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WPAT are two radio stations licensed to Paterson, New Jersey which serves the New York City Metropolitan area on 930am and 93.1fm. The AM station first signed on in 1941 and the FM station signed on in 1957 originally from their studios in Newark, New Jersey moving to new studios on Church Street in Paterson and finally from their last studio on Broad Street in Clifton, New Jersey. They were owned by capital Cities Communications until 1985. Since Capital Cities Communications was merging with ABC and would acquire WABC 770 and WPLJ 95.5 they had to sell WPAT AM 930 and WPAT FM 93.1. WPAT AM and FM would be sold in 1985 to Park Communications. 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A megahertz (MHz) is one million (106) hertz, a measure of frequency. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... The Spanish Broadcasting System is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States. ... The skyline of Paterson, New Jersey, showing the canyon of the Passaic River in the foreground. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Newark (), nicknamed The Brick City, is the largest city in New Jersey and the county seat of urban Essex County. ... Clifton is a city located in Passaic County, New Jersey. ...

For years WPAT operated both frequencies with a beautiful music format. They gradually began to evolve to an adult contemporary format in 1992. By 1993 they were a broad based AC station and more uptempo in 1994. From October 1994 to their sign off in early in 1996 they were known as "Today's 93.1". WPAT 930 ran seperate programming in the evenings and weekend mornings with stuff like sports programming, public affairs shows, Broadway show, Sunday Mass, among other things. WPAT FM dropped the weekend specialty shows in 1994 when becoming "today's 93.1". In November of 1995 Spanish Broadcasting agreed to purchase the FM 93.1 license and transmitter. The building and intellectual property was excluded from the sale. The building, the AM transmitter, and AM 930 license would be sold to Heftel which was another Spanish Company. Beautiful Music was a mostly-instrumental music format that was prominent in American radio from the 1960s through the 1980s. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ...

On January 19, 1996 at 11:59 PM WPAT ceased being an English language broadcaster when control of the stations were switched to their new owners. WPAT FM would no longer be broadcasting from Clifton but from Manhattan.WPAT DJ Karen Carson did the last airshift on WPAT FM as an AC station that day. Operations Director Ken McKenzie then aired a farewell speach on WPAT FM. On January 20 immediatly after WPAT signed off from CLifton the New Spanish WPAT FM would sign on. They still air a Spanish AC format today.

WPAT 930 was sold to Heftel Broadcasting. WPAT AM 930 continued to run the AC format until March 26 at 3 PM. The News director did the farewell at that moment. WPAT 930 then changed the format to Spanish Mexican Music. They gradually added ethnic/leased programming and flipped to Korean completely by 1997. In the late 90's WPAT 930 was swapped to Multicultural Broadcasting for 105.9 FM. Heftel became known as Hispanic Broadcasting and today is owned by Univision. 105.9 FM is known as WCAA with a Spanish Contemporary format focusing on Tropical Music. WPAT 930 is still owned by Multicultural Broascasting and does an Ethnic Brokered format. Multicultural still owns WPAT's building but they currently still do not use it. The building remains vacant.

The AM transmitter is still located in Clifton at the old Broad Street studios and the FM transmitter was originally located atop of the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan in New York City but it was destroyed as a result of the September 11, 2001 attacks, It was eventually moved to the Empire State building. The twin towers, photographed from the west The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of seven buildings leased by Larry Silverstein from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey around a central plaza, near the south end of Manhattan in the downtown financial district. ... Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. ... The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated attacks carried out in the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. ... The Empire State Building Entrance lobby The Empire State Building, a 102-story contemporary Art Deco style building in New York City, was designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Associates and built in 1931. ...

AM Radio Stations in the New York City Market

By Frequency: 570 | 620 | 660 | 710 | 770 | 820 | 880 | 930 | 970 | 1010 | 1050 | 1130 | 1190 | 1280 | 1330 | 1380 | 1430 | 1480 | 1560 | 1600 | 1660 Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... Sine waves of various frequencies; the lower waves have higher frequencies than those above. ... WMCA, 570 AM in New York city, was the citys top-rated popular music radio station between 1963-1967. ... Sportsradio 66 WFAN AM 660 kHz, often referred to as The FAN, is a sports radio station in the city of New York. ... WOR-AM is a class A (nighttime clear channel), AM radio station located in New York, New York, USA, operating on 710kHz. ... WABC AM (770 kHz New York City) NewsTalkradio 77 is the flagship station of the ABC Radio Network. ... WNYC are the call letters for two public radio stations in New York City. ... WCBS-AM 880 is a Class A 50,000 watt radio station broadcasting from New York City featuring an all-news format. ... WINS (AM), known on-air as 1010 WINS, is an all-news radio station in New York City at 1010 kHz, owned by Infinity Broadcasting. ... WEPN, more commonly known as 1050 ESPN Radio, is a round the clock all-sports talk station in New York City featuring national and local sports programming. ... WBBR 1130 AM in New York City airs Bloomberg Radio, a service of Bloomberg Media, which just happens to be owned by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. ... WQEW 1560 AM is a Radio Disney affiliate. ...

