WQQQ
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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.
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
- ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WQQQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Epstein, Ruth (January 28, 2011). "Local radio waves silenced". Republican-American. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
- ^ "WQQQ". www.wshu.org. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "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
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