edit official opening . . the national advocate . bathurst nsw national library of australia . 2 january 1937 . p. 2 . retrieved 10 november 2014 . official opening . . the national advocate . bathurst nsw national library of australia . 2 january 1937 . p. 2 . retrieved 29 november 2014 . broadcasting station . . the bathurst times . nsw national library of australia . 30 october 1925 . p. 2 . retrieved 29 november 2014 . radio promise to rsl denied double deal tilt angers mr. menzies . . the argus . melbourne national library of australia . 26 december 1953 . p. 4 . retrieved 29 november 2014 . external links edit official website countrywide radio sales profile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title 1503 2bs gold & oldid 718282189 categories bathurst new south walesradio stations in new south walesradio stations established in 1937classic hits radio stations in australiahidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 may 2016 at 16 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view