Art Bell - A Profile of Radio Personality Art Bell
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Born: June 17, 1945
Radio: Bell began his career at age 13 when he became a licensed radio technician. After the Air Force, he worked at KSBK in Okinawa. His first on-air job was at KENI in Anchorage, Alaska and later worked at XTRA in Tiajuana, Mexico. Other stints included: KDWN, Las Vegas.
Bell resigned from his syndicated Radio show on April 26, 2000 to attend to personal family problems. His son had been kidnapped and raped.
He returned just as unexpectedly to the airwaves February 5, 2001 but then announced his retirement less than a year later.
In September, 2003, Bell came out of retirement to take over the weekend edition of the program he founded, "Coast to Coast AM".
Syndication: In 1999 he became the top overnight talk show host in America with "Coast to Coast AM".
