WQQQ is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to Sharon, Connecticut

Sharon, Connecticut

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 in northwestern Litchfield County, Connecticut

Litchfield County, Connecticut

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. WQQQ also serves adjacent Dutchess County, New York

Dutchess County, New York

Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. The 2010 census lists the population as 297,488...

 and southern Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Berkshire County is a non-governmental county located on the western edge of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2010 census, the population was 131,219. Its largest city and traditional county seat is Pittsfield...

. Until February 7, 2011, WQQQ aired a full service

Full service (radio format)

The full service radio format consists of a wide range of programming. Mostly found on the AM band, the format can be found on a handful of FM stations...

 adult contemporary music format.
The station obtained the WQQQ call letters on November 1, 1992.

WQQQ went on the air on October 7, 1993 with a live morning show from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. followed by a simulcast of then-sister station WREF (850 AM). In the evening and overnights, the station broadcast classical music

Classical music

Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...

 from the Beethoven Network

Peter Van de Graaff

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. WQQQ began programming separately full-time in March 1996.

Joe Loverro became general manager in 2002, and except for a brief period in 2008 and early 2009, remains GM, as well as handling the morning show with Marie Castagna. Ron Lyon handles the extensive local news coverage.

In addition to its adult contemporary programming, WQQQ aired a Friday night oldies

Oldies

Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....

 show hosted by Joe Loverro, a Saturday morning sports talk show hosted by Corey Chapman with Ed Fox and Andy Williams, a Sunday morning smooth jazz

Smooth jazz

Smooth jazz is a genre of music that grew out of jazz fusion and is influenced by R&B, funk, rock, and pop music styles ....

 show with Bob and Maryann Chatfield, and a Sunday evening show featuring standard

Standard (music)

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s and big band

Big band

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s.

WQQQ became a public radio station operated by Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University

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's WSHU-FM

WSHU-FM

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on February 7, 2011.