WQAQ
Encyclopedia
WQAQ is a student run radio station
broadcasting an Alternative
format. Licensed to Hamden, Connecticut
, USA, the station serves the Connecticut college area. The station is currently owned by Quinnipiac University
.
The organization is approved and funded by the Student Government Association and completely run by students, including an elected management staff. Though primarily a "college alternative" format, there are also many hip hop
, metal, and talk shows. The station is on the air throughout the school year, 24 hours a day.
Radio station
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broadcasting an Alternative
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
format. Licensed to Hamden, Connecticut
Hamden, Connecticut
Hamden is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant." Hamden is home to Quinnipiac University. The population was 58,180 according to the Census Bureau's 2005 estimates...
, USA, the station serves the Connecticut college area. The station is currently owned by Quinnipiac University
Quinnipiac University
Quinnipiac University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in Hamden, Connecticut, United States at the foot of Sleeping Giant State Park...
.
The organization is approved and funded by the Student Government Association and completely run by students, including an elected management staff. Though primarily a "college alternative" format, there are also many hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, metal, and talk shows. The station is on the air throughout the school year, 24 hours a day.
Antenna Controversy
Prior to the Fall 2006 semester, without any notification to the students, WQAQ's broadcast antenna was removed from its location atop the campus student center, forcing the station off-air and putting the station's FCC license in jeopardy.http://www.quchronicle.com/media/storage/paper294/news/2006/09/05/CampusNews/The-Day.The.Music.Died-2257297.shtml?norewrite200609141607Notable Former Staff
A number of former WQAQ staffers have gone on to careers in commercial radio and entertainment:- " Little" John Principale - Former APD/MD, DJ - CBS Radio, WXRK-FM, New York, NY
- Rob Guerrera - Former DJ - Mike & Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio, Bristol, CT
- DJ ConceptDJ. Concept (the Bash Brothers)DJ Concept is DJ & producer from Long Island, New York. He is the co-founder of The Bash Brothers DJ Crew along with DJ Mickey Knox.-Biography:...
(AKA Kid Dee) - Former Music Director & DJ - SirIus Satellite Radio