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Audio: KXNO's Marty Tirrell Profanity-Laced Tirade Under Commercial Break

Does anyone know what kind of punishment these guys got?
 
Well, there were suspensions issued today to three as-yet-unnamed individuals:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090323/SPORTS/90323012/1023

I think it's easy to put two-and-two together: According to the article:

"Cotlar, however, was not on the air this morning for his regular drive-time show for KXNO (AM-1460). In addition his regular producer, Geoff Conn, also was not on the air."

And given Tirrell did most of the yelling and cussing, he had to have received one of the suspensions.
 
Update: Radio & Records is reporting that the two hosts and the producer that were previously suspended, are all now no longer with Clear Channel:
http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRWe...=48086&ContentTypeID=101&Archive=0&FormatId=0

[Marty] Tirrell says he is disappointed, but knows the company "did what they thought they needed to do." He goes on to apologize saying, "I would like to apologize to Larry Cotlar for the way I treated him. He deserved better. I would also like to apologize to anyone who heard the comments on the radio...
 
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