WCAI-FM (Woods Hole, MA)

WCAI/90.1 in Woods Hole, WNAN/91.1 in Nantucket, and WZAI/94.3 in Brewster are National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate stations that cater to the Cape Cod and Islands region in southeastern Massachusetts. Their main focus is on delivering news and informative content. These stations are operated by the WGBH Educational Foundation based in Boston.

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The Garden Lady - Episode 22

1 week ago | capeandislands.org | C.L. Fornari

This week on The Garden Lady, C.L. starts with a postcard from peonies. Then she talks about her favorite annuals, some emails she received in the past week, and takes listeners' calls.
Tariff uncertainty, Canadian boycott have Cape Cod businesses wary as summer begins

1 week ago | capeandislands.org | Jennette Barnes

Cape Cod is getting ready for summer, the season that makes or breaks the local economy. Business owners say they hope it’s a good year — but really, they’re just craving stability. With tariffs in flux and Canadians canceling reservations, the summer outlook feels more uncertain than usual for some.
Big striped bass return to start the season. Here's why that's concerning

1 week ago | capeandislands.org | Steve Junker

This week brings the start of The Fishing News for summer 2025. I hope you've already been out on the water plenty, because the season has started strong... Big striped bass have shown up to start Cape Cod's fishing season. That's a great thing for anyone who loves the tug of a lunker on the line or wrestling a line-sider beast to shore. But for fishery managers? Not such a happy story.
News Roundup: ICE sweeps up 40 on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket; businesses brace for uncertain summer

1 week ago | capeandislands.org | Steve Junker

This week: Federal agents in masks and unmarked cars arrest some 40 people accused of immigration violations on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, jarring the local community. And, the summer business outlook right now? Uncertainty. Also, fourteen Cape towns approved a ballot question asking the state to stop the evaporation of radioactive water in Plymouth — so what happens next? We have those stories and more, as CAI News Director Steve Junker speaks with the region’s leading journalists.
Wampanoag art exhibit All Our Relations: 'Something important going on'

1 week ago | capeandislands.org | Gilda Geist

A new exhibit highlighting Wampanoag art opens at the Cotuit Center for the Arts this Saturday. Mashpee Wampanoag Paula Peters co-curated the exhibit, which features more than 20 Wampanoag artists from across the region. CAI's Gilda Geist visited with Paula to get a preview of the exhibit, which is called “All Our Relations: Art of the Wampanoag Nation.”Gilda Geist So Paula, just from the press release, it's clear that a lot of planning went into putting together this exhibit.
Nuclear vote passes in 14 Cape Cod towns; activists to hand-deliver results at State House

1 week ago | capeandislands.org | Jennette Barnes

Nuclear activists from Cape Cod and the South Shore are planning to bring the results of a recent ballot question to Gov. Maura Healey’s office in June. The question passed this spring in all 14 Cape Cod communities where it was on the ballot. Off the Cape, it passed in Plymouth; a Duxbury Town Meeting article to the same effect passed in March. Scituate votes this Saturday.
The cicadas are back!

1 week ago | capeandislands.org | Mindy Todd

The cicadas are back! The offspring of the cicadas we had 17 years ago are emerging around the Cape, Coast and Islands. We talk with Tawny Simisky, Entomologist with UMass Amherst Extension and Russ Norton, educator in horticulture and entomology with Umass Amherst Extension about the lifecycle of this amazing insect and how it fits into the larger ecosystem. We also discuss how we can document their emergence and contribute to cicada research.
Masked federal agents descend on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket for immigration arrests

1 week ago | capeandislands.org | Steve Junker |Dan Tritle

Immigration arrests on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket on Tuesday have rattled the island communities. Federal agents of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were operating on both islands, detaining individuals. Special agents from the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration assisted in the effort. In photographs, and per eyewitness statements, many of the agents wore masks during the enforcement action.
Books on swimming

1 week ago | capeandislands.org | Mindy Todd

On this month's books program, the theme is books that feature swimming. From novels to "how to", Peter Abrahams and Jill Erickson share their picks, and listeners call in with more. Listener picks:Anything by Lynne CoxTwist by Calum McCannjenJill's picks:Link to Clive Thompson’s search engine that finds you weird old booksSCIENTIFIC SWIMMING by J. Frost, 1816 can be found via the Clive Thomson weird old books link.
Thousands of hungry people in Gaza overwhelm food distribution site

1 week ago | capeandislands.org | Aya Batrawy |Michel Martin

The start of a Israeli plan backed by the U.S. to control aid distribution in Gaza was mired in chaos on Tuesday. Dozens were shot by Israeli gunfire as crowds surged to where food was distributed. Copyright 2025 NPR