Article: Siegel's ratings are nothing to laugh at

Matt Siegel of KISS-108 (WXKS-FM) doesn't want to sound as if he's suffering from the Rodney Dangerfield syndrome, but while other DJs garner headlines and FCC fines, Siegel sits as master of music on the radio in the morning. Sure, his show is a whole percentage point behind all-news station WBZ-AM, but it's more than a point ahead of WBCN, WBMX and WMJX. So, like Dangerfield, does Siegel deserve more respect than he gets?

"I think that might be true, but how can I really complain, my life is so good," he says. KISS-108 managers must have been ecstatic when the most recent Arbitron numbers showed the station in the top spot among all listeners age 12 and over and in second place ...

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