Should Marty Tirrell be fired?

**CycloneErik** · 03-21-2009, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by Balrog

I agree.
Swearing is the literary crutch of the inarticulate mother******
and, as far as I am concerned, the crutch of a mediocre radio "host".
Marty's brand of shock radio stylings is long past it's prime, and so is he.
I hope someone throws a very large FCC violations book at him, and then allows him to beg for his job ............ to no avail. What a clown, and a dispeakable co-worker.

Dispeakable???

**CYdTracked** · 03-21-2009, 09:36 PM

Marty has been on thin ice since the US Open thing in my opinion. At the very least he's getting hit up with a fine and suspension but he continues to take shots at Cotlar on the air and this tirade backs that he has a problem with Larry. If I'm the station manager and 1 of my guys is taking shots on-air towards another show my station hosts that has to be concerning because Cotlar and M&M are not competing shows. They should be working together to get both shows the best ratings they can and make KXNO look good as a whole. Jon Miller doesn't take shots at either shows and has no reason to because again, he's not competing against them. If Marty was taking a shot at Deace who happens to have a show in the same time slot as his show and works at another station, that is a little more "acceptable." Factor in all the other little crap he's pulled and I think you could easily justify firing him too.

Personally I think Marty is a guy that I would not trust farther as a person than I could spit. Seems like he will sell out to anyone willing to give him some perks and doesn't have any decency when it comes to treating people right. Even with his show if someone disagrees he just screams over them and drops them off the line so he maintains the upper hand of the arguement. It's a lot eaiser to argue when the other side of it is silent...

**Gunner4Cy** · 03-21-2009, 09:53 PM

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajcY_MJHLng"]YouTube - Shaq curses on LIVE TV! (uncensored)[/ame]Shaq knew the mics were on.

**CycloneErik** · 03-21-2009, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by Gunner4Cy

YouTube - Shaq curses on LIVE TV! (uncensored)Shaq knew the mics were on.

Shaq's a class act, as long as everything goes his way.

**Haverhill** · 03-21-2009, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by CycloneErik

Shaq's a class act, as long as everything goes his way.

Is Marty ever a class act? "I'm not knocking the guy, but I'm basically knocking the guy."

**rdubbs** · 03-23-2009, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by Drive4cy

IMO there is a conspiracy to get him fired at KXNO. I think Geoff Conn was running the controls yesterday and "forgot" that one of the mics was on. It seems like when you listen to the clip on WHOraw that you join the argument already in progress. Perhaps Conn saw it develop and "accidently" turned one of the mics on to capture it. That wouldn't surprise me one bit. Especially considering Marty has taken his fair shots at the morning show and the beautiful Karen Kay. Maybe this was redemption. :)

If you believe this, than Geoff also tried to get his fellow morning show host in trouble since Larry was there yelling too.

**Cyclonesrule91** · 03-23-2009, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by Longhorns3131

I really don't think he will be fired. Just suspended. If I were Marty and I was fired, I would sue the radio station, because it was their fault for the mics on air during the commerical break. I know you Cyclone fans don't like him. But if you were in his situation what would you do?

So what part of the mic being accidentally/purposely left on led to Martha being a total *** and talking to a co-worker like that. I don't buy the theory that anyone turned on the mic on purpose, but Marty came up with that garbage on his own.

You could sue all you wanted but if he's fired, there is plenty of proof to throw the case out of court before it even gets to trial.

**Al_4_State** · 03-23-2009, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by anticyclonic

I just wonder how much the station is going to be fined by the FCC. I bet it is in the six digit range.

That is absolutely ridiculous. Six figures because some kid might have heard the word **** is absolutely ridiculous. The FCC is nothing but a waste of taxpayers dollars. Programmers should be allowed to swear if they want. If it offends you, turn it off. My guess is even those of us who don't use that language personally don't have that much of a problem w/somebody else doing so.

**jaretac** · 03-23-2009, 10:58 AM

So was Cotler on today?

**rdubbs** · 03-23-2009, 10:59 AM

Him and Geoff apparently are on vacation this week.

**dmclone** · 03-23-2009, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Al_4_State

That is absolutely ridiculous. Six figures because some kid might have heard the word **** is absolutely ridiculous. The FCC is nothing but a waste of taxpayers dollars. Programmers should be allowed to swear if they want. If it offends you, turn it off. My guess is even those of us who don't use that language personally don't have that much of a problem w/somebody else doing so.

I don't want to sound like a prude but I tend to disagree. If you pay for the service like XM or cable than I think it's alright but on public airwaves I don't think throwing out the F word 15 times in 30 seconds is a good ideal.

It's kind of like me. I'll cuss all i want at home but when I'm at a game or something I don't think people should be able to say anything they want.

**TarHeelHawk** · 03-23-2009, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by rdubbs

Him and Geoff apparently are on vacation this week.

How convenient. I was wondering why Dan Patrick was on when I got in the truck this morning, thought maybe KXNO had dropped the hammer.

**TarHeelHawk** · 03-23-2009, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Al_4_State

That is absolutely ridiculous. Six figures because some kid might have heard the word **** is absolutely ridiculous. The FCC is nothing but a waste of taxpayers dollars. Programmers should be allowed to swear if they want. If it offends you, turn it off. My guess is even those of us who don't use that language personally don't have that much of a problem w/somebody else doing so.

You don't have kids, do you?

**cyhiphopp** · 03-23-2009, 11:21 AM

I voted that he should be fired, but not solely based on his tirade. I think he is a hack on a terrible show and the blue streak he fired off should be more than the last straw. Seriously, Marty and Miller is just a terrible show all together, even without the obvious Hawk bias. They make no attempt so "cover" all facets of local sports. Their "coverage" of the ISU coaching search and assistant coaching search was wretched or non-existant.
Usually when I browse past their show on the dial, they are just screaming nonsense arguments at each other about nothing of importance. Add to this that he is a total d-bag and I have no clue why he had the job in the first place.
Can anyone inform me as to why he should keep his job?

**BigBake** · 03-23-2009, 11:25 AM

What bothers me the most is they rip local sports teams for the sake of ratings. When the Hawks were (well still are) in legal trouble they were all over everyone over there. They've been all over ripping on ISU since day 1.

I want a local sports show that interviews as many interesting coaches/players as possible. Not just ***** them off. See the UNI baseball coach interview as an example.