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===Switch to Spanish-language programming=== In October 1995, Park Communications announced the sale of WPAT FM to [[Spanish Broadcasting System]], owners of [[WSKQ]]. The sale included the license and transmitter, and excluded real estate, sales contracts employment contracts, internal equipment, and leases. The building was sold with AM 930 [[WPAT (AM)|WPAT]]. On January 19, 1996, at 11:59 pm, WPAT-FM ceased being an English-language station when control was switched over to current owners [[Spanish Broadcasting System]]. WPAT-FM DJ Karen Carson did the last air shift for the station's adult contemporary format that day.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hinckley |first1=David |title=It'll Be Muller Time At WYNY If Chi Deejay Joins A.M. Brew |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/muller-time-wyny-chi-deejay-joins-m-brew-article-1.727281 |newspaper=Daily News |location=New York City |date=January 23, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923010103/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/muller-time-wyny-chi-deejay-joins-m-brew-article-1.727281 |archive-date=September 23, 2018}}</ref> Operations Director Ken Mackenzie gave a farewell speech right before the station ended its broadcast. Immediately after the station signed off from Clifton, a new Spanish-language [[adult contemporary]] format signed on from SBS studios in [[Manhattan]]. The branding became "Suave 93.1" ("Smooth 93.1"). Eventually, on February 4, 1998, the station's branding was changed to "Amor 93.1" ("Love 93.1") and in January 2002, returned to "93.1 Amor" ("93.1 Love"). Over time, the station transitioned from Spanish AC to Spanish [[tropical music]].
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