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American broadcaster

Art Bell
Art Bell portrait.jpg
Born

Arthur William Bell Three


(1945-06-17)June 17, 1945

Northward Carolina, U.South
Died April 13, 2018(2018-04-13) (aged 72)

Pahrump, Nevada, U.S.
Occupation Broadcaster, author
Spouse(southward)

Sachiko Toguchi Pontius

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(m. 1965; div. 1968)​


Vickie Fifty. Baker

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(thou. 1981; div. 1991)​


Ramona Lee Hayes

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(m. 1991; died 2006)​


Airyn Ruiz

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(one thousand. 2006)​

[1]
Children 5
Call sign W6OBB (U.S.)
4F1AB (Philippines)
Website artbell.com

Arthur William Bell Three (June 17, 1945 – April thirteen, 2018) was an American broadcaster and author. He was the founder and the original host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM, which is syndicated on hundreds of radio stations in the The states and Canada.[2] He also created and hosted its companion show Dreamland. Declension to Coast still arrogance nightly.

In 2003, Bell semi-retired from Coast to Declension AM. During the following four years, he hosted the show for many weekends on Premiere Networks. He appear his retirement from weekend hosting in 2007, but occasionally served as a guest host through to 2010. Archetype episodes of Coast to Coast AM tin be heard in some radio markets on Sat nights under the name Somewhere in Time hosted past Bong. He started a new nightly bear witness, Art Bell'southward Dark Matter, on Sirius XM Radio, that aired for six weeks in 2013.[three] [four]

In 2015, he returned to radio with a new prove Midnight in the Desert, which was bachelor online via TuneIn likewise as some terrestrial radio stations. He appear what would be his final retirement on December 11, 2015, citing security concerns at his dwelling. He said that he and his family were subjected to repeated intrusions on his property in Pahrump, Nevada. The intrusions included gunshots, and he was in fear for his family unit's safety. He chose to exit the air and along with information technology public life because he believed that the intruder or intruders wanted him off the air.

Bell was the founder and original possessor of Pahrump-based radio station KNYE 95.1 FM. His broadcast studio and transmitter were located near his dwelling in Pahrump, where he also hosted Coast to Coast AM.

Early life [edit]

Arthur William Bell Iii was born in North Carolina on June 17, 1945. Sources differ on whether he was born in Jacksonville or Camp Lejeune.[5] [6] He had a Lutheran groundwork.[7]

Bell was ever interested in radio; at the age of xiii, he became a licensed amateur radio operator. Bong held an Amateur Extra Class license, which is in the acme U.S. Federal Communications Committee license form. His call sign was W6OBB.

Bong served in the U.South. Air Forcefulness as a medic during the Vietnam War and in his costless time operated a pirate radio station at Amarillo Air Strength Base. He would make a bespeak of playing anti-war music (like "Eve of Destruction" and "Fortunate Son") that was non aired on the American Forces Network.[8]

After leaving war machine service, he remained in Asia, where he lived on the Japanese island of Okinawa. He worked as a disc jockey for KSBK, which was the merely not-military English language-language station in Japan. While there, he set a Guinness World Record by staying on the air for 116 hours and xv minutes. The coin raised there allowed Bong to charter a Douglas DC-8, fly to Vietnam, and rescue 130 Vietnamese orphans stranded in Saigon at the war's finish. They were eventually brought to the United states and adopted by American families.[ citation needed ]

Bell returned to the Us and studied engineering at the University of Maryland. He dropped out and returned to radio as a lath operator and chief engineer, and had the opportunity to be on the air a few times. For several years, he worked behind and in front of the microphone. After a period of working in cablevision idiot box, in 1986 the 50,000-watt KDWN in Las Vegas, Nevada, offered Bell a five-hour fourth dimension slot in the middle of the nighttime. Syndication of his program to other radio stations began in 1993.

