Costa Zouliou (born 1964 in

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) is an Australian

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announcer best known for his work at

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. Although born in Melbourne, he was raised, and now lives in

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. He is currently working behind-the-scenes and presenting fill-in shifts at radio station ABC Classic FM. He was recently behind a campaign to change the name of the

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in Brisbane to The Go-Betweens Bridge, to correctly refer to the iconic Brisbane band,

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. He started as the host of a short "What’s Happening" program on Friday, later Saturday nights. He became host of the heavy metal show, ''Three Hours of Power'' after

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moved on. He held this role until 2000, after which he switched to do ''Drive'' for a year, followed by his most current role of Weekend Lunch from 2003 until 2005. He then became a sound engineer for ABC "Classic FM" and ABC "Radio National". Costa has been a member of the management committee of Q Music, the

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music industry organisation since April 2004, and is also involved with Straight Out of Brisbane, an annual arts and culture festival in Brisbane. On 19 December 2018, he will be presenting the first episode of a summer fill-in show on Double J called Rock Up.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zouliou, Costa 1964 births Living people Triple J announcers