 The "K-Lite" format would last until late 1994 when WWWK (and WELV) flipped to a satellite-fed Hot Adult Contemporary format, a format that would serve as a placeholder while Straus waited for a purchase of two stations in Hudson to close.In the Spring of 1995, WWWK joined with WRVW in Hudson with the two stations simulcasting a satellite "hot country" format known as "Thunder Country" with WWWK changing its calls to WTHN in the process.With the move, the on-air operations for WTHN (and WELV) would move from Ellenville to Hudson, a move that would be short lived as both the Hudson and Ellenville stations would move to Poughkeepsie in 1997 when the format added WTND in that city.