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These short vignettes, "sonic IDs," are sound portraits and short stories that weave throughout the broadcast day of WCAI. Below you'll find samples of the hundreds in our archives. We'll also post new sonics, added as we get them. Atlantic Public Media helps create the "Sonic IDs." The core producing team for Sonic ID project is Jay Allison, Viki Merrick, and the staff of WCAI. See what the broadcasting newspaper Current has to say about the Sonic ID project. An archive of some of our earliest sonics is here. The Sonic ID project was awarded a regional Edward R. Murrow award for the best use of sound by the Radio Television News Directors Association.

New Bedford's Classic Theater has Its Own Stories to Tell

Zeiterion Theater, New Bedford

Tom Shire, former Director of the Zeiterion Theater in New Bedford, reveals the secrets of the flowers that adorn the theater's ceiling.


Don Phipps, an organ technician from New Bedford, explains how to make the Zeiterion's organ "sing" for a big finale.

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The organ at the Zeiterion Theater

 


Tom Shire on circus and striptease performers.

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Striptease, a one-minute Sonic, produced by Alex Murrow and Atlantic Public Media

Produced by Alex Morrow and Atlantic Public Media