WCAI

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WCAI
WCAI logo.png
Broadcast area Hyannis, Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Frequency 90.1 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingCAI
Programming
Format Non-commercial; National Public Radio
Subchannels HD2: WCRB simulcast
Ownership
Owner WGBH Educational Foundation
History
First air date
September 25, 2000 [1]
Call sign meaning
"Cape and Islands"
Technical information
Facility ID 8566
Class B1
ERP 12,500 watts
HAAT 73.5 meters (241 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 41°26′16″N70°36′50″W / 41.43778°N 70.61389°W / 41.43778; -70.61389 (WCAI)
Repeater(s) 89.7  WGBH-HD3 (Boston)
See also § Simulcasts
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.capeandislands.org

WCAI (90.1 FM) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, WNAN (91.1 FM) in Nantucket, and WZAI (94.3 FM) in Brewster, are NPR 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. WCAI's studios are located at 3 Water Street in Woods Hole (a census-designated place in Falmouth) and its transmission facilities are located in Tisbury, Massachusetts.

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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.

In 2020, the station rebranded as CAI, as part of a larger rebranding underwent by WGBH (which similarly dropped "W" from its branding organization-wide). [2]

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. [3]

WCAI logo used until August 2020. WCAI901.png
WCAI logo used until August 2020.

Simulcasts

Call sign Frequency City of license Facility ID ERP
W 		Height
m (ft)		 Class Transmitter coordinatesCall sign meaningFirst air date
WNAN91.1 FM Nantucket, Massachusetts 86002,30064 m (210 ft)A 41°17′6″N70°8′39″W / 41.28500°N 70.14417°W / 41.28500; -70.14417 (WNAN) NantucketMarch 15, 2000 [4]
WZAI94.3 FM Brewster, Massachusetts 1624584,700113.4 m (372 ft)A 41°46′31″N70°0′38″W / 41.77528°N 70.01056°W / 41.77528; -70.01056 (WZAI) variation of WCAIJune 7, 2005 [5]

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  2. ↑ "A New Name and a New Look". WCAI. September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  3. ↑ "WCAI Increases Transmitter Strength, Reaching more than 200k New Listeners". WCAI. January 28, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
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