| City of license | Pasig City |
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| Broadcast area | Metro Manila and surrounding areas |
| Branding | JAM 88.3 |
| Slogan | Your Kind of Mix We Get the Hits First |
| Frequency | 88.3 MHz |
| First air date | May 27, 1988 (as Citylite 88.3) July 1, 2003 (as Jam 88.3) |
| Format | Modern rock, Alternative rock |
| Power | 35,000 watts |
| Class | AB |
| Callsign meaning | DW JAM |
| Former callsigns | DWCT-FM (1988-2003) |
| Owner | Raven Broadcasting Corporation |
| Website | http://www.jam883.fm/ |
DWJM-FM, currently branded as JAM 88.3, is a music FM station owned and operated by Raven Broadcasting Corporation. The station's studio is located in Unit 202 Strata 2000 Building F. Ortigas Jr. Road Ortigas Center, Pasig City, while the transmitter is located at Palos Verdes Executive Village, Brgy. Seven Hills, Sumulong Highway, Antipolo City, Rizal. 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 5:30 am of Easter Sunday.
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Raven Broadcasting Corporation (callsign - DWCT-FM), Citylite 88.3, a smooth jazz radio station owned by Francis Lumen, played smooth jazz and rhythm and blues from May 27, 1988 to June 30, 2003. It competed directly with 105.1 Crossover and Kiss Jazz 101.1 (before it became Yes FM 101.1). On October 1996, Citylite 88.3 launched on the internet with its live streaming on the old website, After 2 years, Raven Broadcasting Corporation was acquired by The Radio Partners, Inc. while Francis Lumen switched to Joey @ Rhythms 92.3 (now 92.3 News FM). From March 2001 to June 2003, it was known as Smooth Jazz Citylite 88.3. On June 30, 2003, after 15 years on DWCT-FM, Citylite 88.3 bid farewell. As its “swansong”, it played Eumir Deodato’s “Love Island” on the program “Smooth Classic Sunday” with DJ Harvey.
On July 1, 2003, Raven Broadcasting Corporation relaunched the station as Jam 88.3 (it also changed its callsign to DWJM) to cater to a larger more advertiser-friendly audience.
Jam 88.3 was originally launched as an "easy listening" station. Within a year of launching, the station quickly established itself as a popular trend-setting station in The Philippines with unique programs and segments. Jam has a reputation for discovering new talent and music. It is largely recognized in the Philippine music industry for starting the Acoustic music trend of 2003 and 2004. The station can also be credited for propelling the return to prominence of OPM ( Original Pilipino Music ) beginning in 2005.
As Jam 88.3
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