LAKEVILLE — Radio station WQQQ-103.3 FM announced this week that on-air personality Joe Loverro is returning to the airwaves.
Loverro will begin his re-engagement with radio slowly, and will host Friday Night Gold beginning March 13 at 7 p.m.
Thia Tarrab and Corey Chapman will continue to host the morning show, with news reported by John Neufeld, and weather from meteorologist Bill Jacquemin.
Loverro took a leave of absence from his duties managing the station and from his on-air morning show last July. He cited “personal reasons� at the time; he later revealed that he was undergoing cancer treatments, which lasted seven months. All indications are that he has beaten the disease.
Dennis Jackson, who owns the station, said, “Joe’s cheerful presentation on ‘The Q-103 Morning Show’ was an entertaining and informative wake-up companion to thousands of Tri-state area listeners. His ‘Friday Night Gold’ show attracted local devotees and weekend visitors who told us they would plan the drive from greater New York to catch Joe’s oldies show.
“His enthusiastic personality and deep voice have been conspicuously absent and we have had countless inquiries as to when he would return. Happily, we can now say the answer is, ‘This Friday!’�
In addition to providing quips, jokes, trivia and music on the air, Loverro wants to encourage and empower others facing cancer.
He serves on the 2009 Housatonic Valley Relay for Life committee and will speak at the June event. He will also participate in the overnight American Cancer Society Relay, which is held on the track at the high school, and which honors cancer patients and their families.
While undergoing treatment, Loverro remained an active director of the Tri-state Chamber of Commerce, a member of the planning committee for the upcoming Tri-state Trade Festival (March 22), and vice president of the Sharon Lions Club.
“Family, friends, and the sense of community we share in our area helped give me strength,� he said. “We have a wonderful community and I love being part of it. I am excited about rejoining the Q-103 FM broadcast team and working together to strengthen our service to our listeners, clients and community.�
