[ShadowDancer]

Wow. He couldn't have been all that old.

[stayathomemom]

He worked to keep himself fit and was an advocate of healthy eating too. He was sometimes angering to me, but always thought provoking.

[CharacterCounts]

Mark Scott was a strong voice for conservative talk radio on WXYT in Southfield

Scott was no conservative voice.

He was hardcore Libertarian, an athiest and proabortion. He didn't advocate limited government - he advocated no government.

He was thought provoking however.

There was another radio personality on WXYT at the time - David Neuman. He was conservative and a great inteviewer. I don't know where Neuman is today?

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

I was a listener/caller of Marks from the mid-80's until he moved on just before WZYT went to all sports......a Korean War Veteran, cigar smoker, and Jeffersonian liberal Constitutionalist who took on 'cosmetic conservatives' as readily as he did contemporary liberals.

Sad to know he's not out there any more. (Mark Scott has left the building!)

RIP Mark. SE Michigan will never forget you.

[celano]

Mark Scott wasn't even a Libertarian, really, though it was closer than anything else. He was a staunch Objectivist, who found amusement in all sorts of things beyond the objective.

His work on WXYT was ground-breaking. He was lured to another Detroit powerhouse, only to get himself fired about a week later, if memory serves. His efforts since have been pretty sad; he was on a tiny, low power AM station for a time, and made several attempts at building a following on the web.

David Neuman, the last I heard, was having pretty major health issues. Another voice from the heyday of WXYT, John McCulloch, co-hosts a home improvement program on WJR with Murray Gula.

I'm saddened by Scott's passing. Excelsior, Mark!

[freedomson]

John McCollugh

Mark Scott

Dr. Leonard Portner

Daivd Nueman

I listened every day for many years.

[freedomson]

"A is A."

"I love my country but, I fear my government"

[newgeezer]

EXCELSIOR!

The fine, curly wood shavings used to line the cages of hamsters and gerbils?

[Diva]

Too bad, I remember listening to WXYT, it helped get me through the Clinton years. I liked Mark Scott because he could be thought provoking and he was generally pro-homeschooling but, my fovorite was David Neuman.

[ClintonBeGone]

http://www.markscottshow.us/index.html

[Springman]

Heard a 1 min. report on WJR. Very sad day.

I guess I owe him a debt of gratitude. I heard him when he was on WWJ for those two or three days, before he was fired. He got me interested in talk radio. Thanks to him, I knew I wasn't alone.

May he Rest in Peace.

[Mike Bates]

He ended each show with a hearty EXCELSIOR!

Art Roberts on Chicago's WLS did the same 40 years ago. Must have been a radio thing.

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

[Pest]

I was a huge listener of the Mark Scott show when I lived in the Detroit area in the mid to late 90's. I even called into the show a few times. He turned me on to Ayn Rand and I read all of her books. However, I never was able to take on Objectivism as my own philosophy.

I would credit Mark with transforming me from a liberal to a conservative over the course of about a year.

Thanks Mark!

[Dan from Michigan]

Mark Scott was "The man" in Detroit talk radio for years. He ran WXYT which was the talk radio station in Detroit. He brought Rush Limbaugh to Detroit, and out of loyalty, Rush kept his show there when it became big. He could have gone to WJR years ago, but stayed with WXYT until it went to an all sports format.

Mark Scott is a legend in the business, especially among gun owners. He will be missed.

[taildragger]

Excelsior Mr Scott!

David Brudnoi from Boston and now Mark, both helped greatly in my journey away from Liberalism.

Mark was way ahead of his time.

Does anyone remember his rallyeat Freedom Hill just before the 94' elections> If you went you knew a big change was coming.

I remember one program on my ride home with the topic being Terrorist Attacks and Extremist Fundementialist Islam, this may have been in the 96' to 98' time frame, I remember it scared the heck out of me.

Does anyone know where and when we can pay respects?

[Mark was here]

I recall one time someone called up Mark and asked him if he had gotten the book that he had sent him. Mark said "Oh yeah right, your the one!" in a mockingly fashion.

I would call Mark Scott a big factor in my political education, and I am grateful for the opportunity to listen.

Any one recall the old crank Mark displaced when he went back on in the afternoon? I think the guy went up to Flint.

[celano]

The Memorial Service will be held at:

Griffin Funeral Home
42600 Ford Rd.
Canton MI 48187

7:00PM Friday 4/29

(From Scott's web site: http://www.markscottshow.us/)

[RckyRaCoCo]

Very sad to hear about the passing of "Dr. Scott". His shows were very thought provoking. Some here expressed their animosity about his anti-religious views. He came across as one who hated collectivism in all it's forms and preferred people to think(and more importantly educate themselves)on their own and to express themselves as individuals rather than as a brainwashed collective....being it religion, politics, whatever. The "porn program" someone else mentioned was explained by him later on as part of his frustration with the current state of talk radio/TV at the time(and now for that matter). He stated "that's what was people wanted to listen to". He often used the phrase "let the games begin" to express his disdain at the tabloid news/ignoramus sports programming that was filling up the airwaves on TV/radio. Listening to him on the internet and Michigan Talk Radio in the last few years I sensed his increased bitterness at the state of affairs both politically and socially and he became so negative that I could no longer listen. I agreed with him on many issues, not so much on others but he was a unique personality who deserves the respect given to others who have the guts to expose the corruption that is rampant in politics, (so called)entertainment, and public education and not use these issues to blow his own horn(O'Reilly), but rather he used his energy/fame to provoke others to make their voices be known.

I hope you find peace Mark,

"Excelsior my friend".

[Alouette]

I used to listen to Mark Scott years ago. I liked him at first, but then he became very dogmatic and doctrinaire about his Ayn Randism, even more so than the "religionists" that he bashed.

During his heyday, he was a lot like Michael Savage.

[jazzo]

Mark Scott was a true pioneer in talk radio, he also turned me on to talk radio, and many of the writings that have shaped my philosophy. In 2002 I was working at home most days, and I listened to his internet broadcast daily, although at times he was rambling and you could sense his frustration, he really sounded like "A Voice in the Wilderness", some days it was sad, most days he was right on target. His bi-weekly chats with Illana Mercer were also very interesting. Although he was not a christian, he was well versed in scripture, and the "post 9/11" Mark Scott was a avid defender of christianity vs the attack from the Islamo-fascists. He truly was an "intellectual warrior", I could site many great shows he did over the years, but the years him and David Newman were on WXYT/WXYZ, were truly the best of times in Detroit Talk Radio.

God Rest His Soul

RIP & Excelsior Mark Scott aka Deus Ex Machina