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Unsourced since 2010 Golikom (talk) 11:59, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  1. Connell, Tim (30 August 2012). "today's topics - Rock classic makes its sound mark". Newcastle Herald. Newcastle: Fairfax Media. p. 13. Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via NewsBank.
    2. The article notes "It was the very first song played on Newcastle's first commercial FM radio station, NEW-FM. ... The station's founder, Mike Webb, chose Long Way to the Top to put his baby to air on April 14, 1989. The new FM player tore off a huge chunk of the ratings at the expense of 2NX, Newcastle's existing hit music station."
  2. Sadlier, Kevin (7 May 1989). "Radio". Television. The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax Holdings. p. 116. Retrieved 16 April 2010 – via NewsBank.
    3. The article notes "NEWCASTLE'S newest station, NEW-FM, was officially launched last night with a spectacular pysotechnics/laser/rock show - the largest free entertainment event ever held in the Hunter region, according to NEW's Mike Webb. NEW can be found at 105.3 on the FM band."
  3. Sadlier, Kevin (26 November 1989). "FM Stations Eat Away at Ratings". News and Features. The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax Holdings. p. 134. Retrieved 17 April 2010 – via NewsBank.
    4. The article notes: "In Newcastle, NEW-FM began broadcasting only last April. In its first ratings survey, NEW achieved a rating of 24.7."
  4. Joyce, James (14 May 1999). "Birthday blowout for NEW-FM". News. Newcastle Herald. Newcastle: Newcastle Newspapers Pty Limited. p. 63. Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via NewsBank.
    5. The article notes: "NEW-FM celebrated its 10th birthday last month. ... Instead of dishing out party favours, new owner Bill Caralis cut costs and staff and flicked the switch to night music networked out of his Lismore station. ... When they left in November 1993 to join Triple M in Adelaide, the failure to find a winning replacement spearheaded the ratings nose-dive that paved the way for 2HD's $2.3million buy-out of NEW's mostly local shareholders in 1994. But after five years of Labor control, NEW is still a long way from the glory of its early years under founder Mike Webb."
  5. Joyce, James (22 March 1999). "NSW Labor signs off with 2HD". News. Newcastle Herald. Newcastle: Newcastle Newspapers Pty Limited. p. 12. Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via NewsBank.
    6. The article notes: "THE NSW Labor Party and Labor Council have handed control of radio stations 2HD and NEW-FM to regional radio mogul Bill Caralis a week before the State election. The outgoing chairman of the Sandgate-based broadcasters, John Price, said Friday's official change of ownership would 'enable the NSW ALP to concentrate on better serving the Hunter community'. The sale price is believed to have been $12.5million"
  6. Day, Mark (10 February 2000). "Mystery mogul of radio". News. The Australian. Sydney: News Limited. p. M12. Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via NewsBank.
    7. The article notes: "He has spent an estimated $40 million in the past 12 months on additional licences and a state-of-the-art broadcast centre, and is the force behind a shake-up of commercial radio. So, asks Mark Day, who is Bill Caralis? ... While Caralis's Broadcast Operations Pty Ltd is a private company, he has every right to tell us all to go to hell. ... He stunned the radio industry last year when he bought two Newcastle stations -- NEW FM and 2HD -- from the NSW Labor Council for more than $11 million, double the 'Bill will need to have deep pockets' value ascribed to them less than a year earlier."

There is sufficient coverage in multiple reliable sources to allow the subject to pass the general notability guideline, requiring "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". --Yours sincerely, Bas (or TechGeek105) (talk to me) 01:41, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 12:46, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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