Barbara Dacey retired in 2018 after 32 years on-air and behind-the-scenes at MVYRADIO, Martha’s Vineyard. She is recognized for maintaining a fiercely independent, eclectic, and community-oriented sound at the station. Barbara joined MVYRADIO as a part-time DJ in 1985. She became program director in 1993 and shepherded the station through a period of growth and refinement, lifting MVYRADIO to national recognition in the Triple A radio format (the Adult Album Alternative), and guiding it in its emergence as one of the early players in streaming Internet radio.