Dissemination career [edit]

Bell was a rock music disc jockey before he moved into talk radio. His original 1978 late-night Las Vegas program on KDWN was a political call-in show under the name W Declension AM. [5] In 1988, Bell and Alan Corbeth renamed the show Declension to Declension AM and moved its broadcast from the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas to Bell'south home in Pahrump.[5]

Circulate facilities of KNYE in Pahrump, Nevada

Bell abandoned conventional political talk in favor of topics such as gun control and conspiracy theories, leading to a pregnant crash-land in his overnight ratings. The show's focus over again shifted significantly after the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. Many in the media did not want to be blamed for inciting anti-government or militia actions like the bombing. Afterward, Bong discussed off-beat topics such as the paranormal, the occult, UFOs, protoscience and pseudoscience. During his tenure at KDWN Bong met and married his 3rd wife, Ramona, who later handled production and management duties for the program.

An article in the Feb 23, 1997, edition of The Washington Post said that Bell was currently America's highest-rated late-night radio talk show host, broadcast on 328 stations. According to The Oregonian in its June 22, 1997, edition, Declension to Declension AM with Art Bell was on 460 stations. At its initial peak in popularity, Coast to Coast AM was syndicated on more than 500 radio stations and claimed 15 million listeners nightly. Bell'due south studios were located in his abode in the town of Pahrump, located in Nye Canton, Nevada; hence, the voice-over catchphrase, "from the Kingdom of Nye".

Disquisitional reputation [edit]

Fans regarded Bell as a chief showman, noting that he called his prove "absolute entertainment"[9] and expressly said he did not necessarily accept every guest or caller'southward claims, but only offered a forum where they would not be openly ridiculed. Bell was one of just a few talk show hosts who did not screen incoming calls, just this changed in 2006. On the October 31, 2006, edition of Declension to Coast AM, (renamed for the night to Ghost to Ghost AM), Bong was asked why he was at present using call-screeners. The explanation given was that for him to use un-screened open phone lines while in the Philippines would require listeners to call in that location directly at enormous cost to them. Art admitted that he should have chosen New Zealand instead of the Philippines as an culling to the USA. He said, "Information technology was a bad option, and I'll regret it, one day, in the near future."

Bell has earned praise from those who declare that the paranormal deserves a mature outlet of give-and-take in the media too as the approving of those simply amused by the nightly parade of bizarre, typically fringe topics. Ed Dames, Richard C. Hoagland, Terence McKenna, Dannion Brinkley, David John Oates, and Robert Bigelow were all regular guests. Some of Bell'southward regular guests go along to appear on Declension to Coast AM at present hosted past George Noory.

Bell'south own interests, nonetheless, extended beyond the paranormal. He interviewed singers Crystal Gayle, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Eric Burdon and Gordon Lightfoot, comedian George Carlin, author Dean Koontz, hard science fiction writer Greg Carry, X-Files writer/creator Chris Carter, Television talk host Regis Philbin, Star Trek thespian Leonard Nimoy, actor Dan Aykroyd, quondam Luftwaffe pilot Bruno Stolle, actress Jane Seymour, actress Ellen Muth, actor and TV host Robert Stack, human rights lawyer John Loftus, legendary disc jockey Casey Kasem, UFC commentator Joe Rogan and frequent guests physicist Michio Kaku and SETI astronomers Seth Shostak and H. Paul Shuch.

Beginning in late 1996, Bong was criticized for reporting rumors that Comet Hale–Bopp was existence trailed by a UFO. Some speculated that members of the Heaven's Gate grouping committed mass suicide based on rumors Bong aired, but others dismissed the idea, noting that the Heaven'southward Gate website stated: "Whether Hale-Bopp has a 'companion' or not is irrelevant from our perspective."[10] Susan Wright reported, however, that Bong was besides "1 of the starting time to publicize skillful opinions refuting the 'alien' companion" said to have been shadowing Hale-Bopp,[11] such as that published in 1998 from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory suggesting that "the satellite's principal diameter is ~thirty km," (20 miles) and accordingly natural rather than artificial.[12]

Callers and guests [edit]

