Mike Siegel

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Mike Siegel
Born
Michael Siegel

(1945-03-16) March 16, 1945 (age 79)
Brooklyn, New York
OccupationRadio talk show host
Known forCoast to Coast AM

Mike Siegel (born March 16, 1945) is an American

Boston's WRKO and hosted a webcast. He has substituted for nationally syndicated conservative talk show hosts, including Michael Reagan.[2]

Shows

Siegel was the host of the late-night talk show

Seattle, Washington, where he lived.[3]

Later, Siegel hosted a daily talk show on WLIE, in Islip, Long Island. During this tenure, he promoted the movement to make Long Island the 51st state (with himself as its first Governor), and advocated "smoke-ins" to protest the county's smoking ban.

Siegel was the host of first a conservative noon-time to three pm talk show on

Seattle, Washington. He was key in movements of the time to introduce accountability to Washington state government. He helped former Congresswoman Linda Smith and initiative to the people "King" Tim Eyman to get motor vehicle license fees reduced from 2.2% of the vehicle's value to $30 a year.[4]

Siegel describes how he worried about his safety when he aired a discussion from Wenatchee, Washington involving some of those accused in the Wenatchee child abuse prosecutions.[5]

In early December 2005, his contract with KTTH expired and he was replaced by David Boze and Dan Sytman in the morning.

On February 1, 2006, Siegel began hosting "Noonday" on

Hot Talk
program.

In June, 2006, Siegel was the host of a one-hour local issues radio show from 6-7 PM (Pacific) on KITZ in Bremerton Washington and KGTK in Olympia.

In April 2008, Hennen left WDAY to become owner of his own station, WZFG/1100. Upon Hennen's departure, Siegel served as host of Hot Talk on WDAY until June 2008. Siegel followed Hennen to AM 1100 and was a regular fill-in host for the Scott Hennen Show.

Siegel worked the 3-7 PM time-slot on

Boston, Massachusetts, beginning in September 2014, when the contract with The Howie Carr Show ended. This assignment ended on March 16, 2015, when Carr returned.[6]
Siegel started a nightly talk show on WRKO from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. on July 30, 2018.

Appearances and honors

References

  1. ^ "Veteran Talk-Show Host Mike Siegel to Succeed Bell". Los Angeles Times. 11 April 2000.
  2. ^ "Audio: Research Fellow Robert Whaples on the Mike Siegel Radio Show on the Genesis Communications Network". The Independent Institute.
  3. ^ "Veteran Talk-Show Host Mike Siegel to Succeed Bell". Los Angeles Times. April 11, 2000.
  4. ^ "Fired Radio Host Mike Siegel Gets New Show Lost Job After Airing Rumors About Seattle Mayor Norm Rice | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com.
  5. ^ Airing the Wave: Talk Radio at the Dawn of the Digital Era
  6. ^ "WRKO announces Howie Carr's return". WRKO.com. 2015-03-09. Archived from the original on 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Home". Mike Siegel - One of the nations foremost experts in media communication.
  8. ^ "Home - Haym Salomon Center". Haym Salomon Center. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  9. ^ BWW News Desk. "Mike Siegel Pens AIRING THE WAVE". BroadwayWorld.com.

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