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Mr Scott died of an apparent heart attack at Providence Hospital in [[Southfield]], [[Michigan]]. |
Mr Scott died of an apparent heart attack at Providence Hospital in [[Southfield]], [[Michigan]]. |
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This is John Murphy of Clinton Township, Michigan. I began listening to conservative talk radio in January 1981. Mark Scott was the first one I listened to on AM-1270 WXYT. I had the distinct priveledge of meeting Mark Scott at a Macomb County Taxpayer Association fundraiser in Harrison Township, Michigan on November 9, 1991 (I still have my ticket stub). He shook my hand and immediately christened me with the nickname "Irishman". One of his core beliefs was "A is A". A thing is what it is. A liberal is a liberal and not a progressive. He often said that a table cannot be a sandwich. I miss him. |
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Revision as of 05:19, 8 September 2007
Mark Scott (1936 - April 26, 2005) was an American talk radio host.
Biography
Scott attended five colleges and served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War before starting his career in broadcasting.
He became a controversial radio host on AM-1270 WXYZ (later WXYT after the station changed hands), starting in 1980 through the late 1990s. Politically, he referred to himself as a "Jeffersonian Conservative", but he was strongly libertarian, and popularized many libertarian philosophical positions, especially those of novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand, in the metropolitan Detroit area. His trademark sign-off was a single word: "Excelsior!" He also promoted his show with the phrase "deus ex machina" which he translated as "the God of the Machine" (in this case the machine being the radio).
After WXYT changed format to an all sports talk station, Mark pioneered the use of the internet as a broadcast media by continuing his show on-line.
Mr Scott died of an apparent heart attack at Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan.
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