Arthur William Bell III (1945 - 2018)

Born 17 Jun 1945 in Camp Lejeune, Onslow, North Carolina, United States

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Died 13 Apr 2018 at age 72 in Pahrump, Nye, Nevada, United States

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Biography

Art Bell III is Notable.

Art was an Amateur Radio Operator, Callsign: W6OBB

Art Bell was born on 17 June 1945. ^[1] He was an American broadcaster and author. He was the founder and the original host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM, which is syndicated on hundreds of radio stations in the United States and Canada. He also created and hosted its companion show Dreamland.^[2]

Bell was always interested in radio; at the age of 13, he became a licensed amateur radio operator. Bell held an Amateur Extra Class license, which is in the top U.S. Federal Communications Commission license class. His call sign was W6OBB.^[2]

Bell served in the U.S. Air Force as a medic during the Vietnam War and in his free time operated a pirate radio station at Amarillo Air Force Base. He would make a point of playing anti-war music (like "Eve of Destruction" and "Fortunate Son") that was not aired on the American Forces Network.^[2]

Bell was the founder and original owner of Pahrump-based radio station KNYE 95.1 FM. His broadcast studio and transmitter were located near his home in Pahrump, where he also hosted Coast to Coast AM. However, from June to December 2006, he lived in the Philippines. In March 2009, he returned to the Philippines with his family after he experienced significant difficulties in obtaining a U.S. visa for his wife, Airyn.^[2]

He passed away on 13 April 2018.

Burial in Grandview Cemetery, Pahrump, Nye County, Nevada, USA

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCSW-DJ8 : 8 December 2014), Arthur William Bell Iii,, 17 Jun 1945; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 12, p. 459, Onslow, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Wikipedia :Art Bell

• Midnight in the Desert
• Wikipedia
• Coast to Coast AM
• Remembering Art Bell
• Art Bell (1945-2018) on Find A Grave: Memorial #188792266 retrieved 20 April 2018
• FOIA Request: FBI Report
• NNDB
• Bell et al v. Weiner et al
• Bell-Savage