Is It Just Me, Or Does Anybody Else Miss Art Bell?

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Art Bell

I really love radio, and call-in’s on a landline (and yes, I still have a landline…with a cord!). Art had wild topics with sometimes wild guests. Whether or not you believed them, it didn’t matter. It was just enjoyable to listen. It was a time when electronics were simple and enjoyable (and I say that confidently after 39 years in the Electronics Industry). There is no one today that I’m aware of who is truly like Art Bell and, of course, radio is all but non-existent. I just long for simplicity again.

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We, too, have a corded landline, and no cell phone.

Did you ever call in to Art Bell?

#3

I lived in Las Vegas in the early 1990’s and listened to his program being broadcast from Pahrump NV which was jump over the hill.

#4

No, I only listened.

#5

I too miss Art Bell live late at night and sometimes sentimentally play youtube archives of the shows. At least now we have recordings from years past to help re-create that ‘midnight in the desert’ magic as only he could do.

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While strolling the neighborhood one night in '98, I saw a contrail that had crossed the full moon and thought, “Wow, how cool is that?” Days or weeks later, I was driving home on the interstate. It was early in the morning and Coast to Coast once again was there to help me stay awake. This particular episode was life-changing for me as Art was discussing chemtrails. It was the first time I ever heard about them and knew instantly that what I had seen crossing the moon was not a normal contrail. From that moment on, I have been looking up, so to say.

Some of his stuff was too far out for me, but yes, he was great to listen to.

I never got into amateur radio; however, as an avionics technician in the military, one of my qualifications was microminiature (2M) repair. I soldered everything from tube sockets to IC flat packs; canon plugs, cables, wires, etc., as well as reconstructing burnt circuit boards under a microscope. Even wire-wrap! I got out in the early 90’s just as surface mount devices were coming in. My point, is that I too, miss old electronics, especially troubleshooting. Everything now is on one or a few chips and it’s all programmable. Can’t tell what functions are buried in them.

Thank you for the post and comments.