  • On August fifteen, 1996, Bong interviewed William Luther Pierce, author of The Turner Diaries,[thirteen] in which Pierce—writing under the pseudonym "Andrew Macdonald"—depicted a race state of war leading to the extermination of Jews, non-whites and gay people. Pierce denounced interracial marriage, calling white people who married non-whites "traitors to the white race"—plainly unaware that Bell himself was in an interracial matrimony, as his then-married woman, Ramona Bell, was an Asian-American of Filipino descent (his wife Airyn whom he married later on Ramona's decease was also Filipina).[ citation needed ]
  • 1 of Bell'south Coast to Declension interviews occurred in 1997 with Mel Waters who discussed what is known as "Mel'due south Hole" in rural Washington Country. The opening is said to be a fantastically deep vertical shaft which possesses bizarre properties. No such hole has ever been physically located past anyone attempting to verify this story.[14]
  • A caller in 2000 named "Daniel Murray" claimed he was a Majestic Amanuensis from Downey, California.[ commendation needed ]
    • This call served as the inspiration for the alternate reality game Imperial. [15]
  • A caller in September 1997 claimed he had discovered an unknown threat and conspiracy from Expanse 51, and his life was in danger past even talking virtually it. For unknown reasons, Bell lost connectedness to his transmitter during the call and, only as the caller's voice became more and more agitated, the entire broadcast dramatically went silent. A confused Bell restored the signal about 20 minutes later.[16] The caller (or someone sounding similar) called in on a subsequent evidence and admitted it had been an elaborate hoax, which fooled many.[17] Audio from the call was used in the Tool song "Faaip De Oiad," on the album Lateralus. [18]

Amateur radio [edit]

Bell became a licensed apprentice radio operator at the age of 13. His first call sign was KN3JOX, first listed in the Winter 1959 edition of the Radio Apprentice Callbook. He before long upgraded to K3JOX, and he later held W2CKS, first listed in the Spring 1967 Callbook. Bell held an Amateur Actress Course license, which is the highest U.Due south. Federal Communications Commission apprentice license class. His call sign was W6OBB.

Bell passed the Philippines amateur radio exams and became a Philippine Class A amateur radio operator with the call sign of 4F1AB.[xix] While in the Philippines, Bell was active on twoscore-10 Meters, besides as 144.600 MHz simplex in Manila.

Honors [edit]

In 1998, Bell was named as recipient of the Snuffed Candle Honor by the Commission for Skeptical Inquiry'south Quango for Media Integrity.[20] Bell was recognized by the Council for "perpetuating conspiracy myths... and mystery mongering". When Bell learned of the honour he replied "A heed should not be so open that the brains fall out, nonetheless it should not be so airtight that whatsoever gray matter which does reside may not be reached. On behalf of those with the smallest remaining open aperture, I accept with honor."[21]

In August 2006 Fine art was inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Clan Hall of Fame. He did not nourish the presentation.[22]

On March x, 2007, Bell would be honored with the News/Talk Radio Lifetime Achievement Honour from the merchandise publication Radio & Records in Los Angeles.[23] [24]

Bong was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2008.[25]

Marriages [edit]

  • Airyn Ruiz, Apr 11, 2006 – April thirteen, 2018 (his death). Children: Asia Rayne Bell and Alexander William Bong.
  • Ramona Lee Hayes, August four, 1991 – Jan v, 2006 (her death) † (run into below)
  • Vickie L. Baker, married March i, 1981, divorced, July 3, 1991. Children: Arthur William Bell Iv[26]
  • Sachiko Toguchi Bong Pontius, married 1965, divorced 1968. Children: Vincent Pontius, Lisa Pontius Minei.[27]

Retirements and comebacks [edit]

Bell retired and returned to Coast to Coast AM several times.

On October 13, 1998, Bong appear his first retirement, which was highly unexpected by his listeners. He spoke of "an outcome, a threatening terrible result occurred to my family, which I could non tell you nigh. Because of that event, and a succession of other events, what you're listening to right now is my final circulate on the air."[28] Hilly Rose filled in later on Bell'due south departure. Bell returned on October 28, 1998, asserting that the brief departure was brought on past threats fabricated against his family. On May 29, 1999, Bell explained that this retirement was due to an allegation made by hosts of WWCR shortwave radio that Bong had paid to encompass up a criminal indictment.[29] The facts of the matter became public knowledge in 2000, when the media revealed that an actual criminal indictment was filed confronting a person who had assaulted a member of Bell'due south family. Because of the nature of the crime, Bong had wanted to keep the matter individual. Ted Gunderson, the former head of the Los Angeles FBI and the hosts at WWCR shortwave radio had accused Bell of the law-breaking. Bell responded by taking legal action against Gunderson, besides as the hosts and stations. The activity was resolved in a settlement in 2000.[30]

