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.