DWBM-FM
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| City of license | Quezon City |
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| Broadcast area | Mega Manila, surrounding areas |
| Branding | 105.1 Crossover |
| Slogan | "The Smoothest place on your radio" |
| Frequency | 105.1 MHz |
| First air date |
1960 as DZBM 1970s as Super Tunog Pinoy FM 1985 as Power 105 FM 1991 as 105.1 Crossover |
| Format | smooth jazz, rhythm and blues, pop |
| Power | 25,000 watts |
| ERP | 132,000 watts |
| Owner |
Mareco Broadcasting Network, Inc. (Hi-Definition Radio Inc.) |
| Sister stations | Radio High 105.9 |
| Webcast | http://eradioportal.com/marecolo.asx |
| Website | http://www.crossover.fm |
DWBM, branded as 105.1 Crossover, is the flagship FM radio station of Mareco Broadcasting Network, Inc. in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at Sta. Mesa Heights, Quezon City, while its transmitter is located in San Carlos, Binangonan, Rizal. The station is also available via streaming audio on their website. 105.1 Crossover operates weekdays and Sundays from 5:45AM until the next day at 2:00AM, and 24 hours on Fridays and Saturdays.
History
Debut on AM
The Mareco Broadcasting Network, Inc. made its debut in the radio industry in 1963. Its first AM station DZBM, originally served only as a promotional venue for Mareco's own Mabuhay and Villar Records. It also held the local license to produce and market foreign music labels from a peak of over a hundred major international recording companies. During this time, DZBM played the latest and widest variety of popular music and was consistently no. 1 in the surveys, contributing significantly in popularizing radio as a prime entertainment medium in Manila.
Transition to FM radio
With its increasing listenership, Mareco Broadcasting Network eventually opened DZBM to commercial advertising. For enhanced quality, the station moved from AM to the FM band and became known as DWBM-FM at 105.1 MHz in 1991 (a year after New Wave station with the very same call sign, Power 105 FM, shut down). From this time, the network underwent several changes in management, as well as programming, with the end result being 105.1 Crossover in 1994.
Expansion
MBN then realized its plans for expansion with the opening of 99.1 Crossover (DYBM-FM) in Bacolod City on February 1997, 90.7 Crossover (DYAC-FM) in Cebu on September of the same year, and 93.1 Crossover (DXLR-FM) in Davao on June 1999, bringing the Crossover concept to the southern area of the country. The Manila broadcast is now also heard live over 105.1 FM in Baguio City. The Crossover sound is also webcast worldwide in real time on their official website.
Crossover CD compilations
- Pop Goes Jazz (Sony Music Entertainment Philippines, 1995)
- Pop Goes Jazz 2 (Sony Music Philippines, 1996)
- Crossover Classic (Sony Music Philippines, 1997)
- Crossover Classic 2 (Sony Music Philippines, 1997)
- Unwind: The Crossover Classic Collection (Sony Music Philippines, 1998)
- Recall: The Crossover Collection (MCA Music Philippines, 1998)
- Unwind 2: Another Crossover Classic Collection (Sony Music Philippines, 1999)
- Recall: Another Crossover Collection (MCA Music Philippines, 1999)
- Crossover Rhytyms (Universal Records, Inc., 1999)
- Closer To Home (Viva Records Corp., 1999)
- Classic: The Crossover Collection (Sony Music Philippines, 1999)
- Crossover Gold (Universal Records, Inc., 2000)
- Closer To Home 2 (Viva Records, 2001)
- The Greatest Crossover Classics Collection (MCA Music Philippines, 2002)
- The Best Of Crossover Live Presents (Viva Records, 2003)
- Remakes & Revivals (Sony Music Philippines, 2004)
- Soft & Warm (Warner Music Philippines, 2004)
- The Definitive Crossover Collection (MCA Music Philippines, 2005)
- The Big Easy (Universal Records, Inc., 2005)
- The Greatest Crossover Love Songs Collection (EMI Music Philippines, 2006)
- The Crossover Experience (MCA Music Philippines, 2011)
Crossover stations
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