WCAI
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| Broadcast area | Cape Cod and Islands |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 90.1 MHz (HD Radio)
(HD Radio via WGBH (FM)-HD3) |
| Programming | |
| Format | FM/HD1: Non-commercial; National Public Radio WCAI-HD2: WCRB simulcast |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | WGBH Educational Foundation |
| History | |
First air date | September 25, 2000[1] |
Call sign meaning | W Cape (Cod) And Islands |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 8566 |
| Class | B1 |
| ERP | 12,500 watts |
| HAAT | 73.5 meters (241 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°26′16″N 70°36′50″W / 41.43778°N 70.61389°W |
| Repeater(s) | See below |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
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.[2]
Simulcasts
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | Facility ID | ERP W |
Height m (ft) |
Class | Transmitter coordinates | Call sign meaning | First air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WNAN | 91.1 FM | Nantucket, Massachusetts | 8600 | 2,300 | 64 m (210 ft) | A | 41°17′6″N 70°8′39″W / 41.28500°N 70.14417°W | NANtucket | March 15, 2000[3] |
| WZAI | 94.3 FM | Brewster, Massachusetts | 162458 | 4,700 | 113.4 m (372 ft) | A | 41°46′31″N 70°0′38″W / 41.77528°N 70.01056°W | variation of WCAI | June 7, 2005[4] |
References
- ^ Fybush, Scott (October 2, 2000). "Spinning the Dial in Connecticut". 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Website of WCAI and its sister stations
- Website of founding organization Atlantic Public Media
- Interview with Jay Allison on the podcast and public radio interview program ThoughtCast
- Facility details for Facility ID WCAI ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
Other station data
- Facility details for Facility ID WNAN ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID WZAI ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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