always assume there's an open mic. -----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: Mar 22, 2009 7:17 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [NOISE] Bombs Away > > > >Credit: Des Moines Register >--Deb > >March 21, 2009 > >D.M. sports radio host drops at least 12 on-air F-bombs > >By TOM WITOSKY >[email protected] > >Listeners of Des Moines sports radio station KXNO heard a profane argument >between broadcasters Marty Tirrell and Larry Cotlar on Friday morning that >included Tirrell's use of the "F-word" at least a dozen times. > >The argument — apparently over media credentials used during last week's Iowa >high school boys' basketball tournament — took place just moments before the >beginning of an NCAA basketball preview show. > >An audiotape of the tirade obtained by WHO-TV showed that Tirrell began his >rant by mentioning an official with the Iowa High School Athletic Association >who deals with credential requests and angrily arguing with Cotlar over an >issue relating to use of credentials for the state tournament. > >At one point during the argument, Tirrell ordered Cotlar out of the studio. >Moments later, Tirrell said, "I'm going to (F-word) clock you." > >Tirrell, contacted Friday night, declined to comment except to say, "I get >along with Larry fine." He directed any additional questions to Joel McCrea, >vice president of WHO/Clear Channel Radio in Des Moines. McCrea could not be >reached for comment. > >Bud Legg, who oversees the distribution of credentials for the IHSAA, was >referred to in the tirade and acknowledged Friday that he had "some >differences of how people were using credentials, and I dealt with them on an >individual basis." > >"I am not going to say who it was with. The discussion was between me and >them. It's not a public thing." > >The audible portion of the argument, which lasted at least 75 seconds, could >be heard over commercials and promotions being broadcast at the same time. > >The exchange happened just before the NCAA basketball show featuring Tirrell, >along with broadcasters Jon Miller and Ken Miller. The show followed Cotlar's >regular morning drive-time show. > >Cotlar and Jon Miller, reached Friday, declined to comment on the >circumstances behind the argument. > >Federal Communications Commission regulations prohibit the use of profane >language in broadcasts between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. Profane >language is defined by the FCC as "so highly offensive that their mere >utterance in the context presented may, in legal terms, amount to a nuisance." > >In addition, FCC officials have warned broadcasters in the past that, >depending on the context, it would consider the "F-word" and those that are as >highly offensive to be profane language. > >FCC rules also say that the base fine for any violation of the profanity >restrictions is $7,000 per violation, but that the commission may charge as >much as $32,500 per violation based on a variety of factors, including the >nature and circumstance of the violation. > >Enforcement of FCC rules can only begin after a complaint is filed with the >commission. > >Tirrell yelled at Cotlar during the exchange that "you caused a (F-word) >hornet's nest. You're jealous of us." > >Later, Tirrell said Cotlar "embarrassed Clear Channel." Cotlar responded: "You >used something that's not yours and I embarrassed Clear Channel?" > >Legg told The Des Moines Register that no one outside the state association >approached him with concerns about credential use. "Any differences of opinion >we had with people have been handled," he said. > >The on-air incident is the latest in a series of controversies involving >Tirrell, who is often credited with bringing 24-hour sports talk radio to Des >Moines. > >The latest happened last year, when Tirrell was suspended for one day from >broadcasting on KXNO (1460 AM) after he named an individual and that person's >occupation in a derogatory way related to events on a trip to the U.S. Open >golf tournament. Tirrell apologized for the incident, but never provided >specific details of the incident. > >Tirrell has been employed by KXNO since February 2006, when he and Ken Miller >began a three-hour radio show on Saturdays. The format was later expanded to >five days each week, from 4 to 7 p.m., as well as Saturday mornings. > >The Register's Bryce Miller contributed to this report. > >>
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