On April one, 2000, Bell again announced his retirement. He said that the outcome would occur on April 26, 2000,[31] merely offered no details other than expressing intentions to "resolve a family unit crisis." On April 11, 2000, Mike Siegel was introduced equally the new host of Coast to Coast AM, taking over on April 27, to an estimated audience of 22 meg listeners.[32] The media later explained that Bell had left to deal with the aftermath of the kidnap and sexual assault of his son.[26] Brian Lepley, a substitute instructor, was convicted of sexual assault and attempted transmission of HIV and was sentenced to 10 to 25 years.[33] Bong returned to Coast to Coast AM in Feb 2001. Bell noted that since his departure the show had lost a number of affiliates, commercial content had risen to an unbearable level, and Siegel had taken the program in a "different direction" of which Bell disapproved. Bell retained some authority over the programme as its creator and felt his return was necessary.

On October 23, 2002, Bell announced that he would retire due to recurring back pain, which was the result of a fall from a telephone pole during his youth. Bell was replaced by George Noory as weekday host of Coast to Coast AM on January 1, 2003. Those shut to the thing also said that Barbara Simpson would host weekends and that Bell planned to be an occasional guest host for Noory.[34] Bell returned in September 2003 as a weekend host, replacing Barbara Simpson and Ian Punnett every bit host of the Sat and Lord's day evening broadcasts. In June 2005, he scaled this schedule dorsum, calling information technology a "semiretirement," and hosted but the last two Sundays of every calendar month. Bell went dorsum to hosting every weekend show as his schedule permitted afterwards his wife Ramona's death a few months later.

On July i, 2007, Bell announced his retirement, stating that he wished to spend more than time with his new wife and daughter. He made it explicitly clear that, dissimilar the circumstances surrounding previous retirements, this conclusion was an entirely positive and joyful one and that he would not disappear completely, announcing an intention to occasionally substitute for other hosts and host "special" shows.

On December 11, 2015, Bell posted what would exist his last retirement message via his Facebook folio. He cited safety concerns for his family by saying "if 1 of them were harmed because of what I love doing my life would be over." Throughout the fall, Bell reported several incidents where an unknown number of armed trespassers came onto his property, sometimes firing gunshots. These events have been said to occur during or effectually the time of his broadcasting. This proclamation came a mere five months after the start of his most recent bear witness, Midnight in the Desert.[35]

Events of 2006 [edit]

Bell'due south life took some dramatic twists in the beginning of 2006:

Death of Ramona Bong [edit]

On January 5, 2006, Ramona Bell, his wife of 15 years, died unexpectedly[36] at the historic period of 47 of what appeared to be an acute asthma assault in Laughlin, Nevada, where the couple had been taking a curt vacation.

During the Jan 22 circulate of Coast to Declension AM, Bell described in great particular the events surrounding his married woman'south expiry. For weeks thereafter, callers to the station would speak to George Noory and express their sadness and sympathy for Bell; Noory had taken Bell's place on weekdays first in 2002.[37]

Change in schedule [edit]

On January 21, 2006, 16 days later the unexpected death of his married woman Ramona, Bell announced he would host Coast to Coast AM every Sat and Sunday evening, and that old weekend host Ian Punnett would work a new live prefeed plan for the four hours preceding Bell's slot on Saturday nights (nine:00 pm – 1:00 am ET).[ commendation needed ]

New marriage [edit]

By the cease of January, Bong began hinting that he was making a significant life determination, only that he would go on it a hush-hush for at least one yr, asking listeners to remind him in 2007 to let them in on it. By March, he was saying that he would shortly take a "huge risk" and "do something rash". On Apr fifteen, 2006, he ended the mystery and, to the balmy surprise of listeners, revealed that, after several weeks of mourning, he had recently gone to the Philippines and married Airyn Ruiz.[ citation needed ]

Return to "the High Desert and the Great American Southwest" [edit]

Bell opened his December 28, 2006, program by disclosing that he had only relocated back to Pahrump, Nevada, with Ruiz, who had obtained the necessary paperwork for immigrating to the The states.[ citation needed ]

Events of 2008 [edit]

