Boston radio nice Matt Siegel, the longtime host of “Matty in the Morning,” has lastly gotten the decision to the nationwide Radio Corridor of Fame.
Siegel — a staple on Kiss 108 for greater than 40 years — is one in every of eight new inductees into the Radio Corridor of Fame, based on the Museum of Broadcast Communications.
“I am greatly honored to have been inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame,” Matty within the Morning posted on social media.
“For those of you who stayed with me and my little radio show all these years, I can’t thank you enough,” the account added.
Final month, Siegel posted that he had but once more been nominated for the Radio Corridor of Fame.
“Fourth in a row,” he wrote. “They have to let me in… Right?????”
After Siegel retired in 2022, the Kiss 108 “Matty in the Morning” present was rebranded to “Billy and Lisa in the Morning” with Billy Costa and Lisa Donovan.
They congratulated Siegel throughout Tuesday’s present, as Donovan known as him a “radio icon.”
“Forty-plus years, one of the biggest and best morning shows in the country,” Costa stated. “Congratulations to Matt.”
Siegel was beforehand inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Corridor of Fame.
He began on Boston radio as a fill-in for Charles Laquidara on WBCN in 1977, based on his bio. Siegel was then employed because the station’s noon host by 1980. He additionally hosted “5 All Night, Live All Night” on WCVB-TV.
Siegel was employed by WXKS-FM in 1980, and took over the morning present there the following 12 months.
In Might 2022, he introduced his retirement after greater than 40 years on the air.
The opposite inductees within the 2024 class are: The Criminal & Chase Countdown (Lorianne Criminal and Charlie Chase); Lee Harris; Phil Hendrie; Jaime Jarrin; Kraig Kitchin; Barry Mayo; and Mary McCoy.
“The Radio Hall of Fame welcomes eight new members that have made a lasting impact on the industry,” stated Dennis Inexperienced, co-chair of the Radio Corridor of Fame. “This class, like the ones before it, exemplifies the highest standards of excellence that radio broadcasters have upheld throughout radio’s rich history, making this medium so special to generations of listeners.
“These individuals have entertained, informed, and enriched listeners with their special talents, and it is an honor to recognize them as the Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2024,” Inexperienced added.
The inductees will probably be honored on the 2024 Radio Corridor of Fame Induction Ceremony on Sept. 19 in Nashville.
