However, the attempt to try to run one station as two became a strain given the distance and differences between the two areas and that air talent was doing double the work with staggered breaks between the two stations. A general glut of Hot AC music in the mid-Hudson Valley did not help matters as well and with Straus's sale to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) in 2000 the days of the WCTJ part of the simulcast were numbered.
The attempt to operate one station as two proved challenging due to geographical distance and differences between the two areas, leading to air staff working double shifts with staggered breaks. The abundance of Hot AC music in the mid-Hudson Valley compounded the issue, and the sale of Straus to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) signaled the end of the simulcast involving WCTJ.