Art Bell Raises Conciousness And Returns To Coast To Coast Tonight

Art Bell At His Pahrump Nevada Home Late 2006
I always look forward to listening to Art Bell when he returns to the Coast To Coast AM radio program. I have been listening to Art since the late eighties when he started broadcasting from KDWN AM 720 in Las Vegas. Tonight's show has an intriguing subject:

Consciousness & the Universe

"Filling in for George, Art Bell welcomes renegade thinker & scientist, Robert Lanza, who'll discuss the true nature of the Universe and explain how consciousness is the key to all of creation."

Tune in at 10PM Pacific Time tonight. KOGO has a live feed available by clicking the KOGO logo in my sidebar ( have to scroll down ) or click here.

I Secretly Wish Art Would Return TO C2C Full Time !

I had listened to Art so long that he feels like family to me.

During the last few minutes of his program Art had a long-time regular caller ( who also said that Art feels like a family member )ask him if he ( Art ) was happy, and what his greatest challenges are. Art admitted that he is very happy with his life ( and especially now that he finally completed his roof amateur radio antenna that he connects to from the 19th floor of his high rise condo ). Art, usually understandably protective of his privacy, admitted that his greatest challenge was keeping up with his younger wife and child ( see webcam below); and also challenging was living in the Far East --- a topic he said he would need much more time to expand upon and explore. Art did sound a little tired and not as "sharp" as he was in his younger days ( I can relate ! ), but I still wish he would return to the air more often. I believe he is scheduled to sit in for George again next Friday.

If Art posts any more webcam pics of his family from the Philippines I will post them here:

Newest Book By Robert Lanza

Coast To Coast AM Last Night - Area 51 Revisited

Last night was a kind of reunion, recap, and a re-telling ( and filling in ) of some details of the now legendary Bob Lazar story. It was fascinating to review the details from 20 years ago. Bob Lazar and Area 51 remains a Las Vegas based story, which borders on the incredible and fantastic.

Unfortunately, I slept through the last hour of listener call ins, and am now wishing that sleep learning works :-), since the radio continued playing in my earphone as usual. But, the solution is, of course, to join Streamlink, so that I can replay and download this exceptional show hosted by local investigative reporter George Knapp.

Talk of the movement of the captured saucer reverse engineering etc. projects from near Papoose Lake to a new northern base closer to the Tonopah Test Range was news to me, along with some details of Bob Lazar's private life that lead to his loosing his security clearance. Not sure how much of this story I believe, but I think Bob Lazar's story would make a cool major motion picture, and hopefully Gene Huff's screenplay will be made into a movie someday. I had also wished that Bob Lazar, who was in the process of moving, had called in to maybe add his personal perspective.

The following is from the Coast To Coast AM free newsletter. Sign up for the CoastZone Newsletter here.

Discovering Area 51

Aviator John Lear and screenwriter Gene Huff joined George Knapp to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Area 51 mystery. The duo discussed their role, alongside Bob Lazar, in bringing the Area 51 story to the forefront of the paranormal world. "It sounds a lot more convenient than it was. It was a lot of synchronicities, a lot of sheer coincidences that made things turn out the way they did," Huff said about the series of events that brought them together two decades ago.

They reminisced about their initial visits to the outskirts of Area 51, sharing a number of details surrounding the events. Huff revealed that their first expedition to the area was primarily motivated by Lazar's desire to impress his wife and that "we were excess baggage. I was just happy to be in on it and I'm sure John was too." Lear recounted watching a flying disc on his telescope that night and laughed about the series of events which prevented Huff from having the same view. "As I stepped back, I hooked my foot around the tripod, and moved the telescope. And, of course, Gene's never forgiven me," Lear joked.

Having known Bob Lazar before he became infamous for his involvement in Area 51, the pair speculated on a number of theories that have surrounded his story over the last twenty years. Regarding skeptics' claims that Lazar was unqualified for the job at Area 51, Lear theorized that perhaps stellar credentials weren't necessarily the primary factor behind his employment, rather "it was who they could probably discredit the easiest, if he said anything about it." Huff was skeptical of the idea that Lazar was a disinformation agent working for the government, saying "he would be the worst guy in the world to make up a lie and try and perpetuate a lie. He's too busy being productive doing other things."

