Talent of having the gift of gab maybe... All he did was find a hot topic that he could take a stance on that would piss people off then push buttons of callers when they called in. It definitely worked to get callers I guess but the substance wasn't anything substantial really. I guess if you call that talent then it fits the description. The 3 big stains that I remember on his time at KXNO were the famous "my dentist has the inside scoop on the next ISU FB coach" when he was pretty much saying we were hiring Jay Norvell and he was completely wrong on that one, the time he was cussing at Larry Cotlar on a hot mike that got both of them fired, and the guy he took to the masters that he screwed over that he and the guy had it out on the air about that.
I don't miss the guy, he was basically a shock jock wanna be. Miller IMO brought a lot more to sports talk in DM than Marty did. Marty is right up there with Perrault and Travis as far as annoying personalities and guys that just don't have a filter. Travis is harmless and seems like a good human being at least, Perrault was just a self centered ass, and Marty of course was just a scumbag altogether as he screwed over many people here both personally and professionally.