On May 29, 2008, Bell sold KNYE to Station Manager Karen Jackson.[38]

On September 8, 2008, Noory stated that he would be hosting the annual Ghost to Ghost AM Halloween telephone call-in prove rather than Bell, who ordinarily returns to the Declension to Coast to host it (along with the New year's day'due south prediction shows).[ citation needed ]

On November 30, 2008, Bell hosted Coast to Declension AM. Michio Kaku was the guest. This was the first time Bell had hosted the evidence since May 23, 2008.[39]

Bell was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2008.[40]

Events of 2009 [edit]

Bell returned to Coast to Declension AM on February twenty, 2009, for a word on the global fiscal crisis with Wall St. insider Michael J. Panzner. Bong and Panzner agreed the U.s.a. was headed for an economical depression.[ citation needed ]

Bell was scheduled to return to Coast to Coast AM on April 24, 2009, to host an evening of open lines, but considering of engineering bug in Manila, Bell was rescheduled to a afterwards date.[41]

On May 17, 2009, Bell returned to host Declension to Coast AM alive from Manila. His guest was professor Peter Ward. Topics of discussion were mass extinctions, World's "cocky-destructive" phenomena, and life beyond planet Earth. While on the air, Bell answered an email question from a listener who asked why he was in the Philippines again and how long he'd be there. Bell replied that he'd address it on "Friday" and hinted that his motility might exist permanent.[ citation needed ]

Every bit of May 20, 2009, the Coast to Declension website listed that Bell would be filling in for George Noory on Friday, May 22, 2009, to interview Bob Koontz. Notwithstanding, Bong did not practice that show. The Declension to Coast website, again, cited technical difficulties in Manila and that his interview would be postponed. Bong interviewed Koontz on Saturday, June 6, 2009.[ citation needed ]

Friday June 26, 2009, Bell hosted Coast to Coast AM from Manila with invitee Dean Radin. He also commented on the death of Michael Jackson and how he had lived in Pahrump, Nevada, not too far abroad from where Bell lived.[ commendation needed ]

Friday November 20, 2009, Bong hosted Coast to Coast AM from Manila with invitee Starfire Tor, psi researcher and experiencer who discussed time shifts and time slips, and other strange occurrences of time. During the first ninety minutes, they were joined by Whitley Strieber, who shared his accept on Tor's research.[42]

On Wednesday, December xxx, and Thursday, December 31, 2009, Bell one time once more hosted his annual New Year'southward predictions special of Coast to Coast, noting that a number of the predictions this twelvemonth were of an unusual and interesting nature and not mere repeats of many that had come earlier, though he also took several callers to task for seemingly veiling their obvious political agendas or wishes in the form of predictions, rather than offer up something from their "psychic center," which is what he repeatedly asks for during the prediction bear witness. He also suggested that maybe Coast to Coast AM should institute some sort of prize or acknowledgment for listeners whose predictions are peculiarly accurate or astute.[ citation needed ]

Immigration controversy [edit]

In late 2008, Bong and his married woman filed an I-751 petition with the The states Citizenship and Immigration Services as function of her wedlock-based greenish carte du jour process. In early 2009 the USCIS responded that they would demand additional evidence to show that Bong's matrimony to a Philippine national and subsequent dark-green carte application was in proficient religion. Bell responded with prove including their marriage license, their daughter's birth certificate, Bell's last will and testament, bank records, family photos, and Social Security forms. Bong sent the package to the USCIS by return receipt mail, and he subsequently received the return receipt stamped "USCIS RECEIVED JAN-xv-09."[43]

On March 10, 2009, Bell and his wife and daughter left Nevada for Manila to deal with some family business including the disposition of a condo they endemic. Presently thereafter, the USCIS denied the application on the grounds that the documentary evidence was never received, and further stipulated that Airyn Bell is not permitted to re-enter the United States, which is why Bell remained in the Philippines. Moreover, since the Bells were out of the land when the application was denied, they were required to start the procedure all over again.[44]

On his June half dozen broadcast, Bell explained the situation and asked his listeners to send emails on his behalf to the White House.[ citation needed ]

Events of 2010–15 [edit]

Bell hosted 10 episodes in 2010, 5 curt of his publicly announced, contractually specified quota of 15 shows per year. His last hosting gig was his annual Ghost to Ghost show on Halloween night (this was the first show ever wherein Bong used call screeners). At the stop of that broadcast, Bell said "When they next call my name we'll come back and we'll do this ane more time."

