NEWFM (call sign: 2NEW) is an Australian radio station, licensed to, and serving Newcastle and its surrounding area.
NEWFM was the first commercial FM radio station in Newcastle, founded by Mike Webb.
It commenced broadcasting on 14 April 1989, with the AC/DC song It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll).
[4] In March 1999, both radio stations (2HD and NEW-FM) were sold to Bill Caralis's Broadcast Operations Group, for $12.5 million.
[5][6] 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.