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Encyclopedia > Cape and Islands NPR
WCAI, WNAN, WZAI
Broadcast area Cape Cod and Islands
First air date 2000 (WCAI/WNAN), 2005 (WZAI
Frequency 90.1/91.1/94.3 MHz FM
Format Non-commercial; National Public Radio
Callsign meaning W CapeAnd Islands, W NANtucket
Owner WGBH Educational Foundation

WCAI (Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 90.1), WNAN (Nantucket, 91.1) and WZAI (Brewster, 94.3) are National Public Radio member 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. Cape Cod and the Islands (more commonly, The Cape and Islands) is a common local name for the area of southeast Massachusetts including Barnstable (Cape Cod), Dukes (Marthas Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands), and Nantucket Counties, and by some definitions including the towns of Plymouth and Wareham. ... Sine waves of various frequencies; the lower waves have higher frequencies than those above. ... A megahertz (MHz) is one million (106) hertz, a measure of frequency. ... In most of the world, the FM broadcast band, used for broadcasting FM radio stations, goes from 87. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... NPR redirects here. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... WGBH is an established public television and public radio broadcast service located in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Woods Hole is a census-designated place and village within the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at the extreme southwest corner of Cape Cod, near the island of Marthas Vineyard, and is the site of three famous scientific institutions: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Marine Biological Laboratory... Nantucket is an island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, formed of glacial moraine. ... Settled: 1656 â€“ Incorporated: 1803 Zip Code(s): 02631 â€“ Area Code(s): 508 / 774 Official website: http://www. ... NPR redirects here. ... Cape Cod and the Islands (more commonly, The Cape and Islands) is a common local name for the area of southeast Massachusetts including Barnstable (Cape Cod), Dukes (Marthas Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands), and Nantucket Counties, and by some definitions including the towns of Plymouth and Wareham. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ... WGBH is an established public television and public radio broadcast service located in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Nickname: City on a Hill, Beantown, The Hub of the Universe (The State House, according to Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the hub of the Solar System), Athens of America Location in Massachusetts Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (D) Area    - City 232. ...


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. Jay Allison is an American independent public radio producer and broadcast journalist. ... Cape Cod and Cape Cod Bay from space. ...

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External links

  • Website of WCAI and its sister stations
  • Website of founding organization Atlantic Public Media
  • Query the FCC's FM station database for WCAI
  • Query the FCC's FM station database for WNAN
  • Query the FCC's FM station database for WZAI


 
 

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