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DWAV (WAVE 891) 
City of license Pasig City Broadcast area Metro Manila Branding WAVE 891 Slogan "Your Most Influential R&B Station" Frequency 89.1 MHz First air date 1975 (as KB 89.1)
1988 (as 89 DMZ)
2001 (as Wave 89.1)
2008 (as Wave 891)Format Rhythmic Contemporary Power 25,000 watts ERP 91,500 watts Class A/B/C Callsign meaning D
WAVeFormer callsigns DWKB-FM (1975-1988)
DZMZ (1988-2000)Owner Blockbuster Broadcasting System Website http://www.wave891.fm/ DWAV, broadcasting as Wave 891, is a music FM station owned and operated by Blockbuster Broadcasting System, Inc. in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at the Strata 2000 Bldg., Ortigas Center, Pasig City, with its transmitter located along the Coca-Cola Plant at Roosevelt Avenue, San Francisco del Monte, Quezon City. It is a 24-hour operating station except on Mondays where it signs-off at midnight, and except Holy Week of each year where it signs-off at midnight of Maundy Thursday and lasts until midnight of Easter Sunday.
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History
Wave 891 began regular operations shortly on March 1, 2001 as Wave 89.1, after Quest, through a government-sponsored bidding, won the rights to the frequency and the facilities of the defunct and sequestered DZMZ (Danze Muzic Zone 89 DMZ, then owned by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation). Wave 891 continues to use IBC-13's transmission facilities up to the present.
Managed by former Magic 89.9 jock Rolando Sulit a.k.a. Joe D'Mango, the station began its operations with a pop soul, pop jazz easy listening format. Some months later, its programming gradually shifted to full pop R&B (also known as Rhythmic contemporary). As of 2009, the station started playing hip-hop tunes. In 2008, the point was eliminated from the title and the station became known as Wave 891.
Last January 2010, Wave 891 successfully launched the first Urban Music Awards.
Programs
Daily programs
- The Wake Up Crew with H-Town, Jada and DJ Marlon
- The KC Show with Kat
- Chill Street with Anne
- The Playroom with Pam
- Sundown Show with George and Jason
- After Hours Club with Janice and Nathan J
- Six-O-Slow with DJ Tayshaun
- Dreamsounds with Jun DJ
- MC Dash 'til Dawn
Specials
- Top 8 at 8
- Island Riddims
- Wave Back Wednesday
- 80 Minutes of the 80's
- 90 Minutes of the 90's
- Racing Beat
- Feel Good Friday
- The Flow
- Real Sports
- Fresh Off The Boat
- Friday OST
- Club Circuit with DJ Marlon
Weekend
- Wave Weekend Fiasco with Gia
- Sabado Boys Show with The Sabado Boys
- Old School Saturday with MC Dash
- Soul Review (the weekly tabulation of Top 8 at 8)
- Saturday Get Away with DJ Marlon
- Low Tide Sunday with Janice
- The Quiet Storm with Jun DJ
Air Staff
- KC Montero
- Kat Alano
- Janice
- George (current voiceover of ETC)
- Pam
- Anne
- Jada
- DJ Tayshaun
- Jason
- MC Dash
- Nathan J
- Gary (Station Manager)
- Erik Mana (Continuity Voice)
- Gerric Yo!
- Gia
- Jun DJ
- Anthony Suntay
- DJ Marlon
- Nina
- H-Town
- Skratchmark (The KC Show with Kat)
Former Air Staff
- Joe D' Mango
- Mabel
- Christian
- Kel the Mushroom
- Robi the Rascal
- Don
- Thor
- BA
- Eri
- Jimmy Muna
- Rye
- Lindy
- Mike Potenciano
- Jerome
- Wendell Garcia
- Kevin Gray
- DJ Decypher
- DJ Constantine
- Diane Elise
Compilations CD's Of Wave 891
- Dream Sounds (MCA Music Philippines, 2002)
- Dream Sounds 2 (MCA Music Philippines, 2003)
- Dream Sounds 3 (EMI Music Philippines, 2005)
- Feel Good Fridays (EMI Music Philippines, 2006)
- MYMP: "New Horizon" (Ivory Music , 2006) (in collaboration with Magic 89.9, Jam 88.3, 90.7 Love Radio & Yes! FM 101.1)
- Freestyle: "Back At The Yard" (Viva Records, 2007) (in collaboration with Magic 89.9)
- Soul Obsessions: Duets With Thor (Ivory Music , 2007)
- Nyoy Volante: "Heartstrings" (Vicor Music Corp., 2008)
- MYMP: "Now" (Ivory Music, 2008) (in collaboration with Jam 88.3, 90.7 Love Radio & Yes! FM 101.1)
- Six O Slow/The Quiet Storm Album (MCA Music Philippines, 2009)
- Nina-Renditions of the Soul (Warner Music Philippines, 2009)
- Freestyle: "Playlist" (Viva Records, 2009) (in collaboration with Magic 89.9, Jam 88.3 & 99.5 RT)
- Princess Velasco: Addicted To Acoustic (Viva Records, 2009) (in collaboration with Jam 88.3 & Mellow 947.)
External links
Quest Broadcasting Inc./The Radio Partners, Inc. Affiliated stations Quest Broadcasting-owned stations Magic 89.9 (Metro Manila) • Killerbee 103.1 (Lucena) • Killerbee 106.3 (Bacolod) • Killerbee 92.3 (Cebu) • Killerbee 95.1 Silliman Radio (Dumaguete) • Killerbee 102.3 Caraga's Hit Radio (Butuan) • Killerbee 95.5 (Zamboanga) • Killerbee 89.3 (Cagayan de Oro) • Killerbee 89.1 (Davao) • Killerbee 106.3 (General Santos)Miscellaneous DynaMedia ProductionsThe Radio Partners Official Website Radio stations in Mega Manila, Philippines 
By AM frequency By FM frequency By callsign DWAD · DWAN · DWAV · DWBC · DWBL · DWBM · DWBR · DWDD · DWDM-FM · DWET-FM · DWFM · DWGI¹ · DWIZ · DWJM · DZJV² · DWKC-FM · DWKX · DWKY · DWLA · DWLL · DWLS · DWNU · DWQZ · DWRK · DWRR-FM · DWRT-FM · DWRX · DWSM · DWSS · DWTM · DWWW · DWXI · DWYS · DWYZ · DZAR · DZAS · DZBB · DZBF · DZCA¹ · DZEC · DZEM · DZFE · DZHH¹ · DZIQ · DZMB · DZMC · DZME · DZMM · DZRB-AM · DZRH · DZRJ-AM · DZRJ-FM · DZRM · DZRV · DZSR · DZTV-AM · DZUP · DZUR · DZXL · DZXQ¹Defunct callsigns ¹Inactive.
²Broadcasting from nearby Metro Manila.
Categories:- Rhythmic Top 40 radio stations in the Philippines
- Metro Manila radio stations
- Radio stations established in 2001
- Quest Broadcasting Inc.
- RadioWorks
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