Longtime radio host Art Bell passed away last Friday (the 13th!) at age 72. His overnight "
Coast to Coast AM" show, at the peak of its popularity, was syndicated to more than 500 radio stations and had 10 million listeners--good for third place behind Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura Schlessinger. The show existed from 1988 until 2010 during which he "retired" at least four times before handing the show off to current host George Noory. He was also briefly heard on SiriusXM satellite radio. Bell pioneered "paranormal talk radio" and covered a huge variety of topics including government coverups, strange weather, demon possession, nanotechnology, time travel, UFOs, conspiracy theories and all things supernatural. He also personally fielded unscreened phone calls on five lines during his late-night show.
Bell broadcast from
95.1 FM KNYE in remote, Pahrump, Nevada, a station that he himself founded. The call letters refer to Nye County where Pahrump is located--hence his familiar catchphrase "from the Kingdom of Nye."
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