DWBR

DWBR (104.3 Business Radio)

City	Quezon City
Broadcast area	Metro Manila, and surrounding areas
Branding	104.3 Business Radio
Slogan	"Music and Talk ... Nice and Easy!" "Your music and information radio."
Frequency	104.3 MHz
First air date	December 18, 1979
Format	Business news, Big Band, OPM
Power	25,000 watts
ERP	48,600 watts
Class	A, B, upper C
Callsign meaning	Business Radio
Former callsigns	DWIM (1970s-1986)
Former frequencies	103.5 MHz (1970s-1986)
Owner	Philippine Government (through Philippine Broadcasting Service)
Sister stations	Radyo ng Bayan 738, Sports Radio 918, Radyo Magasin 1278
Webcast	DWBR Business Radio LIVE Audio
Website	http://www.pbs.gov.ph/

DWBR (104.3 FM), broadcasting as 104.3 Business Radio, is a radio station with a business news, big band and OPM format in the Metro Manila area, owned and operated by the government of the Philippines through the Philippine Broadcasting Service (PBS) under the Presidential Communications Group. Its studios are located in the Philippine Information Agency Building, Visayas Avenue, Quezon City.

The station operates daily from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM except during Holy Week where it signs off at 10:00 pm of Palm Sunday for terrestrial broadcast and 10:00 pm of Holy Wednesday for webcast services and PBS rAPPS for iPhone and Android devices, and lasts until 6 am of Easter Sunday, transmitting at an effective power of 25,000 watts.^[1] It currently broadcasts a mix of news and information, talk, and music, giving emphasis on oldies music and also Original Pilipino Music (OPM).

History

DWBR started in 1970s as DWIM (under at 103.5 MHz FM, which is now called 103.5 K-Lite, owned by Advanced Media Broadcasting System, Inc.), headquarted at the Philcomcen Tower in Pasig (before moved to the Broadcast Plaza (now ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center) in Bohol Avenue, and then later moved again to its present location at Media Center Building in Visayas Avenue, Quezon City) serving music and news daily from 5 AM to midnight. Newscasters around that time were Jess Decolongan, Don Lee, and Bong Lapira. Other voices of DWIM included Babs Peña and Manny Freires.^[2]

It became DWBR (and moved to the current frequency at 104.3 MHz) in 1986, after the People Power Revolution. At present, the station has a new tagline: Weaving Beautiful Rhythms. It is managed by its active manager Ms. Ma. Julita E. Ramos, known as Maju Ramos on the air. Regular newscasters include Bon Vibar, Cheryl Buenaventura-Ayuste, Maju Ramos, Rouella Santos, Alel Auxillos, Shirly Semic, and Edwin Santos. Other voices heard on the station are Manny Carvajal, Fred Patrick, and Camille Victoria.

Programming

Since being DWIM, the station has 3 major 15-minute newscasts at 7 AM, noon, and 7 PM. At the top of every hour other than the mentioned hours, there is a 5-minute news bulletin, which includes business reports around the times when the Philippine Stock Exchange is open.

Major programs include Broadcaster's Bureau, a 2-hour morning show that starts every DWBR broadcast from Monday to Friday. In the program, current issues blends with music. There is also a program in the afternoon called Metro Rhythms. Health Plus, in the early evenings, discusses medical matters. Insurance For All airs every Monday and Saturday morning with talk on a wide range of topics.

OPM: Only Pilipino Melodies showcases local music and even live performances from various artists every Saturday afternoon from 5 PM to 7 PM. The Other Office, a regular talk show hosted by Louie Ariola, airs every Sunday from 5 to 7 in the evening.

Make My Day is also a regular, a 5-minute program of Larry Henares dishing out commentaries from various columnists, airing in various timeslots.

Musical Souvenirs plays the songs of the old standards every afternoon. Twin Plus is a segment featuring a song as performed by 2 artists airing at different times of the day.

DWBR also carries a program for Filipino folk music, the traditional "harana" with a weekend two-hour live singing from the time-tested "Mabuhay Singers."

References

Presidential Communications Group

Offices	Presidential Spokesman Development and Strategic Planning Operations Office

Key Divisions	Philippine Information Agency Philippine News Agency Presidential News Desk Radio - Television Malacanang Bureau of Communication Services National Printing Office APO Production Unit OP Web Development Office

Media networks	Radio Philippines Network (20%)¹ RPN 9 Manila Other stations People's Television PTV 4 Manila Other stations IBC IBC 13 Manila Other stations PBS Radyo ng Bayan Sports Radio Radyo Magasin Business Radio Radyo Pilipinas Other stations

¹Broadcasting CNN Philippines, operated by Nine Media Corporation

Radio stations in the Metro Manila market

By AM frequency	DZXL 558 DZBB 594 DZMM 630 DZRH 666 DZAS 702 DZRB 738 DWWW 774 DZRJ 810 DZRV 846 DWIZ 882 DZSR 918 DZEM 954 DZIQ 990 DZAR 1026 DZEC 1062 DWAD 1098 DWDD 1134 DWBL 1242 DZRM 1278 DWXI 1314 DWUN 1350 DZJV 1458¹ DWSS 1494 DZME 1530 DZUP 1602 DZBF 1674

By FM frequency	DWJM 88.3 DWAV 89.1 DWTM 89.9 DZMB 90.7 DWKY 91.5 DWFM 92.3 DWRX 93.1 DWKC 93.9 DWLL 94.7 DWDM 95.5 DWRK 96.3 DWLS 97.1 DWQZ 97.9 DZFE 98.7 DWRT 99.5 DZRJ 100.3 DWYS 101.1 DWRR 101.9 DWSM 102.7 DWKX 103.5 DWBR 104.3 DWEY 104.7¹ DWBM 105.1 DWLA 105.9 DWET 106.7 DWNU 107.5 DZUR 107.9

HD digital radio	90.7-1 91.5-1 93.9-1 93.9-2 93.9-3 95.5-1 98.7-1 100.3-1 101.1-1 101.9-1 101.9-2 101.9-3 105.1-1

Internet radio	WXB 102 89 DMZ

Defunct callsigns	DWCD-FM² DWCS² DWNU² DWRT-AM² DWST² DWXB² DZFX² DZMZ² DZWI² KZKZ DZCA DWAN DZTV-AM DWBC-AM DZHH DZST² DZMC DZXQ²

¹Transmitting outside Metro Manila. ²Technically still active, but with new call letters and different intellectual property.

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DWBR

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