Atlantic Public Media
ProjectsTransomCAI/NAN
On WCAI/NANNational Projects
The Sonic IDs
The Sonic IDs.
On WCAI & WNAN
The Sonic IDs

APM helps create the "Sonic IDs," short portraits and stories that weave the broadcast day of WCAI/WNAN with the voices, sounds and stories of our region.

See what the broadcasting newspaper Current has to say about the Sonic ID project.

Don't forget to check out the essays and commentaries APM has helped produce for both local and national broadcast. Below are just a few IDs we have featured to date.

(Listening requires the Free RealAudio Player)

ListenHanging Laundry
Nantucketer Eileen McGrath demonstrates the lost art of laundry hanging.

ListenNew York vs Martha’s Vineyard
Ian compares his old school in New York and his new school on the Vineyard.

ListenCarpenter
Vineyarder Carlo D’Antonio talks about his passion, boat building.

ListenPet Husband
Nantucketer, Elaine Boehm, recounts a funny story about some customers in her pet shop.

ListenParking Permits
Michael McHone describes the disabled parking permit scheme on Nantucket, and his attempts to defend it.

ListenSandwich Board
Summer resident Ruth from Ireland, provides a behind the scenes look at sandwich making on Nantucket.

ListenBoredom
Teenager Steven Hamblin bemoans his social life (or the lack of it) on Nantucket.

ListenHaiku
Allegra Bianchini of Woods Hole performs her haiku about Indian Summers.

The Windmill
The Windmill.
ListenCricket
Nantucket 4th Grader Jesse Davis makes cricket noises with her mouth.

ListenWorld Peace
Vineyarder Matthew Stackpole describes the rivalry between Nantucket and Vineyard.

ListenWindmill
The old mill in Nantucket, built in 1746.

ListenWaving
Pat Martin describes the many nuances and possible misinterpretations of waving from the water.

ListenSquid
Dave Mash talks about the hard lesson learned about the basics of cooking squid.

ListenTicks
Marge Collie of Nantucket shares memories of childhood in the meadow - with ticks.

ListenBoating Tragedy
Eileen McGrath of Nantucket talks about a tragic boating accident in 1949.

ListenThe Sea
Nathaniel Philbrick of Nantucket explains the complex character of the sea.

ListenRegulars
Joanne Skoken of David's Soda Fountain in Nantucket talk abouot the habits of their regular customers.

ListenRetired Clock-Keeper
David Hodgeberg, former keeper of the clock at West Tisbury's Congregational Church.

ListenMegaphone
Ruth Chapel Greeder decribes how her parents used a megaphone to communicate ship to shore.

ListenNext Halloween
A Woods Hole youngster anticipates upcoming Halloween fashions.

ListenNomans Island
Beverly Wright recalls military bombing practice on Nomans Island off Martha's Vineyard.

ListenJim & Harold & the Boys
Actor Jim Nettles shares a favorite moment in the theatre.

ListenClearing Space
Patti O'Connor talks about how her counseling skills helped her clean houses.

ListenCows on the Cape
Pat West remember taking the family cow on a boat to Marthas Vineyard.

ListenBike Locks
Harvey Young of Youngs Bicycle Shop in Nantucket demonstrates how to use a bicycle lock.

more to come...


Home | About | Projects | Transom.Org | CAI/NAN