[NJARC] Former "Coast to Coast AM" Radio Show Host Art Bell, W6OBB, SK

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Former "Coast to Coast AM" Radio Show Host Art Bell, W6OBB, SK
Former "Coast to Coast AM" and "Dreamland" radio host Art Bell, W6OBB, of Pahrump, Nevada, died on Friday, April 13, at his home, the Nye County Sheriff's Office announced. He was 72. A KSNV news report indicated that Bell's family was with him when he died. The Sheriff's Office said an autopsy would be performed.
Bell's long-running radio show trafficked in conspiracy theories, the paranormal, and "dark matter." Ham radio came up too, from time to time. In early 2004, Bell aired an extensive live interview with then-ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP (SK).

"Coast to Coast AM" was syndicated nationwide in the early morning hours and, at its peak, was said to have reached 50 million listeners. Bell produced the show from his own studio in the High Desert of Nevada. Often, after his show was over, he would get together on 75 meters with a group of friends.
Bell retired from "Coast to Coast AM" in the early 2000s, although he had served as a guest host as recently as 2010. He briefly returned to the air with "Art Bell's Dark Matter," which lasted several weeks on the SiriusXM satellite network, but he subsequently got involved with another radio program, "Midnight in the Desert," streamed via the Internet. He quit that show in 2015, however, citing "security concerns" at his home.
Bell was the author of the books The Art of Talk, The Quickening, and The Coming Global Superstorm. Read more. -- Thanks to KSNV and International Business Times

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