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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Eversource is at work on improving its electricity delivery system to Martha's Vineyard. -
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. -
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.” -
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. -
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. -
Nantucket's Select Board continues to seek assurances from various agencies involved with the cleanup of debris from a broken wind farm turbine blade that the impact on the island will be limited. -
GE Vernova, the company that built the blade that failed on a Vineyard Wind turbine south of the islands, says it will re-examine every blade it has built for offshore wind. -
The northside beaches in Dennis have been plagued in recent years with overcrowding, assaults and vandalism. Town officials are putting a series of regulations into effect this Fourth of July to try to head off trouble on the busiest beach day of the year. -
In this installment of Sittin' In, CAI's John Basile talks with Michael Persico of the Classic Jazz and Swing Orchestra about upcoming programs honoring the life and work of jazz historian Jack Bradley. -
A 15-year-old Mashpee girl, who was the subject of an intensive search, has been located and returned home.
