Mark Scott was a truly unique talk radio host.\u00a0\u00a0 He was heard on WXYT-AM in Detroit (the area, not the city).\u00a0\u00a0 Mark was a follower of the Ayn Rand’s religion of Objectivism.\u00a0\u00a0 He was also a strong supporter of the 2nd amendment and the 10th amendment.<\/p>\n
Back in the early days, WXYT was owned by ABC – and was the source of some of the national programming on early syndicated radio.\u00a0\u00a0 In 1984, ABC sold the station because the national ownership limits were still in place – they sold it to a local owner named Fritz Broadcasting.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When the merger frenzy started, Fritz sold the station to Infinity, which quickly became part of CBS Radio, which still owns the station.<\/p>\n
When Mel Karmazin was chased out of CBS by the ghost of Edward Murrow, his “FreeFM” thing was blown up around the country.\u00a0\u00a0 WXYT-AM had acquired rights to the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Lions from ABC’s WJR-AM, and WXYT AM\/FM switched to all sports, all the time\u00a0 (We love sports!)<\/p>\n
In a couple weeks, WXYT-AM will be returning to its roots and reverting to News\/Talk – picking up Glenn Beck\u00a0 (and an otherwise really weak lineup – Jason Lewis, Todd Schnitt, Rusty Humphries).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mark Scott died a few years ago, so he won’t be around to yell “Excelsior!”.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Perhaps someone at the station still has a recording.’<\/p>\n