Award-Winning Broadcaster Bob Costas Returns to Radio This September

Award-Winning Interviewer Will Showcase Sports and other Topics on “Costas on the Radio”

NEW YORK – August 22, 2006 – This September, award-winning broadcaster Bob Costas is coming home to radio, reprising his very popular two-hour weekend show, “Costas on the Radio.” The program will feature conversations with newsmakers and significant figures from sports and other walks of life, as well as Costas’ own commentaries and observations.    

“Great broadcasting is an art, and Bob is one of the truly great broadcasters of our time,” said John Hogan, president and CEO of Clear Channel Radio. “For years he has gone behind the headlines to get to the heart of sports, and a wide range of other topics, often with powerful insights. His ability to get his guests to discuss issues and events in a way they won’t anywhere else is truly impressive. He has the rare ability to be both entertaining and informative.  We are truly fortunate to welcome him back to radio.”

Costas began his broadcast career at WAER, the on-campus radio station of Syracuse University.  Soon after he worked at WSYR Radio in Syracuse, before joining radio powerhouse, KMOX, in St. Louis, at age 22, in 1974.  A decade later he pioneered long-form nationally syndicated sports programming with the “Costas Coast-to-Coast” Sunday night show – one of the most successful radio sports programs ever.  His television coverage of the Olympics, baseball, and just about every other major sport, is legendary, resulting in nineteen career Emmy’s at NBC and HBO.

“As much as I enjoy my television work, radio offers a different stage,” said Costas.  “It’s broadcasting in its purest form, and this is an ideal opportunity to return to it.  It fits my schedule, and we plan to do a show that’s entertaining, and at the same time, has some substance to it.”

Costas on the Radio will be on WGIR starting September 17th.