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| Frequency | 105.3 MHz |
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| Programming | |
| Format | Hot Adult Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| 2HD | |
| History | |
First air date | 21 April 1989 |
Call sign meaning | 2 NEWcastle |
| Technical information | |
| Power | 20kw |
| Links | |
| Website | newfm |
NEWFM (call sign: 2NEW) is an Australian radio station, licensed to, and serving Newcastle and its surrounding area. It is owned by Bill Caralis's Broadcast Operations Group, and operates at 105.3 megahertz on the FM band from Radio Centre at Sandgate. Great Mt Sugarloaf houses the transmitter site. Its callsign is 2NEW, the 2 being a standard prefix for stations in New South Wales, and NEW short for Newcastle. Its sister station is 2HD. On 24 May 2005, NEWFM reverted to its original 1989 logo which has since been modernised.
History
NEWFM was the first commercial FM radio station in Newcastle when it commenced broadcasting in April 1989.
In 2008 NEWFM became the Hub of the Super Network FM Stations (NEWFM Network) supplying programming from its Sandgate based studios to stations from the New South Wales/Victorian border in the south, north to the Sunshine Coast and Whitsundays in Queensland and West to Broken Hill and Alice Springs.
On-Air Team
Monday to Friday
- 5am to 9am – The NOVOS (Steven Jones & Mark Krivo)
- 9am to 10:30am – 105 Minutes Commercial Free
- 10:30am to 2pm – Scott Frapell
- 2pm to 7pm – Joel Gosper with Newcastle's Only 100% Local Drive Home
- 7pm to 9pm – The Kyle & Jackie O Show (Monday to Thursday)
- 9pm to 11pm – Matt Morris NEWFM at Night
- 11pm to Midnight – Homegrown with Rox
Key Staff
- Guy Ashford – General/Sales Manager
- Luke Hetherington – Promotions & Marketing Director/ Operations
- Joel Thomson – NEWFM Content Director
- Michael Blaxland – News Director
- Nat Wilson – Music Team
- Ross McClymont – Technical Engineer