As of Dec 2010, Bell was no longer listed equally a host on the Coast to Coast website; his shows were no longer searchable under his proper name; and the only references to Bell on the site were of an historical/archival nature. However, the weekly Somewhere in Time with Fine art Bell broadcasts of classic Bell-hosted episodes (which have aired before the live bear witness on Saturday nights since 2006) were not discontinued.

On Dec 21, 2010, the "HamCam" on Bell's ham radio website[45] featured an image with the following cryptic wording: "The Wind No Longer Blows, in the End information technology was Without Direction. Long Live the Hot Air. 30" "-30-" is journalistic shorthand for "end of story."

It was appear in tardily Dec 2010 that Ian Punnett would host Bell'southward annual ii-part New Year's Eve prediction shows. Initially, Noory had said that Bell was unable to host them because he would be traveling, but on Dec 24, 2010, Noory said: "We had asked Fine art to do his predictions testify; he's going to spend time with his family. He's winding downward, folks, he'southward winding downwards...I don't anticipate he'll do whatever more than shows." On the first of the two nights (December 30, 2010), Punnett made a cursory, oblique reference to his having the award of "picking upward [Bell'south] fallen mantle." On the Jan 1, 2011, show, Punnett stated he was "looking forward to doing the follow-up a year from at present."

In email interactions with fans who have written in to enquire well-nigh Bong'southward absence, Coast personnel confirmed that Bell had retired. According to Declension webmaster Lex Lonehood: "Art Bell decided he no longer wished to do live C2C shows, and asked that his name be removed from the host listings appropriately. Classics and Somewhere in Time shows volition continue as is."[46] Coast producer Lisa Lyon told some other fan that Bell "has chosen to retire," simply that "Art Bell will e'er exist associated with our bear witness, and he is welcome back to the mic whenever he feels the demand."[47]

Despite the in a higher place remarks from Punnett, Noory, Lyon, Lonehood and Bell, equally of January half dozen, 2011, an official public argument formally confirming Bong's deviation from Coast to Declension AM has yet to exist fabricated via press release, website declaration or on-air, by whatsoever political party with the authorization to exercise so—the show's producers, Premier Radio Networks, Clear Channel Communications, or Bell himself. This lack of information has led to rampant speculation among Bell's fanbase as to the motivations and circumstances behind Bell'south sudden absence; whether he had given his terminal alive broadcast; and what—if anything—he might decide to do next.

During a conversation on Feb 8, 2011, events became even more confusing for Bong'south fans as George Noory, during a public conversation responding to a question regarding Bell, stated that Bell isn't responding to his emails. The questioner, "Coalspeaker," asked "Have you spoken to Fine art Bong lately? And if so is he and his family doing well?" Noory responded past saying, "No I haven't. Art has decided to retire for skilful this time. I assume all is well for him and his family unit. He has gone through many ups and downs. I sent him a very lengthy email a few months ago, and he never responded. Though he normally would."[48] At that place was no farther caption beyond that point on why Bong did not respond to Mr. Noory'south electronic mail, although it only led Bell'southward fanbase to speculate further.

In March 2011 a Facebook profile appeared claiming to be the legitimate folio of "Arthur W. Bell 3," who posted hints that in that location would be a "big announcement" at the cease of April 2011. Later on much speculation and debate among fans and friends on that page and various Bell forums, and finally afterwards direct intervention from a verified Bell account, the "Arthur W. Bell 3" page was proven to be a hoax, with no "big announcement" imminent.[49]

On July 20, 2011, Bong announced via his Facebook folio that he had relocated with his family to Pahrump, Nevada. Subsequent posts bespeak Bell and his family initially focusing on resettling his business firm and making it "fit for human abode" once more, giving no indication almost his radio plans, if whatever (beyond maintaining his HAM activity). However, on July 30, Bell posted the following: "There is so much to do and merely so many hours in the day. There are things going on in the background that I will talk virtually at the proper time. The move was a big one and we need time to conform."

