ABC South Coast

ABC South Coast is an ABC Local Radio station based in Albany. The station broadcasts to the coastal parts of the Great Southern region of Western Australia. This includes the towns of Denmark and Mount Barker.

The station began broadcasting as 6AL in 1956. There are a number of low power FM transmitters as well. Local programs are also broadcast through ABC Great Southern.

When local programs are not broadcast the station is a relay of 720 ABC Perth.

References

"The Origins of the ABC in Albany". ABC Online. 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2008-04-22. 

See also

South Coast

South Coast is a name often given to coastal areas to the south of a geographical region or major metropolitan area.

Geographical

Australia

Canada

Kenya

South Africa

Spain

United Kingdom

South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa

Coordinates: 36°00′41″N 115°10′31″W / 36.011426°N 115.1753°W / 36.011426; -115.1753

The South Point Hotel and Casino consists of a 25 story hotel tower and 90,000 square feet (8,400 m²) convention center located on a 60 acres (24 ha) site along Las Vegas Boulevard in Enterprise, Nevada. The casino is owned and operated by Michael Gaughan.

History

This $500 million project started construction in 2003, under the South Coast name. Based on advance booking, Coast Casinos announced expansion plans to add additional hotel rooms, with a second tower, for a total of 1,350 rooms. The foundation was also poured for a possible third tower during the initial construction phase.

The casino received approval to open from the Nevada Gaming Commission on November 17, 2005. At opening on December 22, 2005, the South Coast was the first megaresort located south of McCarran International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip. The hotel contained 662 rooms and 800,000 square feet (74,000 m²) of space that was not finished and was available to be converted into restaurant or casino space.

South Coast (California)

The South Coast is a term used in the West Coast region of the United States to refer to both the south Pacific Coast of California and the adjacent resort and residential communities.

It refers for the most part to the Southern California coastal counties of Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego due to the cosmopolitan "SoCal" atmosphere and location of major urban coastal centers. Of these counties only the western two thirds of San Diego, coastal half of Ventura, most of Los Angeles and all of Orange are included.

However, some sources include the coastal half of Ventura, western part of Riverside, and southwestern part of San Bernardino Counties because of their proximity to the Pacific Coast and because they are in the same bio-region and watershed.

Smuggling

During the prohibition era the waters of the South Coast were a popular smuggling route in for alcohol. Largely forgotten in the later parts of the 20th Century, with increased security at the Mexico–United States border smuggling has increased; during the 2011 fiscal year, more than 200 smuggling vessels were observed. Most of the vessels attempt to off load their cargo of drugs and/or illegal immigrants in San Diego County, however destinations are as far north as the California Central Coast. Often, vessels used for smuggling operations are abandoned upon making landfall.