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20/20 and ABC Radio have teamed up to report new details on a crime that rocked the idyllic seaside town of Truro, Cape Cod – the 2002 murder of Christa Worthington, found stabbed to death with her 2-year-old daughter, Ava, unharmed by her side. The reports take a look at all the evidence in the case, investigating whether the right man is behind bars.

WMVY's Barbara Dacey is stepping away after 32 years at the Martha's Vineyard station. Dacey joined mvyradio as a part-time DJ in 1985.  She became PD in 1993, lifting the station to national recognition in the Triple A format, and guiding it in its emergence as one of the early players in streaming Internet radio.

Fatherly, a digital lifestyle guide for Millennial parents, has partnered with iHeartMedia to launch The Fatherly Podcast on iHeartRadio. Hosted by veteran journalist, children’s book author, and father of two Joshua David Stein, The Fatherly Podcast is a weekly show about raising children and the lives of men who take on that responsibility.

Co-anchor of ABC’s Good Morning America Robin Roberts will receive the NAB Distinguished Service Award during the 2018 NAB Show in Las Vegas. Roberts will accept her award at the NAB Show Opening on Monday, April 9. The award recognizes members of the broadcast community who have made significant and lasting contributions to the industry.

Darrel Eason has been named PD and morning-drive personality for the new Contemporary Urban Gospel Praise 95.1. Eason has been a staple on the airwaves in St. Louis since 1989. Praise 95.1 is the first FM radio station to play contemporary gospel in St. Louis.

In a detailed article on the Fox News website country singer Katie Armiger, who's in a court battle with Cold River Records, says she was sexually harassed on several occasions by Country DJs and PDs. She did not name names in the story. Here's what she said happened.

(By Buzz Knight) One of the privileges of the business we are in is making friends with some unbelievable partners that we encounter. In most instances, this connection is immediate and it lasts a lifetime. Some are cut short in an untimely manner. This past Friday we lost Jim Barry, the spokesman from the Consumer Technology Association, to Cancer.

(By Eric Rhoads) Radio, for the most part, is a single-pillar business. It lives or dies based on advertising. Though many stations and companies have alternative revenue streams, none comes close to matching the revenues or the wide margins of advertising. What if radio’s single pillar were to go away?

Cesar Gerlens has been one busy pirate. The FCC's Enforcement Bureau says Gerlens had illegal radio stations in four locations. According to this notice, Gerlens had stations at four different residences, three were using the 92.1-FM frequency, in Brockton, Everett, and Randolph, and another at 90.1-FM in Mattapan.

Tatiana Felgengauer was stabbed in the throat by the attacker, Monday. It's being reported her injuries are not life-threatening. Felgengauer works at the Russian radio station "Echo of Moscow."