Quote of the Night

"There's nobody on this planet that's made less money from Ufology than me and John Lear. Everyone in the world has sold videos and books and we haven't made a cent." --Gene Huff, on the explosion of interest and commercialization of Area 51 after their discovery of the installation.

Art Bell Returns Again To Coast To Coast AM And Says The Economy Is The Scariest Subject

Art's wife and child Wednesday enjoying a rare Pahrump snowfall

Update: Art will host New Year's 2009 Prediction Shows

Annual Predictions Shows 2009 - w/Art Bell

Art Bell hosts Part I of his Annual Predictions Show on Tuesday December 30th and Part II on New Years Eve, with callers invited to share one event they see coming in 2009. Art will also review callers' predictions made for 2008.

Art's Latest ( Last ) Show

At first Art seemed a little tired and slow on the draw at the beginning ( well he is over 64 years old ! ) but really rose to the occasion as the night progressed to pull off one of the most memorable C2C shows of all time. He signed off by saying he will be back before the end of the month, presumably filling in for George. I will look forward to any future shows he hosts. Long live Art Bell!

I get a free newsletter called CoastZone, which anybody can sign up for on Coast To Coast AM. The following is taken from the newsletter:

Economy & Financial Fraud:

Art Bell was joined by financial advisor Catherine Austin Fitts for a discussion on fraud and the economy. Financial fraud is tied into the black budget-- "the local narcotics trade is financing Tony Soprano, who's financing James Bond," she quipped. Offering her analysis of the recent fraud case involving Bernie Madoff siphoning off $50 billion, she suggested that he couldn't have done it without some kind of institutional support.

The shakeout from the bubble economy is going to continue, Fitts warned, with the Dow possibly dropping as low as 4500 during 2009. Pension funds will take huge losses, and municipalities will be handed the bill, she continued. There are pockets of people around the country who are successfully adapting, said Fitts, who advocated investing in local banks and farmers, as well as precious metals.

First hour guest, trends analyst Gerald Celente added his dire economic outlook into the mix. By February, there will be major bankruptcies in the retail sector, leading into a global depression, he said.

QuoteOf The Night

"This economic stuff...This one is as frightening as anything Coast's ever talked about. It's as frightening as any ghost story, the best you've ever heard. It's as frightening, if not more so, than just about anything scary we've ever talked about on this program. And if it's not yet personally affected you, get ready because it's going to. Our economy is like a living thing, that's had a stroke. It's as though we've all had a stroke. Some of us don't know it yet...but eventually it's going to cause us at the very least, a grievous illness, grievous pain." --Art Bell

A History Of Art Bells Retirements & Comebacks From Wikipedia

Bell has retired and returned to Coast to Coast AM several times.

• Retirement: His first retirement, highly unexpected, was announced on October 13, 1998. Bell: I told you that there was an event, a threatening terrible event occurred to my family, which I could not tell you about. Because of that event, and a succession of other events, what you're listening to right now is my final broadcast on the air. Coast To Coast AM is broadcast on more than 400 stations and is the country's most listened to overnight radio show, heard by some 15 million listeners. (That from "The Seattle Times" 10-13-98.) Hilly Rose filled in after Bell's departure.



• Return: He returned on October 28, 1998, leading many to believe it was merely a publicity stunt. Bell asserted that the brief departure was brought on by threats made against his family. On May 29, 1999, Art Bell explained that this retirement was due to an allegation made by hosts of WWCR shortwave radio that Bell had paid to cover up a criminal indictment. (Announcement date from "The Washington Post" 5-29-99, where Bell's show was said to be on 460 stations.)
  
  The actual facts of the matter became public knowledge with Art Bell's second retirement in 2000, when it was revealed that an actual criminal indictment was filed against a person who had assaulted a member of Bell's family. Due to the nature of the crime, Bell had wanted to keep the matter private. The hosts at WWCR shortwave radio had accused Bell of the crime. (Bell took legal action against the hosts and stations, which was settled in 2000.



• Retirement: On April 1, 2000, Bell once again announced to his audience his retirement, which would occur on April 26, 2000 (that from "The Washington Post" 4-1-00), but he offered no details other than expressing intentions to "resolve a family crisis." On April 11, 2000, Mike Siegel was introduced as the new host of Coast To Coast AM. On April 27, 2000, Siegel took over the program which at the this time had an estimated 22 million listeners. (That from "The Seattle Times" 4-12-00.) It was later explained he had left to deal with the aftermath of a sexual assault against his son. Brian Lepley, a substitute teacher, was convicted of sexual assault and attempted transmission of HIV and was sentenced to 10 to 25 years.



