Pat Costa inducted into Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame

Local radio station owner Pat Costa is one of six broadcasters to be inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Costa, of Rye Beach, New Hampshire, is the new owner of former WEZS now WHNM 103.3 The Moose ,licensed to Laconia New Hampshire.

Prior to 1990, Spanish music was relegated to a few hours of weekend block programming on various stations in the Manchester, Lawrence, Lowell, and Haverhill areas. Today, among five radio stations that he owns, Costa Eagle Media station, Power 800 AM/102.9 FM WNNW airs a Spanish-language “tropical music” format and is the number-one Spanish language radio broadcaster in Northern New England.

Another Costa entity, WUBG 1570 AM, and 105.3 FM is a Spanish-language station licensed to serve Salem, Methuen, and greater Boston. The station format is called “LatinX.” In addition to music, Pat Costa stations provide news programming to nearly 100,000 Hispanic speaking residents. His stations were instrumental in the success of the Hispanic Week Festivities in the city of Lawrence, One of the largest Hispanic festivals in New England. Costa Eagle Media also owns WMVX, Valley 98.9 in Salem NH and WHNM, Laconia New Hampshire.