Billy Costa

Billy Costa
Born William Costa
December 24, 1951 (1951-12-24) (age 64)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Alma mater Emerson College
Known for radio and television host
Website billycosta.com

Billy Costa 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]

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. Costa co-hosts Matty in the Morning on weekday mornings. Costa also hosts TV Diner, a restaurant review show on NECN.[4][5] As of September 2013, the TV Diner show has been cancelled by NECN and new episodes will no longer be created.[6]

In 2011, Costa started hosting WGBH-TV's show, High School Quiz Show.[7]

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][5]

References

  1. Black, Jane, "In the Line of Fire", Boston magazine, May 2006.
  2. 1 2 Bio: Billy Costa", High School Quiz Show website, WGBH-TV.
  3. 1 2 About Billy Costa - official website subpage
  4. TV Diner show - NECN website
  5. 1 2 "Bio: Billy Costa", Official NECN bio
  6. - Bostonglobe.com website
  7. High School Quiz Show, WGBH-TV website

External links

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