WCAI

WCAI, WNAN, WZAI

City	WCAI: Woods Hole, Massachusetts WNAN: Nantucket WZAI: Brewster, Massachusetts
Broadcast area	Cape Cod and Islands
Frequency	WCAI: 90.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) WNAN: 91.1 MHz WZAI: 94.3 MHz
First air date	WCAI: September 25, 2000 (2000-09-25)^[1] WNAN: March 15, 2000 (2000-03-15)^[2] WZAI: June 7, 2005 (2005-06-07)^[3]
Format	Non-commercial; National Public Radio
ERP	WCAI: 12,500 watts WNAN: 2,300 watts WZAI: 4,700 watts
HAAT	WCAI: 73.5 meters (241 ft) WNAN: 64 meters (210 ft) WZAI: 113.4 meters (372 ft)
Class	WCAI: B1 WNAN: A WZAI: A
Facility ID	WCAI: 8566 WNAN: 8600 WZAI: 162458
Transmitter coordinates	WCAI: 41°26′16″N 70°36′50″W / 41.43778°N 70.61389°W / 41.43778; -70.61389 (WCAI) WNAN: 41°17′6″N 70°8′39″W / 41.28500°N 70.14417°W / 41.28500; -70.14417 (WNAN) WZAI: 41°46′31″N 70°0′38″W / 41.77528°N 70.01056°W / 41.77528; -70.01056 (WZAI)
Callsign meaning	WCAI: Cape (Cod) And Islands WNAN: NANtucket WZAI: variation of WCAI
Owner	WGBH Educational Foundation
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	capeandislands.org

WCAI (Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 90.1), WNAN (Nantucket, 91.1) and WZAI (Brewster, 94.3) are National Public Radio member radio stations serving the Cape Cod and Islands area of southeast Massachusetts. They broadcast primarily news and information programming and are owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation in Boston.

The station was founded by independent radio producer Jay Allison and his organization, Atlantic Public Media, with construction and operation duties assigned to WGBH, and first went on the air in 2000; Atlantic Public Media has also produced local programming for the station. (WNAN went on the air on March 15, 2000) Coverage for WCAI and WNAN didn't reach all of Cape Cod and the nearby islands, however, and in 2005 the third signal, WZAI, went on the air. In addition, an online stream of the station is available.

In 2007, the station won the prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award, often called the Pulitzer Prize of broadcast journalism, for a 20-part series called Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands. The series was produced and reported by Sean Corcoran, and it highlighted numerous poverty issues in a region that often is thought of as playground for the rich. WCAI was the only radio station to win the award that year.

Apart from being owned by WGBH, there is no connection between the Cape and Islands NPR stations and WNCK in Nantucket, which formerly simulcast WGBH's primary radio service and later WCRB, a classical music station owned by WGBH. WCAI itself carries WCRB's programming on its second HD Radio channel, which was added in late 2013 after WCAI boosted its power.^[4]

References

↑ Fybush, Scott (October 2, 2000). "Spinning the Dial in Connecticut". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
↑ Fybush, Scott (March 17, 2000). "Clear Channel Spins Again". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
↑ Fybush, Scott (June 13, 2005). "A Great Day in Alpine, N.J.". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
↑ "WCAI Increases Transmitter Strength, Reaching more than 200k New Listeners". WCAI. January 28, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2014.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WCAI

Radio-Locator information on WCAI

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WCAI

Query the FCC's FM station database for WNAN

Radio-Locator information on WNAN

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WNAN

Query the FCC's FM station database for WZAI

Radio-Locator information on WZAI

WGBH Educational Foundation

Television stations	WGBH-TV WGBX-TV WGBY-TV

Radio stations	WCAI WCRB WGBH WNAN WNCK WZAI

Media accessibility efforts	Media Access Group (closed captioning and audio description) Descriptive Video Service

Television productions	America's Test Kitchen American Experience Antiques Roadshow Arthur Ask This Old House Basic Black Cook's Country Curious George Design Squad Food Trip with Todd English French in Action Frontline Gourmet's Adventures with Ruth Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie Greater Boston High School Quiz Show Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One Martha Speaks Masterpiece Nova Nova ScienceNow Peep and the Big Wide World Rough Cut – Woodworking with Tommy Mac Simply Ming The Victory Garden This Old House

Public Radio International productions	Studio 360 The Takeaway To the Point The World

Public Radio International distributions	Afropop Worldwide America Abroad As It Happens Bob Edwards Weekend Classical 24 Day 6 Echoes Innovation Hub Jazz After Hours The Kojo Nnamdi Show Live Wire Living on Earth Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Q RadioWest The Record Shelf Riverwalk Jazz Science Friday Selected Shorts Soundcheck The Tavis Smiley Show To the Best of Our Knowledge The Tobolowsky Files Whad'Ya Know? Wiretap Zorba Paster On Your Health

Radio hosts	Kurt Andersen Clark Boyd Steve Curwood Bob Edwards Michael Feldman Ira Glass Celeste Headlee John Hockenberry Mary Kay Magistad Lisa Mullins Femi Oke Warren Olney Jeb Sharp Tavis Smiley Faith Salie Ray Suarez Jesse Thorn Marco Werman Robin Young

Websites	GlobalPost

Radio stations in the Cape Cod market

By AM frequency	1170 1240

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.1 89.5 90.1 90.1 90.3 90.7 91.1 91.3 91.5 91.9 92.1 92.7 93.5 93.9 94.3 95.1 96.3 96.7 (WRYP) 96.7 (WVVY-LP) 97.7 98.7 99.5 99.9 100.5 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.9 103.9 104.7 106.1 106.5 107.5 107.9

Via FM subcarrier	67 kHz Talking Information Center (radio reading service)

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.55

Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	90.1-1 90.1-2 102.9-1 102.9-2 102.9-3

By callsign	KEC73 WAZK WBAS WBUA WBUH WCAI WCCT-FM WCIB WCOD-FM WEII WFCC-FM WFMR WFPB WFPB-FM WFRQ WGTX WHYA WKFY WKKL WKPE-FM WMVY WNAN WNCK WOCN-FM WOMR WPXC WQRC WRYP WSDH WVVY-LP WXTK WYZX WZAI

Defunct stations	WXLJ-LP/97.7

Massachusetts radio markets Boston Cape Cod New Bedford–Fall River Springfield Worcester Other Massachusetts radio regions Pittsfield See also List of radio stations in Massachusetts

NPR member stations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

WGBH stations	Boston WGBH Brewster WZAI Lowell WCRB Nantucket WNAN Nantucket WNCK Woods Hole WCAI

WBUR stations	Boston WBUR-FM Harwich WCCT-FM Sandwich WSDH

WUMB stations	Boston WUMB-FM Falmouth WFPB-FM Orleans WFPB Stow WUMG Worcester WBPR

WFCR stations	Amherst WFCR Deerfield WNNZ-FM Westfield WNNZ

Other stations	Great Barrington WAMQ Newburyport WNEF Sheffield WBSL-FM Springfield WAIC Worcester WICN

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Massachusetts

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