The popular Island radio host has won three Massachusetts Broadcasters Association awards for her Vineyard Current public affairs program.
WMVY Radio
June 8, 2021
Aliyah Walker, Kate Dario
WMVY turned to the Beatles for help on an emotional day as the local, independent radio station moved its location from Vineyard Haven to West Tisbury.
2015
January 24, 2015
Some 1,700 people turned out at the Portuguese American Club in Oak Bluffs on a rain and sleet-driven Saturday to sample some of the best chili recipes and raise more than $27,000 for the Red Stocking Fund at the 29th annual event sponsored by radio station WMVY.
2014
November 4, 2014
WMVY offers an opportunity for volunteers to gather and discuss ways to help the non-profit radio station on Wednesday, Nov. 12, from 2 to 3 p.m.
May 21, 2014
Vineyard radio station WMVY is back on the airwaves, about 15 months after losing its radio signal and changing to an online-only format.
The popular independent radio station began broadcasting on 88.7 at about 4 p.m. Wednesday.
January 26, 2014
The sold-out event sponsored by WMVY raised $34,000 for the Red Stocking Fund this year. People sampled chilis and danced to the music of the Mariachi Mexico Lindo Band, the Baja Brothers and later Johnny Hoy.
January 23, 2014
The 28th Annual Big Chili Contest, a major fundraiser for both the Red Stocking Fund and the Portuguese-American Club, begins at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the P.A. Club in Oak Bluffs (snow date is Sunday).
2013
November 7, 2013
The popular local radio station WMVY, which has been an online entity since it lost its FM signal nine months ago, will return to the airwaves next spring. Barbara Dacey, a longtime deejay and the station’s director of worldwide programming, announced the news on the air just after 10 a.m. Thursday morning.
