Billy Costa
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Billy Costa | |
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Born | William Costa December 24, 1951 |
Alma mater | Emerson College |
Known for | Radio and television host |
Billy Costa (born December 24, 1951) is an American radio and television host in the Boston area.
Early life[]
Costa grew up in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.[1][2] He attended Merrimack College in Massachusetts on a hockey scholarship, majoring in English.
After transferring to Emerson College in Boston, he found a job as a disc jockey at a local nightclub. He later joined the Emerson radio station, WERS, as a DJ.
After graduating from Emerson with a degree in English,[2] Costa worked at a few other radio stations, including WBOS, before contacting WXKS-FM "Kiss 108" in 1980 for a lifestyle/entertainment news show he proposed.[3]
Costa pays his ex-wife $26,000 monthly in alimony.[4]
Radio and TV[]
Costa told Kiss 108 about a lifestyle/entertainment segment he could host. This evolved into his Top 30 Countdown which is broadcast every Saturday morning and Sunday evening. Costa co-hosts Matty in the Morning on weekday mornings.[5]
Costa was the host of The Phantom Gourmet, a restaurant review show, which broadcast its first episode on June 26, 1993. In 2003, Costa moved to a new show, TV Diner on New England Cable News (NECN),[6][7] which was cancelled in September 2013.[8] Costa now hosts Dining Playbook with Jenny Johnson on New England Sports Network (NESN).[9]
In 2011, Costa started hosting a WGBH-TV show, High School Quiz Show.[10]
Awards[]
Costa has received an Emmy Award nomination for his work on Evening Magazine and has received a Children's Television Award for Rap Around, his kids' talk show.[3][7]
References[]
- ^ Black, Jane (January 2006). "In the Line of Fire". Boston Magazine. Metrocorp, Inc. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ a b "Billy Costa To Host High School Quiz Show". High School Quiz Show. WGBH. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ a b "Billy Costa News and Entertainment Director Kiss 108 Billy Costa Hosts TV Diner on NECN". Billy Costa Finance Inc. June 27, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ "Split to Costa Billy Costa a bundle!". Boston Herald. November 30, 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ^ "Matty in the Morning - Kiss 108".
- ^ "TV Diner". NECN.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ a b "Team Bios". NECN.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ Shanahan, Mark; Goldstein, Meredith (September 26, 2013). "'TV Diner' to go off the air at NECN". Boston Globe. Boston Globe Media Partners LLC. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ https://diningplaybook.com/
- ^ "Meet The Host". High School Quiz Show. Boston: WGBH. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- 1951 births
- American radio personalities
- American television personalities
- Cambridge Rindge and Latin School alumni
- Emerson College alumni
- Living people
- Merrimack Warriors men's ice hockey players
- People from Cambridge, Massachusetts