WCAI / WNAN

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  • Call Letters: WCAI/WNAN
  • Frequency: 90.1

Description

WCAI 90.1 and WNAN 91.1, the Cape and Islands NPR stations, are listener-supported public radio stations serving Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and the south coast. Founded by local residents, the stations are a service of WGBH Radio. We strive to celebrate the uniqueness of the communities that we serve while discussing common issues.

Pieces

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It's Time For Our Pledge Drive (sung to the tune of Away in the Manger)

  • Added: Dec 22, 2008
  • Length: 00:02:46
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Meals on Wheels on the Vineyard: Much of the world knows Martha's Vineyard as a rich person's playground, but many locals are struggling to find a...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:04:59
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Stressed Out in Eastham: According to a survey conducted by Barnstable County last year, 80% of the most needy households on the Cape wrestle with ...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:04:04
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The Winter Rental Shuffle in Sandwich: With off-season rental-housing prices skyrocketing, where are the working poor expected to look for shelter?

Bought by KPFA


  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:05:02
  • Licenses: 1
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Homeless in Hyannis Part 2: Shelters housed more than 500 homeless people last year. But untold others live on friends' couches, in motel rooms, an...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:04:51
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Homeless in Hyannis Part 1: Shelters housed more than 500 homeless people last year. But untold others live on friends' couches, in motel rooms, an...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:05:04
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Free and reduced lunch program statistics in Dennis indicate that there may be no accurate way to measure poverty.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:04:34
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Elderly Poor in Harwich: The ever-rising costs of living means that for a growing number of seniors, retirement has not been the life of leisure th...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:05:08
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Wampanoag in Mashpee: Of the 350 Wampanoag living in Mashpee today, 90% live from paycheck to paycheck, undeniably poor.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:05:07
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Youth Flight in Falmouth: If the next generation of teachers, nurses, and firefighters can't make the Cape their home, then who will serve and take...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:04:52
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Empty Nets in Provincetown: Cape Cod, a land named for its bounty of fish, doesn't have many commercial fishermen left.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:04:58
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The Road Ahead: If living the American Dream means getting married, buying a house, and raising a family, Cape Cod may not be a viable option for f...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:05:18
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Commuting in Bourne: Increasingly, going to work off-Cape is the only way to escape a low paying, tourist and service-driven economy.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:05:06
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Uninsured and Underinsured in Brewster: More than 40,000 Cape residents are without health insurance. This vulnerable class may be just one illness...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:04:33
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Lack of Workforce Housing on Nantucket: With a median home price of $1.6 million, many in the Nantucket workforce will never be able to live where ...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:05:00
  • Licenses: 1
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Habitat for Humanity on the Vineyard: Much of the world knows Martha's Vineyard as a rich person's playground, but many locals are struggling to fi...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:05:37
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Part 5 of the duPont-Columbia award winning series on poverty amidst prosperity.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:05:22
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Part 4 of the duPont-Columbia award winning series on poverty amidst prosperity.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:05:10
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Part 3 of the duPont-Columbia award winning series on poverty amidst prosperity.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:04:47
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Part 2 of the duPont-Columbia award winning series on poverty amidst prosperity.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 00:05:22

Staff of WCAI / WNAN

Default-user-image Steve Young (Admin) Cambridge, MA
Voci_square John Voci (Admin) Director of Radio Stations, WGBH Cambridge, MA
Default-user-image Chelsea Merz , US
Default-user-image Susan Loucks Development Worcester, MA
Default-user-image Dan Tritle Morning Edition Host Woods Hole, MA
Picture26_square Heather Goldstone Science Editor EAST FALMOUTH, MA
Jay Jay Allison (Admin) Independent Producer Woods Hole, MA
Vikiprx_square Viki Merrick (Admin) Independent Producer Woods Hole, MA
Photo_15_square Samantha Broun (Admin) Woods Hole, Massachusetts