RadicalResearcher
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A little history or a bio for those who don't know of Art Bell. I took it from the net so you wouldn't have to google it.
Showing an early interest in radio, Art Bell became a licensed amateur radio operator at the age of 13. By the late 1990s he was reaching 15 million listeners a night as host of Coast-to-Coast AM.
Bell operated a pirate radio station while serving as a medic in the Air Force during Vietnam, often playing music deemed inappropriate by the Armed Forces Radio Network. He stayed in Asia after his military service and worked as a disc jockey for KSBK, an English-language station in Okinawa, Japan.
Upon his return to the U.S., Bell studied engineering and returned to radio as a board operator. Then in 1989 he was offered a five-hour time slot on the air in the middle of the night by KDWN/Las Vegas and Coast-to-Coast AM was born.
The overnight show originally had a call-in format and covered politics, but Bell quickly switched its focus toward hot button issues such as conspiracy theories and gun laws. The show changed again in the mid 1990s, this time embracing off-beat topics such as the occult, UFOs and all things paranormal.
Syndication of the program began in 1993 and reached 500 stations at its peak. Starting in 2003, Bell hosted only the weekend shows until he retired in July 2007.
Art Bell was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2008.
He died on April 13, 2018.
Ok, now to the question. He died, what did he know? He ran his controversial radio talk show for many, many years and he covered a wide range of topics. Think of all the people who came to him, reached out to him and tried to get air time, tried to get there stories told. The ones that never made it to the radio show, those are the ones I am interested in. Did Art keep a diary? If so what did he know? I am shocked that no one asked this or atleast I have not seen it asked. I seen articles that talk about his reasoning behind leaving coasttocoastam and his move, what happened with his son and these sorts of things but never, never have i come across anything that talks about what he kept hidden from the public that he was exposed to. Think of the whistle blowers who were scared to be heard on radio but they came to him anyways and told him stuff. Stuff that he just couldn't air on radio for one reason or another. Anyone know of any good stories that perhaps Art didn't air on radio but maybe talked about at a convention he attended or spoke about in private to someone?
Showing an early interest in radio, Art Bell became a licensed amateur radio operator at the age of 13. By the late 1990s he was reaching 15 million listeners a night as host of Coast-to-Coast AM.
Bell operated a pirate radio station while serving as a medic in the Air Force during Vietnam, often playing music deemed inappropriate by the Armed Forces Radio Network. He stayed in Asia after his military service and worked as a disc jockey for KSBK, an English-language station in Okinawa, Japan.
Upon his return to the U.S., Bell studied engineering and returned to radio as a board operator. Then in 1989 he was offered a five-hour time slot on the air in the middle of the night by KDWN/Las Vegas and Coast-to-Coast AM was born.
The overnight show originally had a call-in format and covered politics, but Bell quickly switched its focus toward hot button issues such as conspiracy theories and gun laws. The show changed again in the mid 1990s, this time embracing off-beat topics such as the occult, UFOs and all things paranormal.
Syndication of the program began in 1993 and reached 500 stations at its peak. Starting in 2003, Bell hosted only the weekend shows until he retired in July 2007.
Art Bell was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2008.
He died on April 13, 2018.
Ok, now to the question. He died, what did he know? He ran his controversial radio talk show for many, many years and he covered a wide range of topics. Think of all the people who came to him, reached out to him and tried to get air time, tried to get there stories told. The ones that never made it to the radio show, those are the ones I am interested in. Did Art keep a diary? If so what did he know? I am shocked that no one asked this or atleast I have not seen it asked. I seen articles that talk about his reasoning behind leaving coasttocoastam and his move, what happened with his son and these sorts of things but never, never have i come across anything that talks about what he kept hidden from the public that he was exposed to. Think of the whistle blowers who were scared to be heard on radio but they came to him anyways and told him stuff. Stuff that he just couldn't air on radio for one reason or another. Anyone know of any good stories that perhaps Art didn't air on radio but maybe talked about at a convention he attended or spoke about in private to someone?
