Bill Stephens is a nationally published author of several motorsports books and a columnist for a number of automotive periodicals.
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18 Facts About Bill Stephens
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Bill Stephens is a television producer and writer for various automotive television programs and a communications consultant providing media training for motorsports personalities and vocal and listening skills training for business people at all levels of the corporate world.
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Stephens, the youngest of three children and the only boy, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts to William and Claire Stephens and raised in Somerville, Massachusetts, several miles west of Boston.
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Bill Stephens' father was a long-distance truck driver and his mother worked in the restaurant business in the Boston area.
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Bill Stephens frequently accompanied his father on various truck trips as a child which helped to fuel his interest in automobiles.
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Bill Stephens was the only music disc jockey on the airstaff to move to the new format, co-hosting WRKO's Morning Magazine program with Norm Nathan for two years.
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Bill Stephens is the host of the nationally syndicated Time Capsule radio feature, and has been heard on such nationally broadcast radio programs as Westwood One's Focus on Racing Radio and ESPN's RPM Radio.
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In 1989, Bill Stephens was named writer, producer, narrator of the award-winning automotive TV series Wild About Wheels, produced at Global Television Network in Acton, MA and aired on The Discovery Channel.
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Bill Stephens has covered virtually every major automobile racing series such as NASCAR, NHRA, Champ Car, and the Atlantic Championship along with many specialty automotive and motorsports events such as collector car auctions, sprint car racing, tractor pulling, drag boat racing, lawn mower racing, mud bog racing, custom car shows, automotive expos, and motorsports awards ceremonies.
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Bill Stephens served as a national event PA announcer for the NHRA Championship Drag Racing Series for 4 years between 1994 and 1997 and is a frequent Master of Ceremonies for various automotive and racing tributes, banquets, and award presentations.
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Bill Stephens is a six-time winner of the national Telly Award for Television Production and has won the Imperial Palace Moto Award for Excellence in Historical Automotive Television.
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Bill Stephens has written three books for Sports Publishing, LLC of Champaign, IL.
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Bill Stephens has served as Senior Producer for WheelsTV in Acton, MA, producing video features of new and pre-owned automobile evaluations and analysis for various automotive Internet sites such as Vehix.
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Bill Stephens remarried in 1987 to Deborah Susan Donnell in Yarmouthport, MA, resulting in two sons, Will was born on April 9,1990 and and Sean was born on September 21,1995 and and divorced in May 2010.
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Bill Stephens is an avid car collector and has owned numerous collector-grade vehicles including a 1965 Shelby American Continuation Series 427SC Cobra, a 1965 ERA 427 Cobra Replica, a 1993 GMC Typhoon, 1998 Jaguar XK8 convertible, 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.
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