I used to hear Art Bell on the ham bands from time to time, buthave so far been unable to work him because whenever he is on-air he is swamped with stations calling him. He is (or was) a very active ham radio operator known as W6OBB, and is just generally a fellow "crazy about radio guy," as many of us are.
Here's a look at his station and website ......
http://www.smeter.net/pahrump/art-bell.php Art Bell also owned a stand-alone FM station, KNYE .... which he sold in May 2008.
http://www.knye.com/pahrumpradioinc_009.htm Art used to get into some super-weird topics, but like watching a slow motion video of a fatal train wreck, I often couldn't tune off frequency. He did well in promoting his all-night slot show and getting into syndication ...... certainly something few of us have been able to do.
Another exceptionally talented radio guy, Phil Hendrie has done numerous parodies of Art Bell's shows ....... well worth the listen ..... get set for a laugh or two. Bear in mind that Phil Hendrie does all of these voices and ad lib content live, in real time.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=eac_1323122622 Here's Art Bell's response to Phil Hendrie's parodies ....
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum ... 971107/pg1Hendrie is a scream .... look him up on youtube ....
Regards to all,
AWG