John Basile
Host of Morning Edition, ReporterJohn Basile is the local host of Morning Edition.
He joined WCAI in 2019 after a long run as Managing Editor of The Register newspaper and other publications on Cape Cod.
A music lover, the author of a history of jazz on Cape Cod and a devotee of the history of baseball and popular culture, he often ponders the wonders of the vinyl LP and lives in West Yarmouth with his wife Kathryn.
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On a split vote, the Barnstable Town Council has agreed to ask Mass Development to examine the possibility of creating a combined commercial and military airport at Joint Base Cape Cod on the Upper Cape. Some worry that it could be the first move toward closure of the town-owned Cape Cod Gateway Airport in Hyannis.
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Gov. Maura Healey wants to close the state’s Pocasset Mental Health Center as part of her fiscal 2026 proposed budget. But unions who represent workers their strongly oppose the idea.The Pocasset facility is a 16-bed inpatient acute mental health stabilization unit serving patients aged 19 and older.
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The Head Start program allows year-round and seasonal residents of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket the opportunity to make up to 10 summer reservations per customer prior to the openings to the public. But the true test of the reservation system is still to come.
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Using more than $2.5 million in federal grant funds, The Association to Preserve Cape Cod, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and other agencies will work to restore fish passage in the Mashpee River.
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CAI's John Basile presents this look at the late President Jimmy Carter and his appreciation for America's music; jazz.
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Eversource is at work on improving its electricity delivery system to Martha's Vineyard.
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This time on Sittin' In, CAI's John Basile talks with Connecticut-born jazz singer and songwriter Nicole Zuraitis about her Grammy Award winning album and her life as a touring musician.
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CAI’s John Basile talks with Fernando Huergo, a Boston-based composer, bandleader, arranger teacher and bassist. His latest album on New Bedford-based Whaling City Sounds Records is called “Relentless.”
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General Manager Bob Davis announced he will leave the top position at the ferry service in the next year. Multiple high-summer trip cancellations, concerns over cost overruns, and frustrations with the antiquated reservation system have combined to draw criticism of the Authority's management.
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The Cape Cod and Southeastern Massachusetts Rabies Task Force is once again distributing baits laced with anti-rabies vaccine aimed at stopping the spread of the deadly disease to Cape Cod.