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Mike Scott's Passing

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Just heard the very sad news that Mike Scott, ex KILT, WDRQ, KCBQ, etc passed away recently.

Mike was a generous human being, an amazing creative talent.
His passing is devastating to those who had the chance to work with him.
His optimism and good cheer will be sorely missed.

Heft a brew and listen to some blues in his honor
 
Sorry, but when I saw the title of the thread, I thought this was about the former Astros pitcher.

I'm glad it's not. Condolences to the Scott family, nevertherless. It's tough losing a loved one, no matter who you are. :(
 
Mike Scott ran a recording studio in southwest Houston for many years and he was one of the pros. You've heard that smooth voice many times on commercials over the past couple of decades.

His biggest claim to fame was probably doing afternoons on KQUE during the '80s. (Back then, I knew him because I was his news/traffic guy.) Unless you count the fact that he was also once "Hudson" of "Hudson and Herrigan," on KILT for a brief time. He told me he just hated the early mornings, so he quit. Can you imagine the guts it took to walk away from the biggest morning franchise in Houston?

Funny thing is, I ran into him about a year ago while he was working part time at the local Metro studios, and he had lost so much weight I hardly recognized him. But he was still kind and so professional, just like he always was.

And still funny, just like you'd expect an ex-"Hudson" to be.
 
I met Mike when I was at KNUZ in 1975. He was doing mornings on KQUE. Before becoming Hudson on "Hudson & Harrigan," Mike had been at KNUZ rockin' n rollin' in the 1960s. He told ma many years ago, he left H&H because he and his counterpart were unable to get along. In fact, that ill matched set helped Jim Tate on 790 KULF. Along with David Fowler on the news, for the 1st time KILT was getting a serious threat from KULF.

Mike was a great impersonator. Back in the R&R days of KNUZ, afternoon personality Arch Yancey was in New Orleans and was unable to get a flight one morning because New Orleans was socked in by fog. Mike was the mid afternoon host. When 3PM came along, no Arch! He had finally got a plane was on his way back. Mike impersonated Yancey and nobody knew the difference. Mike told the audience what a great time he had on Bourbon Street. About and hour and a half later, Arch showed up and set down and continued his show without skipping a beat. Mike was one of the best! Peace, my man.
 
Nice comments about Mike Scott. I'll try to add something that you may not be aware of. Mike Scott along with Jim O Brien in 1967 left KLIF-1190 to revitalize KCBQ-San Diego. At the time Q had been over run by Bill Drake's KGB in the Top 40 battle. How bad was it, in pm drive KGB had a 20 share next to KCBQ's 5 share. O Brien miffed at the small budget he was given as the new program director left.
Big Mike took over.

He brought in fellow Texans Jimmy Rabbitt & B B Bailey Brown, and positioned the Q as the station where you heard the hits along with the key album cuts of Hendrix, Cream, Canned Heat, etc. He also created the innovative cash call "don't say hello-say I listen to KCBQ". Needless to say within 6 months KCBQ had toppled KGB (Scott was the first programmer to beat Drake) and Scott went on to Detroit to program WJBK. Although I was a kid when this all went down, I always was inspired when I went into programming looking back at some of the great things Mike did all those years ago. We had always talked about getting together for a beer in the last 4-5 years after some conversations, I wish we did.

Mike you were simply the best, rest in peace.
 
Hey Chuck:

I have a funny feeling that Mike Scott would want me to ask you about your post (above):

I don't care what "he told MA," what did Mike tell YOU?

Leave your mother out of this.
 
michaelshiloh said:
Hey Chuck:

I have a funny feeling that Mike Scott would want me to ask you about your post (above):

I don't care what "he told MA," what did Mike tell YOU?

Leave your mother out of this.
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Mary Anderson...and me, too!
 
As I recall, the H&H time line 1972-Present
Mac Hudson Roach/ Paul Menard (Irv Harrigan)
Mac Hudson Roach/ Mike Scott (Irv Harrigan)
Mark Stevens (Hudson) / Mike Scott (Harrigan)
Mark Stevens (Hudson) / Jim "Tony Raven" Pruitt (Harrigan)- Mike Scott to KILT Sales, then KNUZ/KQUE
(When Mark and Jimmy left for KULF it gets a little fuzzy. I do know Tommy Kramer, Jack Mayberry, and Ken Sasso were in the mix.)
Randy Hames (Hudson) / Fred Kennedy (Harrigan)
 
I join my colleagues in mourning Mike Scott's passing. He was a real pro, and he was a gentleman. Would that all of us can be remembered that way.

