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Radio host Art Bell has died

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Re: Radio host Art Bell has died

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Post by classichasclass »

_JamesA_ wrote: post #2

Thanks for the memories Art. Sleep well my friend. In the 90's we would spend all night hacking and/or gaming while listening to Coast to Coast AM with Art. It was time to wrap it up after 6 AM when "America in the Morning with Jim Bohannon" came on.

Goodness, I'd forgotten about America in the Morning. I was doing a consultant gig in San Diego in those days and it came on at 4am on KOGO. That was "going to work."

Re: Radio host Art Bell has died

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Post by fragsworth »

I grew up in the High Desert of California (around Apple Valley, Victorville, Hesperia, Barstow). I can't count how many times I was driving alone down the desert highways at night, not a single other car on the road, and Art Bell was the only thing on the radio. And he'd be interviewing people or talking about UFOs, aliens, ghosts, government conspiracies, or whatever else he thought would be great to spook people with at the time.

He made those lonely, dark night road trips into amazing experiences. No matter how rational you are, his show really could creep you out when you were driving alone at night on a long stretch of road. And not in a bad way. It felt like watching a really scary movie, one that cut kinda close to reality. And I like to think that's exactly what he was going for. His show was amazing.

George Noory is great too, but I've since moved from the desert and don't take long night road trips anymore.

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Post by xvf22 »

I remember reading about his large ham radio antenna setup in the desert. I heard him a few times on the bands over the years as well.

Sad to hear he's a SK, have fond memories of staying up to listen to coast to coast as a kid.

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Post by AndrewKemendo »

Coast to Coast AM was my go-to bedtime routine as a kid. I'd get tucked in and then sneakily turn my am radio on and listen for hours.

It wasn't even that I liked the content so much, as I liked hearing Art talk to callers and how he was never condescending and just took their stories as though they were telling the truth. It really stuck with me then that he just had a crazy open mind - and I feel like that's had lifelong impacts.

It also really got me into radio and eventually I ran our college radio station - engineering and all - to try and recreate the excitement of live radio.

He had a great call with George Carlin that was really fun and interesting one time that is worth a listen.

Re: Radio host Art Bell has died

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Post by _JamesA_ »

fragsworth wrote: post #12

I grew up in the High Desert of California (around Apple Valley, Victorville, Hesperia, Barstow). I can't count how many times I was driving alone down the desert highways at night, not a single other car on the road, and Art Bell was the only thing on the radio. And he'd be interviewing people or talking about UFOs, aliens, ghosts, government conspiracies, or whatever else he thought would be great to spook people w…

Listening to Art and playing LoK all night with you guys were great times.

Re: Radio host Art Bell has died

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Post by zorkw4rg »

I love art bell, really sad about this :( There is so many things I could point to, but probably my most memorable interview he ever had was with "mel waters" about a bottomless hole in his back yard. Just a fantastic creepy mystery fiction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA5KIRChve0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel%27s_Hole

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