On August xix, 2011, Bell announced via Facebook "Phrase for the day...Stay tuned!", followed on August 31 past the message "Sorry for and so few posts but we are working on this firm every day similar dogs, much more soon." Some Bell fans voiced speculation that the phrase "stay tuned" may have been meant to point Bell's return to broadcasting in some form, just 2011 concluded with no such announcement forthcoming, though shortly before Christmas he did report that a malfunctioning fire extinguisher in his radio room caused tens of thousands of dollars' worth of harm to his equipment and firm.

On August xx, 2012, Bell spoke of his grievances with Premiere Networks, claiming that he would soon tell the full story of the truth of his retirement. "I am only virtually ready to tell the existent story of my so-chosen 'Retirements'. I have asked Premiere to finish the Saturday broadcasts and thus far they have not done so, equally is their legal correct. Free speech communication remains my correct. I will shortly exercise information technology."

On Nov 1, 2012, Bell updated his Facebook condition with the following: "I wish my name was no longer associated with what Coast has become!"[50]

Render to radio in 2013 [edit]

In Jan 2013, Bell announced on Facebook, "I am now in negotiation for a new Radio show, stay tuned. No promises but the current of air may exist about to alter direction!"[51]

"I gauge it is time to end any farther speculation that I will return to the air any time soon. I accept given (2) very solid offers a lot of thought and have turned them down. My reasons are many, though I am greatly sad at the electric current state of the show, both offers would take been straight competition with Coast and anger is the wrong reason to go on. Besides I really practice not want to destroy what I built despite its current country. Asia will be in first grade in the Fall and getting upwards very early, I would be up late and sleeping late, I would not meet much of her or Airyn. Life is short and I want to spend what I have left with my Family. I hope my friends understand..."[ citation needed ]

In June 2013, Bong announced on his Facebook folio that his official website, artbell.com, would be relaunching. On July x, 2013, a red, white, and blueish textual representation of a smiley face was displayed on the website. The site's favicon is a picture of a gray alien.[52] On July 11, 2013, the smiley face was replaced with a scarlet, white, and blue Morse code script that translated to "Wanna take a ride?".[53]

On July 29, 2013, Bell officially announced a return to the airwaves with a launch date of September xvi, 2013. His new show Art Bell'south Dark Matter was circulate on SiriusXM satellite radio's Indie Talk channel (channel #104), Monday through Thursday from 7 PM to 11 PM PT with repeats during the residuum of the dark and "all-time of" shows ambulation on Fridays.[54] His official website was updated on that date to include the announcement.[55]

On November iv, 2013, Bell left Dark Matter later merely half-dozen weeks.[56] [iv]

On November 7, 2013, Bell appear and began testing for potential Internet streaming sources.[57]

Midnight in the Desert radio show [edit]

On July 20, 2015, Bell returned with his new evidence Midnight in the Desert. The show aired on the internet Dark Matter Digital network and on 45 stations (20 of which signed on earlier the evidence started) from 9 PM to midnight PT. He likewise started transmitting on shortwave radio on WTWW at v.085 MHz as well.[ citation needed ]

On December xi, 2015, Bell announced that he had permanently stepped downward as host of Midnight in the Desert due to concerns about his family unit's condom.[58] Bell had reported multiple instances of someone shooting firearms at and nigh his holding in the autumn of 2015.[59] The prove Midnight in the Desert continued with new host Heather Wade, and shortly later on Art's death Dave Schrader became the host. Bong made the occasional guest host appearance.[threescore]

Expiry [edit]

Art Bong died Apr 13, 2018, at age 72 at his home in Pahrump, Nevada.[61] An dissection was scheduled for the following days to determine the cause of his death.[62] [63] He had suffered from wellness problems in the previous years. He posted on his website in July 2016 that he was hospitalized for pneumonia and revealed at the time that he suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[64]

On August 1, 2018, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported the Clark County coroner's part findings. The coroner'southward part stated that Bell died of an adventitious overdose from a cocktail of prescription drugs. The coroner's role determined he had four prescription medications in his system: the opioids oxycodone or Roxicet and hydrocodone or Vicodin, diazepam or Valium, and carisoprodol or Soma, a musculus-relaxant. Chronic obstructive pulmonary illness and hypertension also contributed to his death.[65]

