Mike Calta Net Worth – $2 million
What is Mike Calta’s net worth? Who is Mike Calta’s wife?
Introduction
Mike Calta has spent a long time trying to shake the Cowhead nickname that made him famous.
He even hosted a roast event to try and kill it completely.
Now he’s the host of the ultra-successful Mike Calta Show that airs across Florida every weekday on 102.5 The Bone radio station.
A knowledgeable personality when it comes to music, sports, and local events, Calta is the go to favorite for Florida locals on weekday mornings.
Mike Calta is such a Florida favorite that it’s hard to believe he wasn’t born and raised there—but he’s actually a Staten Island, New York native.
Here’s what else we found out about Mike “Don’t Call Me Cowhead” Calta, and the famous people he’s met.
The Origin Story
Michael Calta was born on September 18, 1971, in Staten Island, New York.
In the late 80s, Calta and his family moved from New York to the Tampa Bay, Florida area, and Mike enrolled at Pasco-Hernando Community College.
Calta didn’t really know what he wanted to do, but he knew he wanted to be in movies or television.
His plan was to get his associate degree and head to Orlando, where Universal Studios was opening.
Growing up, Calta said that his family struggled a lot financially.
“I was a really poor kid growing up. Like…we were really poor,” he once said on air.
Growing up with money troubles gave Calta some strange ideas about success early on in his career.
He was used to having so little that when he scored his first job with a salary of $30k, he thought he’d made it in the world.
It’s also taught him about gratitude—and not taking his success for granted. He is thankful for the comfortable life he gets to lead, and knows that it could be gone at any second.
Fame is fickle, and Calta isn’t taking any risks—he started the Calta Family Foundation to help underprivileged kids get the hand-up they need to succeed in life. The foundation offers advocacy for Tampa Bay youth.
Mike Calta – Wife & Children
Mike Calta is married to his wife Amanda—the couple has a son and a daughter together. Their relationship and family life occasionally become topics of discussion on The Mike Calta Show.
The Road to the Top
Movies and television might have been the goal for Calta, but he ended up working as an intern for 93.3 WFLZ in Tampa instead.
It was 1992, he was a 21 year old with a plan—and an engaging personality.
The charismatic young Calta joined WFLZ’s Bubba the Love Sponge Show—a popular evening segment that featured Todd Alan Clem, the original Bubba the Love Sponge.
The show was a huge hit, and in 1996 it was moved to EXTB 98 Rock.
Four years later, after a falling out between Mike—who was going by Cowhead at that point—and Todd Clem.
Mike was fired from the show.
Career Progression on Point
Infinity Broadcasting snatched Calta up in August of that year to produce The Sport Chix—a show which featured Playboy Playmate Lynn Austin, Sports Arena Tina, and BL.
Then came The AW and Cowhead Show, and a sports talk show on Sports Radio 1010.
The Replacement Show followed, with Brent Pearson, Kevin Wurster, Pete ‘The Sports Geek’ Larios, and Amy Beckman.
After some tensions—and challenging behavior on Mike’s part—he was fired by Infinity.
By 2006, he was being fired again, this time from The Cowhead Show on Clear Channel.
From there, it was on to the station Calta would call home for the next decade and a half.
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The Bone
Mike Calta’s new Cowhead show was launched on 102.5 The Bone in the summer of 2006, before being moved to a different slot in 2008 to make way for Bubba the Love Sponge’s return to radio.
Having earned a reputation as a shock jock—much like Calta’s idol, Howard Stern—meant his career at The Bone was never smooth sailing.
In 2013, the station was sued for $6 million for using the photo of a child with Down’s Syndrome with the heading Retarded News.
Over the years, Calta has interviewed some pretty famous people—like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Michael Rapaport, and Fred Durst. But his favorite celebrity was comedian and actor Tracy Morgan.
Mike Calta – Net Worth 2024
So, how much is Mike Calta worth? Calta earned most of his wealth from working as a radio talk show host at Cox Media Group. Therefore, Mike Calta has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
He signed a contract extension in June 2019.
Starting in March 2020, he is the host of the Calta And Kelly Podcast.
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