• Return: On January 24, 2001, it was announced (in Vancouver, Washington's "The Columbian" newspaper), Art Bell would return to Coast To Coast AM on February 5, 2001. Bell noted that since his departure the show had lost a number of affiliates, commercial content had risen to an unbearable level, and Siegel had taken the program in a "different direction" of which Bell disapproved. He retained some authority over the program as its creator and thus felt his return was necessary.



• Retirement: On October 23, 2002, Bell announced he would be retiring because recurring back pain (the result of a fall from a telephone pole during his youth) forced yet another departure, and Bell was permanently replaced by George Noory as weekday host of Coast to Coast AM on January 1, 2003. It was also said that Barbara Simpson would host weekends and that Bell planned to be an occasional guest host for Noory. (Most information from "The Seattle Times" 10-26-02.)



• Return: Bell again on September 23, 2003, announced (in Vancouver, Washington's "The Columbian" newspaper) would return as a weekend host on September 27, 2003, having missed the microphone, this time replacing Barbara Simpson and Ian Punnett as host of the Saturday and Sunday evening broadcasts. In June 2005, he scaled this schedule back a bit (a "semiretirement"), deciding to host only the last two Sundays of every month. Bell went back to hosting every weekend show as his schedule permitted after his wife Ramona’s death a few months later.



• Retirement: on July 1, 2007, Bell announced his retirement again, stating that he wished to spend more time with his wife and daughter. He made it explicitly clear that, unlike the circumstances surrounding previous retirements, this one was an entirely positive and joyful decision and that he would not disappear completely--he would occasionally substitute for other hosts and host "special" shows. According to George Noory, Bell is on board to do 15 shows per year. Art Bell confirmed this fact in a post on the Fantastic Forum fan site.

It just prooves to me that when you love what you do there is no such thing as retirement!

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Art's Daughter Asia Rayne Bell

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Coast To Coast AM Goes Full Circle LIke A Flying Saucer Back To Vegas Two Decades Later

UFO Crash Retreival Conference PRomo - Las Vegas, November 7-9

Stay Tuned - Different Time, Different Channel !

Approximately twenty years ago I began to listen to Art Bell's radio program broadcast from KDWN AM radio Las Vegas, including the original Dreamland Show on weekends. I have been a loyal fan of Art Bell from day one. I will never discount the possibility that Art returns from retirement, but the probability is diminishing rapidly. Art has just won a well deserved Radio Hall of Fame Award!

Tonight I casually tuned in to KXNT AM radio Las Vegas, and there is a live broadcast of ( for all practical purposes ) the same show originating from their Vegas studios:

UFO Conference Special

Live from radio station KXNT in Las Vegas, George Noory and co-host Linda Moulton Howe welcome guest speakers from the 2008 UFO Conference including Ryan Wood, Dr. John Alexander, Nick Pope, Stephen Bassett and Richard Dolan.

I should have caught the show at 10 PM ( an hour and a half ago ) and done some live blogging. But, alas, this old man was "abducted" by a late afternoon nap ( no, I said "nap" not George Knapp !!).

But my inclination as I am listening to this historic broadcast is to join Coast To Coast AM Streamlink so I can download tonight's episode later.

I can't help but wonder that when President Elect Obama gets his Intelligence briefings at the White House that one of the above top secret briefings just might be titled "USA And World Interaction With Alien ( ET )Intelligences". Gee, Obama already mentioned talking to dead presidents :-) ... But with all the problems the new President must confront ( like the war and the economy ), disclosure of ET presence will be on the back burner for a long time, according to the Coast To Coast panel discussion. Unless saucers land on the White House lawn ( à la the movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still" ) or some other non-controvertible physical evidence is revealed, there will probably not be much truth forthcoming from the government for a long while. They simply have no motivation to reveal what they know, and what they know remains classified.

