CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Morning sports talk radio host Kevin Kiley is apparently out at 92.3 The Fan WKRK-FM.

Kiley was not on the air Friday morning for his show "Kiley and Carman" hours after announcing his resignation on TV that he said was "effective at the end of the month."

"My principles, their principles of doing business they don't match," Kiley said during an appearance on WOIO Channel 19's Sports Extra. "It was tough for me to work there."

The outspoken Kiley sparked controversy last month when called the Buffalo Bills hiring of a female assistant coach "absurd." Those comments in addition to previous statements that women shouldn't be allowed to vote for the Pro Football Hall of Fame or work as an NFL official drew negative attention for Kiley and 92.3 The Fan. Mike Florio at Pro Football Talk called for a boycott of the station.

But Kiley said he actually submitted a letter of resignation in November "for reasons that were unrelated to this," but it wasn't supposed to go into effect until the end of February.

So, why say something now?

Kiley said he wasn't allowed by CBS to defend himself against his critics and his job was threatened.

"In 35 years I've never been censored and I shouldn't have been censored for this," Kiley told Channel 19 sports anchor Tony Zarella.

"You shouldn't accept censorship ever. You should make sure the people on the radio are telling you the truth as they see it," he said.

"Don't let some clown in New York tell them what to say and then you think it's your opinion or what not to say. That's what happened here and I'm not accepting it."

Efforts to reach 92.3 program director Andy Roth for comment have been unsuccessful.

Kiley had been with 92.3 The Fan since it launched in 2011, hosting "Kiley and Booms" with Chuck Booms before Booms was fired and replaced by Ken Carman in 2015.