WQQQ

WQQQ (103.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Sharon, Connecticut in northwestern Litchfield County, Connecticut. WQQQ also serves adjacent Dutchess County, New York and southern Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

WQQQ
CitySharon, Connecticut
Frequency103.3 MHz
Programming
FormatPublic radio
Ownership
OwnerThe Ridgefield Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
October 7, 1993 (1993-10-07)
Former call signs
WWPR (1989–1992)[1]
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID54785
ClassA
ERP1,500 watts
HAAT186 meters (610 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°55′8″N 73°34′22″W
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS

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 show from 6-9 o'clock 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 adult contemporary music format as "Q-103 FM" until Monday, February 7, 2011, when it became a public radio station operated by Sacred Heart University's WSHU-FM.[2]

In January 2021 WSHU announced its decision not to renew the broadcasting agreement with WQQQ. WQQQ ceased simulcasting WSHU on January 31, 2021,[3] shifting to an easy listening format. In October 2021, the Ridgefield Broadcasting Corporation filed to sell WQQQ to another public radio organization, WAMC, for $500,000.[4]

References
  1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. Epstein, Ruth (January 28, 2011). "Local radio waves silenced". Republican-American. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  3. "WQQQ". www.wshu.org. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  4. "Connecticut FM, Phoenix AM Sold". All Access. Retrieved October 13, 2021.


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