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DWAV (89.1 FM), broadcasting as Adventist World Radio 89.1, is a radio station owned by Blockbuster Broadcasting System and operated under an airtime lease agreement by the Adventist Media. The station's studio is located at the North Philippines Union Conference Compound, #210 San Juan St., Pasay, while its transmitter is located at Palos Verdes Executive Village, Brgy. Sta. Cruz, Sumulong Highway, Antipolo.

The station first aired on September 1,1975 as KB 89.1 under the call letters DWKB-FM. It was under the ownership of the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation. In a short time, it became one of the country's most listened easy listening FM stations.

In 1987, the management planned to reformat the station, which would play Pinoy music, for the announcers to be competitive; the latter preferred to carry on its old format.

The station later rebranded as 89 DMZ and also changed its callsign to DZMZ-FM. It was known for airing dance, techno-pop, hip-hop and remixed music throughout its existence. The late rapper, Francis Magalona, worked with the station beginning in 1994 through his program, "The Word-up Show", which aired on Saturday nights. It also became the home of the "Mobile Circuit" aired on Friday nights.

From May 23, 2000, in what was the first in the country's broadcasting, the station simulcast a Tuesday primetime variety show of IBC-13, DMZTV, whose format is similar to that of MTV.

The station was among those assets of the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation which had been sequestered by the Aquino administration through the newly-formed Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG); with the network's privatization being planned since mid-1990s. The station was eventually acquired by the Vera Group though Blockbuster Broadcasting System, Inc. in a bidding held by the Presidential Commission on Good Government in December 2000. However, the station shared its transmission facilities with IBC-13 until 2014 when it transferred its facilities to Antipolo.

Wave 89.1 began regular broadcast on March 1, 2001, simultaneous with a media launch in a hotel in Makati. It also changed its callsign to DWAV to reflect the branding. Managed by former Magic 89.9 jock Rolando Sulit a.k.a. Joe D'Mango, the station initially carried an urban adult contemporary format, playing contemporary pop music and rhythm and blues.

In 2007, Gary Caoili took over the management of the station after Sulit departed his management duties for both Wave and sister station Jam 88.3 (and subsequently transferred to ABS-CBN before migrating to Australia for good). A year later, after the demise of Blazin' 105.9, the station shifted to Urban Contemporary, playing more Hip Hop and R&B.

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