DWBR
| City | Quezon City |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Metro Manila, and surrounding areas |
| Branding | 104.3 FM2 |
| Slogan | Your Hit Back Music Nation! |
| Frequency | 104.3 MHz |
| First air date | December 18, 1979 (as DWIM) May 1986 (as DWBR Business Radio) February 2, 2017 (as FM2) |
| Format | |
| Power | 25,000 watts |
| ERP | 48,600 watts |
| Class | A, B, upper C |
| Callsign meaning |
Business Radio (former branding) Weaving Beautiful Rhythms (former slogan) |
| Former callsigns | DWIM (1979-1986) |
| Former frequencies | 103.5 MHz (1979-1986) |
| Owner | Philippine Broadcasting Service |
| Sister stations | Radyo ng Bayan 738, Sports Radio 918, Radyo Magasin 1278, 87.5 FM1, DZRP Radyo Pilipinas |
| Webcast | 104.3 FM2 LIVE Audio |
| Website | http://www.pbs.gov.ph/dwbr |
DWBR (104.3 FM), broadcasting as FM2, is a radio station with a classic hits 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 Office. Its studios and transmitter are located at 4th Floor, Philippine Information Agency Building, Visayas Avenue, Quezon City. It operates daily from 6 am to 12 mn.
DWBR started in 1979 as DWIM (under at 103.5 MHz FM, which is now called 103.5 K-Lite, owned by Advanced Media Broadcasting System, Inc.), headquartered 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.
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.
It became DWBR (and moved to the current frequency at 104.3 MHz) in 1986, after the People Power Revolution. The station held the tagline: Weaving Beautiful Rhythms. It played old standards music, from the big band era to the Broadway era, playing songs from the 40s to 70s.
In early 1990s, it adopted the brand Business Radio, albeit retaining its music format. Since that time, it covered the latest business stories and issues in the Philippines with its coverage of the Philippine . It also aired various talk programs that discusses relevant matters concerning business, the environment.
It was managed by its active manager Ms. Ma. Julita "Maju" E. Ramos. Regular newscasters include Bon Vibar, Cheryl Buenaventura-Ayuste, Rouella Santos, Alel Auxillos, Shirly Semic, and Edwin Santos. Other voices heard on the station are Manny Carvajal, Fred Patrick, Camille Victoria, Dean Bernardo, and George Boone.
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