Matt Siegel Biography
Matt Siegel is an American radio host best known as the host of the Matty in the Morning Show on KISS 108 in Massachusetts. The show has been airing since 1981 thereby earning a legacy in Boston. He has co-hosted the show with several other radio hosts including Lisa Lipps and Bill Rossi. As of 2021, his co-hosts on the Morning Show are Lisa Donovan and Billy Costa.
Matt Siegel Age
How old is Matt Siegel? Siegel is 73 years old as of March 2023. He was born on March 27, 1950, in Spring Valley, New York, the United States of America. In addition, he celebrates his birthday on the 27th of March every year and his zodiac sign is Aries.
Matt Siegel Wife
Siegel is married to Maryann Siegel. The duo has four children; Lilly and Chloe (who are twins), Alexandra, and Olivia. Alexandra Siegel, his firstborn daughter has been featured in videos on Funny or Die, ABC Family’s Switched at Birth (as a guest), and HBO’s “Eastbound & Down”. She was also featured in Taco Bell’s 2014 commercial, “Hello Father,” for their rolled chicken tacos.
Matt Siegel Career
Matt began gaining popularity while he was still in High School. He first got an audition to emcee at his school’s talent show. Eventually, he got the emceeing gig and was later described as the best suit for the microphone affair.
He also worked as a teacher at Stony Brook University later after completing high school. It was while there that a professor was amused by his students and directed Siegel to join show business.
He then had his first job as a radio host on a radio station based in Oneonta, New York on a daytime shift. In 1972, he moved to KWFM-FM in Tucson, AZ. KWFM is a radical underground progressive rock station. After quitting the radio broadcast, he became a commercial voice-over announcer with Warner Bros Records while still working as a freelance producer.
In 1977, Siegel went on vacation in Boston and while there, he landed a job opening with WBCN-FM. During this time, Charles Laquidara, a radio DJ of “The Big Mattress” was on a leave. He filled in for him and after two months into the morning show, he got confirmed as a permanent midday host. He worked in the station for two and a half years.
In addition, Matt initialized a spoof call-in show by the name “Dr. Matt’s Advice to the Love Lorn” while still working with WBCN-FM. This made him get a new job at WCVB-TV (Channel 5) as the “Five All Night Live” show host.
Later on, he made a national appearance Co-hosting Steve Allen on Life’s Most Embarrassing Moments. He was offered to work in the morning spot, Matty in the Morning with KISS 108 FM in the summer of 1980.
Matt Siegel in Matty in the Morning Show
After the job offer in the KISS 108 FM morning show, Matty in the Morning began hosting the show in 1981. Since then, it has been the leading FM Morning Show in Boston as well as the highest-rated show on KISS 108. According to Arbitron ratings, his show consistently ranks #1 with women 18-49 for the past 20 years.
All along, the show has been having numerous celebrity guests including Madonna, Bette Midler, Oprah Winfrey, Dustin Hoffman, Cher, Christopher Reeve, Ted Danson, Tom Hanks, Ben Affleck, Rosie O’Donnell, Celine Dion, Harry Connick, Jr., Michael J. Fox, Barry Manilow, Lenny Clarke, and many others.
Moreover, the show serves 450,000 listeners+ per week and has been nominated consistently as one of the nation’s top DJs by Billboard Magazine. Through the show, Matt achieved radio’s highest honor winning; the National Association of Broadcasters’ Marconi Award as the Morning Show Personality of the Year-Major Market.
Matty in the Morning Show features a variety of characters and personalities in its current existence. Matt co-hosts the show with Lisa Donovan and Billy Costa and its producers are Justin Aguirre and Rebekah “Bex” Maroun. Moreover, from 2001 to 2009, the show was syndicated to various markets in New England and Upstate New York. However, it is available in Boston since 2010.
Matt Siegel Net Worth
Matt has an estimated net worth of $4 million. His income is mainly attributed to his successful career as a radio host.
Matt Siegel Salary
Siegel receives an estimated annual salary of around $800,000 as of 2023.
He also owns a house on the beach in Scituate.
Matt Siegel Awards and Honors
- 2001 – won the coveted National Association of Broadcasters’ Marconi Award for Personality of the Year as host of Matty In The Morning
- 2001 – won the NAB Marconi Radio Awards. These are awarded in recognition of excellence to radio stations and outstanding on-air personalities.
- 2001 – January 12th was declared by the then Massachusetts Governor Paul Celluci as “Matty in the Morning” Day within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- 2009 – won a second Marconi Award for Personality of the Year – Major Market
- 2012 – he was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcaster’s Hall of Fame
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