About Us

The Cape, Coast, and Islands NPR stations, WCAI 90.1, WNAN 91.1, and WZAI 94.3 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 GBH Radio. We strive to celebrate the uniqueness of the communities that we serve while discussing common issues.

Mission
As a service of the GBH Educational Foundation, the Cape, Coast, and Islands NPR stations share the same mission as GBH:

Our purpose is to promote the general education of the public by offering television, radio, and other telecommunications programs and services that inform, inspire, and entertain, so that persons of all ages, origins, and beliefs may be encouraged, in an atmosphere of artistic freedom, to learn and appreciate the history, the sciences, the humanities, the fine arts, the practical arts, the music, the politics, the economics, and other significant aspects of the world they live in, and thereby to enrich and improve their lives.

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July 25, 2025

Dear CAI community, in light of the recent news about federal defunding of public media, we've been getting questions and comments from listeners about our station and where we are heading, literally and figuratively.

As you may have heard, this coming fall, we’re planning to relocate from the Captain Davis House – which we have sold to the Woods Hole Community Association – to a new space nearby: the Cape Symphony complex. Our new studio will be accessible to all, and enable us to host community events.

And so we’re looking ahead to seeing you at our new location soon.

Meanwhile, last week, Congress defunded public media. And while this is an uncertain time, CAI continues to be committed to local journalism, from ICE raids to shark sightings. We’re strengthening our local news coverage of the Cape and Islands, including hiring an experienced and award-winning science and environment reporter who starts in August. We also continue to invest in other ways, with programs such as Connecting the Commonwealth, which increases the reach of CAI’s local reporting, and the Garden Lady, a new Cape-based show now being syndicated across the state.

We respect and appreciate how much the community cares about CAI. So do we. We’re doing everything we can to protect the future of the trusted reporting that the Cape and Islands rely on. And CAI needs our community now more than ever.

Mindy Todd