By Callsign: WABC | WADO | WBBR | WCBS | WEPN | WFAN | WINS | WKDM | WLIB | WMCA | WNSW | WNYC | WOR | WPAT | WQEW | WSNR | WWDJ | WWRL | WWRU | WWRV | WZRC In broadcasting and radio communication, a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for a transmitting station. ... WABC AM (770 kHz New York City) NewsTalkradio 77 is the flagship station of the ABC Radio Network. ... WBBR 1130 AM in New York City airs Bloomberg Radio, a service of Bloomberg Media, which just happens to be owned by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. ... WCBS-AM 880 is a Class A 50,000 watt radio station broadcasting from New York City featuring an all-news format. ... WEPN, more commonly known as 1050 ESPN Radio, is a round the clock all-sports talk station in New York City featuring national and local sports programming. ... Sportsradio 66 WFAN AM 660 kHz, often referred to as The FAN, is a sports radio station in the city of New York. ... WINS (AM), known on-air as 1010 WINS, is an all-news radio station in New York City at 1010 kHz, owned by Infinity Broadcasting. ... WMCA, 570 AM in New York city, was the citys top-rated popular music radio station between 1963-1967. ... WNYC are the call letters for two public radio stations in New York City. ... WOR-AM is a class A (nighttime clear channel), AM radio station located in New York, New York, USA, operating on 710kHz. ... WQEW 1560 AM is a Radio Disney affiliate. ...

Based on a list from the New York Radio Guide.

FM Radio Stations in the New York City Market

By Frequency: 88.3 | 88.9 | 89.1 (WFDU) | 89.1 (WNYU) | 89.5 | 89.9 | 90.7 | 91.1 | 91.5 | 92.3 | 92.7 | 93.1 | 93.9 | 94.7 | 95.5 | 96.3 | 97.1 | 97.9 | 98.7 | 99.5 | 100.3 | 101.1 | 101.9 | 102.7 | 103.5 | 104.3 | 105.1 | 105.9 | 106.7 | 107.5 FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity broadcast radio sound. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... Sine waves of various frequencies; the lower waves have higher frequencies than those above. ... WBGO is a public radio station broadcasting from Newark, New Jersey and located at 88. ... WNYU - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... WSOU is a non-commercial, college radio station, located at 89. ... WFUV is a public radio station in New York City owned by Fordham University. ... WFMU-FM is a noncommercial radio station broadcasting at 91. ... WNYE-FM started out as a high-frequency AM (apex) station in 1938, switching to FM in 1942, at which time it broadcast at a frequency of 42. ... The station, first known as WMCA-FM, went on the air on December 25, 1948. ... WCAA, known on-air as 105. ... WNYC are the call letters for two public radio stations in New York City. ... WFME is a radio station on 94. ... WPLJ is a New York City radio station, broadcast on 95. ... WQXR is a radio station that broadcasts from New York City on 96. ... WQHT (FM) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... WSKQ, known on-air as Mega 97. ... WRKS-FM, better known as 98. ... The WBAI studios on the 10th floor of 120 Wall Street, Manhattan WBAI is a non-commercial, listener sponsored New York radio station, located at 99. ... WHTZ, also known as Z-100, is one of the most successful (and copied) radio stations in America today. ... WCBS-FM is a New York City radio station, broadcasting on 101. ... WQCD, known on-air as CD 101. ... WNEW is a New York City FM radio station operating at 102. ... 103. ... WAXQ, known on-air as Q 104-3 is a radio station with a classic rock format in New York City. ... WWPR-FM (Power 105. ... WCAA, known on-air as 105. ... WLTW, known on-air as 106. ... WBLS (107. ...

By Callsign: WAXQ | WBAI | WBGO | WBLS | WCAA | WCBS | WFDU | WFME | WFMU | WFUV | WHTZ | WKCR | WKTU | WLTW | WNEW | WNYC | WNYE | WNYU | WPAT | WPLJ | WQCD | WQHT | WQXR | WRKS | WSIA | WSOU | WSKQ | WWPR | WXRK | WZAA In broadcasting and radio communication, a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for a transmitting station. ... WAXQ, known on-air as Q 104-3 is a radio station with a classic rock format in New York City. ... The WBAI studios on the 10th floor of 120 Wall Street, Manhattan WBAI is a non-commercial, listener sponsored New York radio station, located at 99. ... WBGO is a public radio station broadcasting from Newark, New Jersey and located at 88. ... WBLS (107. ... WCAA, known on-air as 105. ... WCBS-FM is a New York City radio station, broadcasting on 101. ... WFME is a radio station on 94. ... WFMU-FM is a noncommercial radio station broadcasting at 91. ... WFUV is a public radio station in New York City owned by Fordham University. ... WHTZ, also known as Z-100, is one of the most successful (and copied) radio stations in America today. ... 103. ... WLTW, known on-air as 106. ... WNEW is a New York City FM radio station operating at 102. ... WNYC are the call letters for two public radio stations in New York City. ... WNYE-FM started out as a high-frequency AM (apex) station in 1938, switching to FM in 1942, at which time it broadcast at a frequency of 42. ... WNYU - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... WPLJ is a New York City radio station, broadcast on 95. ... WQCD, known on-air as CD 101. ... WQHT (FM) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... WQXR is a radio station that broadcasts from New York City on 96. ... WRKS-FM, better known as 98. ... WSOU is a non-commercial, college radio station, located at 89. ... WSKQ, known on-air as Mega 97. ... WWPR-FM (Power 105. ... The station, first known as WMCA-FM, went on the air on December 25, 1948. ... WCAA, known on-air as 105. ...

Based on a list from the New York Radio Guide.

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