Costas On The Radio

About the show

SATURDAY, 8-10PM (encore SUNDAY, 1-3pm)

Bob Costas hosts 'Costas On The Radio', a two-hour weekend show featuring conversations with newsmakers and significant figures from sports and other walks of life, as well as Costas’ own commentaries and observations. The program is nationally syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks on 160 stations including KLAC Los Angeles, KNBR San Francisco, WTEM Washington, D.C., and WDFN Detroit.

Costas On The Radio launched in September 2006. Two editions of a 60-second daily vignette, The Costas Cuts and The Costas Minute were also launched later that year. All three features are nationally syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks.

With the advent of NBC’s Football Night In America, Bob Costas added another chapter to his long and diverse career in sports television. Costas will host the prime time Sunday night broadcast of top NFL games, including playoff games each season, and two Super Bowls during the next six years. Bob has been with NBC sports since 1979 and has also hosted HBO sports and entertainment programs since 2001. He has covered every major sport, but is perhaps most identified with the Olympics and baseball. He anchored NBC’s primetime coverage of the last four summer Olympics—Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney, Australia 2000, and Athens, Greece 2004. He also hosted the winter games in Salt Lake City 2002 and the winter games in Torino, Italy 2006. Costas’ first Olympic experience came in Seoul, Korea in 1988, where he served as the late-night host.

From 1983 through 1989, Costas teamed with Tony Kubek on NBC’s baseball Game Of The Week telecasts. He hosted the network’s NFL Live pre-game show for nine years (1984-1992), stepping aside following Super Bowl XXVII. Costas has been involved in the coverage of six league championship series and five World Series for NBC Sports. He has hosted four Super Bowls.

In the 90’s, Costas returned to baseball, handling play-by-play for NBC’s All Star, playoff and World Series telecasts. He teamed first with Bob Uecker and Joe Morgan, and then Morgan alone, for these games. Costas’ reputation within baseball is long standing, dating to his Game Of The Week partnership with Tony Kubek. His frequent and passionate commentary about the game’s history, appeal, and ongoing problems has earned him the respect and admiration of millions of fans. His book, Fair Ball, A Fan’s Case For Baseball, earned excellent reviews, remained on the New York Times best-seller list for several weeks, and influenced the ongoing discussion concerning the game’s direction.

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