Note to "Lovett Blvd". The Hudson and Harrigan franchise started in the late sixties. I have clear memories of hearing them in my car as I drove to own morning shift at a competing station in 1967 and 68.
 
I always looked forward to a VO session at Mike's studio.
Regardless of who the client was, Mike could guide the talent past any of the hidden shoals in the copy, and the sessions were always successful under his touch at the console. Mike was always upbeat and encouraging, even when it was obvious he didn't feel well.
He will be missed.
 
Oh wow - It was just this exact week back in June 1982 when I replaced Mike Scott in afternoons at KULF. The station was just days away from changing to a new Top 40 format to be known as 79Q - KKBQ. And did we get laughed at doing Top 40 AM as late as 1982!

Mike was so nice to me in his last days at KULF despite knowing that the whole station was about to change direction and bring in all new people. KULF resided at the lovely penthouse suite high atop the Old Central Bank building. (I noticed the building is still standing and vacant - amazing not torn down yet)

Mike was kind enough to spend a few days explaining the equipment to me and how to pronounce such traffic words as Jetero Blvd., OST, what an FM 1960 was, Mykawa, etc. He even mentioned my name on the air stating that I would be replacing him as he read this commercial for a new Houston apartment relocating company!

A class act all the way around and a true broadcast professional. And what a natural delivery Mike had in his reads. Glad to have met him.
 
I just found this site and was dismayed that one of the first things I came across was the news about the passing of Mike Scott. Mike worked on some demos and other projects for me over the last few years and was a great guy. Helpful, concerned, and enthusiastic. One of those guys who just had radio in his blood. We talked about things going on in Houston and his early days in radio in Detroit, where I grew up. Very sorry to hear this news. Mike was a true pro.

DH
 
I'm so sadden to hear of Mike's passing. Mike "MIKE SCOTT" Belile and I both grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana. I got got started in radio because of Mike. I replaced Mike from his first radio job, when he moved on to his second station, I replace him at both stations. Then he joined the U S Air Force. This must have been in 1962.

I knew Mike even before he got into radio. Mike was a musician. We would often drive to New Orleans where he would play on recording sessions at Cosmo Matisse's Recording Studio in the New Orleans French Quarters. While in New Orleans we would visit with friends at the great Top 40 stations of the early, early sixities. Stations W T I X 690, and W N O E 1060.

W N O E was owned by Gordon McLendon's father in law James A. Noe, former Governor of Louisiana.

Mike was a lot of fun to be around. I was disappointed when he joined the Air Force. After Lake Charles I when on to work in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Tampa and Birmingham. And Mike worked Texas and California.

The last time I sat and talk with Mike was in 1968-69, while he was working at
K N U Z. I was in town and we met at the bar in the old Holiday Inn Central on Main at the Southwest freeway, just down the street form K NUZ.

I'm sorry we didn't keep in touch over the the past 40 years.

My sincere condolences to his family.
 
This is truly sad news, as Mike was definitely one of the good ones, both on and off the air. He was my first mentor in the business, after Paul Berlin decided to take a chance on a college kid for the old KQUE. It was probably my second weekend there, when "Scotty" came through at about 8:30 PM on a Saturday night. He took the time to introduce himself, and then tell me things sounded realy good and to keep up the good work. You can't believe how important that was to hear form someone of Mike's stature at that tender stage of my career.

After about six months, I was moved into the overnight spot, and got to be his lead-in. It used to be I worked Monday night/Tuesday AM thru Friday night/Saturday AM, but because he thought enough of my work, and how it helped set him up in the morning for that 6-10 AM drive time slot, he convinced Berlin to move my shift to Saunday night/Monday AM thru Thursday night/Friday AM

Back then I was a just a wide-eyed kid, who was nothing more than a huge sponge, who woould stick around in the control room for about the first hour of his show to talk, but mostly observe. He was truly a professional, in every sense of the word, and I owe a great deal to him.

I knew how much he loved his family, as he would talk about them often. My deepest regards to them for their loss.
 
A lot of real radio pro's are not around anymore. Sometimes, i wonder how bad radio will be in a few years. Considering, that it's as vanilla as it gets now.

Condolences to the family.
 
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