{"id":31630,"date":"2018-04-15T06:56:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T10:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31630"},"modified":"2018-04-15T06:56:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T10:56:12","slug":"coast-to-coast-art-bell-w6obb-is-dead-at-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/coast-to-coast-art-bell-w6obb-is-dead-at-72\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast To Coast: Art Bell (W6OBB) is dead at 72"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Chicago Tribune<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Art Bell, a radio host best known for a paranormal-themed nightly show syndicated on hundreds of stations in the 1990s, died at his home in southern Nevada, authorities said Saturday.<\/p>\n

Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly announced in a Facebook video that Bell died Friday in Pahrump. He was 72. An autopsy will be conducted to determine cause of death, she said.<\/p>\n

Bell hosted the popular radio talk show “Coast to Coast AM” before he left the airwaves in 2002. He broadcast the show from his radio station, KNYE, in Pahrump.<\/p>\n

The program focused on Bell’s conspiracy theories and his fascination with the paranormal and unexplained phenomenon such as UFOs and crop circles. He served as his own producer, engineer and host, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.<\/p>\n

Fans, including celebrities like William Shatner and singer Josh Groban, took to Twitter to praise Bell. Groban recalled staying up late to listen to the host’s “one of a kind” voice and how “his shows were so weird & spooky but somehow managed to hold off your skepticism.”<\/p>\n

Former business partner Alan Corbeth said during Bell’s 2008 induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame that nobody was better than Bell at understanding “how to create theater of the mind…”[…]<\/p>\n

Click here to read the full story at the Chicago Tribune.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Chicago Tribune) Art Bell, a radio host best known for a paranormal-themed nightly show syndicated on hundreds of stations in the 1990s, died at his home in southern Nevada, authorities said Saturday. Nye County Sheriff Sharon Wehrly announced in a Facebook video that Bell died Friday in Pahrump. He was 72. An autopsy will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3],"tags":[625,3888,3891],"class_list":["post-31630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-am-radio","tag-art-bell","tag-coast-to-coast-am"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8ea","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41789,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/radio-waves-podcast-preservation-art-bell-plaque-bbc-news-cuts-space-storms-and-dk7ihs-homebrew-transceiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":31630,"position":0},"title":"Radio Waves: Podcast Preservation, Art Bell Plaque, BBC News Cuts, Space Storms, and DK7IH’s Homebrew Transceiver","author":"Thomas","date":"January 31, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio\u00a0 Because I keep my ear to the waves, as well as receive many tips from others who do the same, I find myself privy to radio-related stories that might interest\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0readers.\u00a0 To that end:\u00a0Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Boat-Anchor-Dial-2-1024x678.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Boat-Anchor-Dial-2-1024x678.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Boat-Anchor-Dial-2-1024x678.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13537,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/art-bells-midnight-in-the-desert-to-be-broadcast-on-shortwave-via-wtww-and-wbcq\/","url_meta":{"origin":31630,"position":1},"title":"Art Bell’s “Midnight In The Desert” to be broadcast on shortwave via WTWW and WBCQ","author":"Thomas","date":"June 10, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Mike, who informs us that Art Bell is returning to the airwaves with a new radio show called Midnight in the Desert. 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