Plausible deniability? More like government non - disclosure is a form of "deniable plausibility" ! (Thanx to Jimmy Limo for coining this phrase. )

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Recap Of 2008 UFO Conference Special From The Coast TO Coast AM Site

• Broadcasting from radio station KXNT in Las Vegas, George Noory and co-host Linda Moulton Howe welcomed guest speakers from the 2008 UFO Conference.


• During the first hour, researcher Ryan Wood talked about an MJ-12 document known as the "Burn Memo" (view at Earthfiles.com), as well as the U.S. Government's policy of denial regarding UFOs and how they may be exploiting recovered alien technology.


• Expert in non-lethal weaponry, Dr. John Alexander appeared during the second hour. Alexander admitted that we've had "a series of interactions that have impacted the potential for air safety" but expressed doubt about the evidence for crashed alien craft. Alexander said if a corporation or secret government agency had access to recovered alien technology, they would have used it to manipulate the presidential election. Next, Nick Pope, former leader of the UK's UFO Project, shared details from a case about a pilot who was ordered to shoot down a UFO in 1957 (more at Times Online).


• In the third hour, political activist Stephen Bassett discussed the need for UFO/ET disclosure and the Sci Fi Channel's Coalition for Freedom of Information. He said the choice of John Podesta as co-chairman of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is not an accident, and believes the "Democrats have been planning to do disclosure under a Democratic Administration." Author Richard Dolan discussed some of the best evidence for UFO phenomenon and extraterrestrial biological entities.

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Just For Fun: "Hey Mr. Spaceman" by The Byrds

Bill Handel Gets An Amazing Call From A Las Vegas Visitor

What Happens In Vegas May Be A Legal Problem

Bill Handel, host of a Saturday legal advice show on KFI AM 640 Los Angeles, gets a call from a guy who just got married in Vegas. Only problem is: he's already married!



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Marginal Legal Advice Every Saturday From 6-11AM

Bill Handel's weekend show, "Handel on the Law" is bold, entertaining and addictive. Bill definitely knows his way around our wacky American legal system, and with a quick wit and razor sharp tongue, offers up advice to countless callers on a weekly basis.


Syndicated nationally, Handel has amassed a loyal fan base that continues to grow. Bill Handel has been able to couple his passion for talk radio with his experience as a lawyer and the result is a unique blend of information and humor.


"Handel on the Law began broadcasting in 1985. I enjoy it more today than the day I started. Abusing callers, giving marginal legal advice and telling callers where to go is still probably the most enjoyable thing I do other than having intimate moments with my wife...no...it is the most enjoyable thing I do." – Bill Handel

Art Bell Returns To Coast To Coast AM ( again)

I tuned in late ( around 30 minutes into the broadcast ) thinking it would be either Ian or George hosting the show. When I heard Abba's "Dancing Queen" bumper music I immediately knew that the next voice I would hear would be Art's.

And then Art Called Ian Punnett for a preview of tomorrow's show, and Ian repeated the same thought I had about hearing Abba. Ian then made a comment that many of the themes in the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie are topics covered by previous shows that Art hosted. Quite a compliment, that Art in his typical humble way discounted.

Art opened the phone lines for callers and many people are calling in about their experiencing financial problems and economic hardships, and that the bad times make us stronger, and make us look to each other and God for help, and bring us together à la 1939 and the Great Depression. Art is somewhat less optimistic --- the open lines call in discussions are always fascinating.

Tonight's guest is Maj. Ed Dames - the topic is ( of course ) Remote Viewing.

Art Bell welcomes foremost remote viewing teacher Maj. Ed Dames for a discussion on current cases of the Matrix Intelligence Agency and the world food situation.

And so it is now 11:06 PM Pacific Time and I will let Art & Major Dames lull me to sleep ( or more likely just the opposite, keep me awake ! ) with another fascinating discussion. I'm hearing Art's bumper music: "Isn't It Time" by the Babys. It's just like old times. Art is speaking of reactivating ArtBell.com. Could he be coming out of retirement, again??

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PS - I have been a fan of Art Bell's since the late 1980's, so you might try to understand my unbridled enthusiasm. Please vote for Art in the National Radio Hall Of Fame:

Hall of Fame Voting

You can now cast a vote for Art Bell, who's been nominated to the National Radio Hall of Fame in the category of 'National Pioneer.' Click here to register for your online ballot.

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Las Vegas Talk Radio

"I'll tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat
Soft drivin', slow and mad, like some new language ..."

