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WACC LP has a sister station?

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I was flipping through the FM dial this afternoon and came across the Legal ID for WACC LP in Enfield and at the end of it, they also acknowledged WQAQ FM in Hamden/New Haven. So I looked it up and WQAQ is the student run station at Qunnipiac. Did these two stations merge into one? Are they now sister stations? I would think it strange that a 100 watt radio station for a communty college in Enfield would have a translator station 50 miles from its home base?
 
It might just be a summer thing, but I'm not familiar with the relationship. I know WQAQ is student-run during the year, but becomes a ghost town during the summer.
 
WQAQ has quickly become a shell of its former self over the last few years. The station's automated about half the time, and that's down from a full 24/7 live schedule just a decade ago. I still wouldn't trade the overnight shift I had there for anything in the world.
 
That's a shame about WQAQ. Is that because the kids aren't interested in radio anymore? Also is the WQAQ antenna that little loop on the fence of the WQUN "house" on Route 10 Whitney Ave?
 
I did some checking and this is what I found out:
WQAQ is normally off the air during the summer months but needed audio to provide testing for a new transmitter and STL. WACC allowed them to rebroadcast while we make changes to our transmission site. Hence the dual legal ID. The students will be back for the fall semester to commence broadcasting. Someone mentioned the round antenna on the WQUN building, this is for AM reception only. The WQAQ transmitter is still located behind the Polling Institute building.
 
I did a 3-hour show on WQAQ back in the early 1990's. :)

It was 88.3 back then, and was BARELY receivable in West Haven on a Superadio 3!

Looks like I found the tower on Google maps... it's zoomed all the way in, and centered. (It is NOT where the little red marker says it is.)

http://goo.gl/maps/wQUKs
 
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