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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?

[cyclotic]

Yea, You're right. In the true sense of conservative as we understand it he was not. But he always made you think.

David Newman suffered a stroke and some other medical problems a few years ago. I heard that he guest hosted a couple of shows recently on WJR.

[Skip Ripley]

Newman did some great work on WJR in Detroit during the fracas surrounding Gore's attempt to steal the 2000 election.

They then moved him out of the 10am time slot and I lost track of him

[K Code]

I believe that Mark Scott really was a conservative in the days before "Excelsior." Those of us who listened beginning in the early 80s (I think he did not come to WXYZ / WXYT until 1981) might agree that we watched (listened) his philosophy emerge over time. But, in the beginning, he espoused individual rights and constitutional conservatism (as I like it.) I do recall an interview (maybe it was a caller) with a libertarian about 1985 - and recall clearly that he was miffed by the ideas; I was a little surprised.

Am I right that Excelsior and / or "Mark Scott has left the building" were not part of the earliest shows?