- Jim Morrison (The Doors) from the LA Woman Album: "The Wasp (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)"

So I'm inspired by Jim Morrison's poetry to tell you 'bout Las Vegas Radio and "The Big Talk".

There are a small group of AM radio stations in Las Vegas Valley that compete for the talk radio market, but I only listen to two of them on a regular basis: KDWN (AM 720) and KXNT (AM 840).

A small group of talk radio host's voices speak into local Las Vegas microphones --- none of whom that I know of are left of center on the political spectrum. I would really like to hear the progressive voice here in Vegas, but nobody seems to command a show very long with a liberal agenda. Many "Hannitys" but few "Colmes". Why is this? Is continuously bashing Bush and the war not that entertaining? I have yet to understand why the people on Air America and such have such a limited audience. ( I look at their lineup and do not recognize one personality. ) But at the risk of getting into arguments about bringing back the Fairness Doctrine ( which I adamantly oppose ) I will just say that I still like hearing both sides of every issue whenever possible, but would still not want to constrain radio stations to be forced to give "equal time" to all issues. This is clearly against the American ideals of free expression ( no matter what Harry Reid & Hillary Clinton said recently about it! ). Let the free market and the first amendment have their way. ( If you are looking for a liberal voice, I personally think public radio already has it. )

My favorite local talents on these two stations consist of the weekday morning slot ( Heidi Harris on KDWN and Alan Stock on KXNT ) and weekday afternoons ( syndicated Jerry Doyle show on KDWN ).

Honorable mention goes to the legendary Art Bell, lately non-political or apolitical but with obvious libertarian overtones; officially retired in Pahrump, Nevada; but occasionally filling in for George Noorey on the late night syndicated Coast To Coast AM show ( which can be heard locally on KDWN 10PM - 2 AM). I am and have always been a fan of Art's, going back to the days when he broadcast from the KDWN studios on the second floor of the Plaza Hotel in downtown Las Vegas.

I'm sure I may have missed your favorite local radio personality, but that is what comments are for!

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The story about how KDWN evolved from a quaint locals call in format to the conservative corporate behemoth it is today can be found in this wikipedia article.

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The Local Lineup

• Heidi Harris

  
  

  
  "Heidi Harris is a conservative radio talk host and columnist based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 'Heidi Harris Show' airs weekday mornings on NewsTalk 720 KDWN 8:30AM-Noon (kdwn.com). A former professional singer, she began her radio career at KDWN in Las Vegas in 1998, moving to KXNT in 1999. Between 1999 and 2006, she hosted her own show, then teamed up with another KXNT host (Alan Stock) to create a new morning show. During their five year collaboration, the show won an Electronic Media Award, and the team was listed on Talkers' Magazine's "Heavy Hundred" (100 Most Influential Talk Show Hosts in America) three years in a row. In 2006, she left KXNT to resume her solo career.
  
  Heidi has appeared as a guest and commentator numerous times on the Fox News Channel and MSNBC. Her monthly column appears in Liberty Watch Magazine."




• Alan Stock

  
  

  
  "Mornings on KXNT, Alan Stock discuss the issues of the day from a conservative perspective. Alan Stock recently appeared in Talkers Magazine as one of the 100 most important people in the talk radio market. Stock's co-host was Kerri Kasem until August 2007, who had replaced Heidi Harris in 2006."





• Jerry Doyle

  
  

  
  "Weekdays from 3PM-6PM ET (12PM-3PM PT), Jerry Doyle airs the popular Jerry Doyle Show on the Talk Radio Network, though the show airs at different times in different markets. He differs from other conservative talk show hosts, such as Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, in that his focus is not exclusively political.
  
  On his radio show he coined the phrase "Grapefruit Mentality", defined as the ability for the public to become interested in an object or person just because the media is paying attention to it. As an example, Doyle explains if there was a segment on the news every night with a television camera pointed at a grapefruit, people will eventually travel great distances just to see the grapefruit that was on TV.
  
  Other examples Doyle uses of Grapefruit Mentality are the images of the Virgin Mary on a grilled cheese and another Virgin Mary sighting on an overpass in Chicago. It can also refer to the public's fascination with celebrity court cases such as Michael Jackson and Robert Blake."

(All quotes above are from Wikipedia articles. )