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American radio and television personality

William Anthony Costa (born December 24, 1952) is an American radio and television host in the Boston area, best known since 2022 as the host of the Billy and Lisa in the Morning show on WXKS-FM in Boston.

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.

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He and his parents are of Portuguese ancestry.

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 m