WQQQ

This article is about a radio station in Connecticut. For the radio station in Pennsylvania formerly called WQQQ, see WODE-FM.

WQQQ (103.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Sharon, Connecticut, in northwestern Litchfield County. WQQQ also serves adjacent Dutchess County, New York, and southern Berkshire County, Massachusetts. The station is a public radio station, operating as part of the Albany, New York–based WAMC network.

WQQQ

Satellite of WAMC-FM, Albany, New York
Sharon, Connecticut United States
Frequency	103.3 MHz
Branding	WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Programming
Format	Public radio
Ownership
Owner	WAMC, Inc.
History
First air date	October 7, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-10-07)
Former call signs	WWPR (1989–1992)[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	54785
Class	A
ERP	1,500 watts
HAAT	186 meters (610 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°55′8.3″N 73°34′20.4″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

History

The station obtained the WQQQ call letters on November 1, 1992.^[1] WQQQ went on the air on October 7, 1993, with a live morning drive show followed by a simulcast of then-sister station WREF (850 AM). In the evening and overnights, the station broadcast classical music from the Beethoven Network. WQQQ began programming separately full-time in March 1996 and aired a full service format featuring adult contemporary music format as "Q-103 FM". On February 7, 2011, WQQQ ended the full service format and became a public radio station operated by Sacred Heart University's WSHU-FM.^[3]

In January 2021, WSHU announced its decision not to renew the broadcasting agreement with WQQQ. WQQQ ceased simulcasting WSHU on January 31, 2021,^[4] shifting to an automated easy listening format. In October 2021, the Ridgefield Broadcasting Corporation filed to sell WQQQ to another public radio organization, WAMC, for $500,000.^[5] The sale was consummated on November 24, 2021.

References

1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
2. "Facility Technical Data for WQQQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. Epstein, Ruth (January 28, 2011). "Local radio waves silenced". Republican-American. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
4. "WQQQ". www.wshu.org. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
5. "Connecticut FM, Phoenix AM Sold". All Access. Retrieved October 13, 2021.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 739817 (WQQQ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WQQQ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database