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Satellite of WAMC-FM, Albany, New York | |
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Frequency | 103.3 MHz |
Branding | WAMC Northeast Public Radio |
Programming | |
Format | Public radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | WAMC, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | October 7, 1993 |
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″N73°34′20.4″W / 41.918972°N 73.572333°W |
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Public license information |
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.
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]
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