George Noory, electric current host of Coast To Coast AM, announced Bell'due south death and while struggling to keep his composure stated, "Art and I were non that close. We had our differences, but he was one of those instrumental in me being where I am right now."[66]

Books [edit]

Bong wrote, or co-wrote, several books, including The Quickening: Today'southward Trends, Tomorrow'south World; The Art of Talk (an autobiography); The Source: Journeying Through the Unexplained; The Edge: Man's Mysterious Past & Incredible Future; and The Coming Global Superstorm (co-authored with Whitley Streiber), which became the basis for the popular moving-picture show, The Twenty-four hours After Tomorrow.[ citation needed ]

Other piece of work [edit]

In 1996, Bell appeared in an episode of the NBC scientific discipline fiction series Night Skies as William South. Paley, head of CBS.[ citation needed ]

On September 30, 1998, NBC'due south Today Show aired a taped segment of reporter Fred Francis interviewing Bell. Francis questioned Bong about Hale-Bopp, Area 51, eccentric callers claiming to be "vi-fingered alien hybrids", as well as the UFO sighting experienced by Bong and his wife Ramona.[ citation needed ]

In 1999, Bong appeared as himself on the series Millennium. The episode called "Collateral Harm" aired in the third season and dealt with a former U.S. soldier who claimed the government he fought for was indeed responsible for horrendous tests on soldiers and Iraqi civilians. (This episode was broadcast on January 22, 1999. The Washington Post, Jan 22, 1999.)[ not specific enough to verify ] In 1999 Bell was interviewed on Larry King Live. (This was broadcast on March 5, 1999. The Washington Post, March five, 1999.)[ not specific plenty to verify ]

Progressive rock band Tool's 2001 album, Lateralus, featured a track entitled "Faaip de Oiad" (Enochian for "The Voice of God"), which includes a clip of the "distraught and terrified" Area 51 employee call from September 11, 1997.[ commendation needed ]

In 2005, Bell and then-wife Ramona were featured on the ABC News special: Peter Jennings Reporting: UFOs – Seeing Is Believing, which reported on the entire scope of the UFO experience, from the first sighting by Kenneth Arnold in 1947 to the nowadays 24-hour interval. (This was broadcast on February 24, 2005. The Washington Mail service, 2-xx-05.)[ not specific enough to verify ]

In 2005, snippets of Bell and callers to his show were featured on the song "Conspiracy Radio" on Sean Hogan'southward album Catalina Sunrise: Bell is credited for "phonation-overs" on this runway.[ citation needed ]

In 2006, Bell was featured in the video game Prey and played himself. He hosts, as in real life, Coast to Coast AM, and the thespian is able to heed to the broadcast at several terminals throughout the game. The broadcasts describe what is happening on Earth as the game unfolds. The game plot centers around a massive spaceship and alien abductions. Bell receives a number of calls about people who have seen smaller craft every bit they abduct people.[ commendation needed ]

In 2007, Bell appeared equally himself in the movie I Know Who Killed Me.[ commendation needed ]

Bong appeared alongside Mark Arnold in the 2016 film titled Abduct, directed past Ilyas Kaduji and produced by Mafalda Sa. Bell plays himself equally he and a grouping of friends try to aid protect a immature woman from an alien threat.[67]

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References [edit]

  • Davis, Pamela (January 11, 2001). "x years to grow, 1 snip to go". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved Apr 19, 2007.
  • Vance, Ashlee (July 31, 2006). "SETI urged to fess up over conflicting signals". The Register. Archived from the original on Apr 2, 2007. Retrieved April 19, 2007.
  • Adams, Noah (October 14, 1998). "All Things Considered: Art Bell Signs Off". National Public Radio (NPR) . Retrieved April 19, 2007.
  • "Bell Tolls No More than". Wired News. October 13, 1998. Retrieved April 19, 2007.

Farther reading [edit]

  • Ronson, Jon. The Men Who Stare at Goats, Picador, 2004 ISBN 0-330-37547-iv; Simon & Schuster, 2006 ISBN 978-0-7432-7060-1. Chapter 6, "Privatization," pp. 93–114.

External links [edit]

  • Official website

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