2009 Presenters

Billy Costa

Billy Costa has been the host of NECN’s TV Diner, a restaurant review program, since 1992. A native of Cambridge, MA, Costa attended Merrimack College on a hockey scholarship before transferring to Emerson College and graduating with a degree in English. While in college, he fell in love with DJ’ing at Emerson’s WERS, and worked briefly at WBOS-FM after graduating. In 1980, Billy joined KISS 108 as an entertainment and lifestyle reporter. He has been co-hosting the Matty in the Morning show with Matt Siegel for the past 15 years, and is also the well-received host of the KISS Top 30 Countdown of Today's Hit Music. Costa’s television career has included entertainment reporting for WBZ-4 where he won a Children’s Television Award for the youth oriented talk show Rap Around, and received an Emmy nomination for his work on Evening Magazine. Costa lives with his wife and three children in Lynnfield,MA.

APPEARING IN: Alicia Silverstone: Sexiest Vegetarian Alive