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November 1, 2002 /
Celebrated Radio Talk Show Host Vanishes. He may have gotten
his wish. KON, Nevada (AAN
News Wire) Last evening, under the guise of problems with his
studio phone lines, well known talk show host, Bart Cell, entered an
object he constructed in the middle of an approximately 120 foot
radius loop of antennae wire in his back yard.
"There
was this big flash and a really strange whirring sound," said
neighbor Missy Noital, "and then it just disappeared." The Kon
Police Department has cordoned off the scene and Mr. Cell has been
officially declared a missing person. Sources close to the
investigation have indicated that it was well known that Mr. Cell
had an obsession with building and using a machine that could travel
through time. "He just put up that dang loopy thing in 2
months ago." said another neighbor, Dun Cans, "Then there was all
this pounding and welding that went on all hours of the night while
he built that contraption." Cans described it as a bicycle with a
cockpit and a satellite antenna mounted on the back.
Mr.Cell is the host of the long-running and highly rated radio
program "Cost 3 Cost AM", which he broadcasts from a home studio.
Last night Mr. Cell did not host his annual classic Halloween
broadcast. No official reason as given for Mr. Cell's absence
from the show by PremRat Radio, the program's national syndicator.
Calls to
family members were not returned. "I just want to know who is
going to fill in that big hole in the backyard," said neighbor Duke
Domnie, "and how long is it going to take for that stench to clear
out of here."
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 Once
again, the riders of the night were given an ominous message:
Art Bell to retire from Coast to Coast AM effective 12/31/02.
Designated Successor - George Noory.
This announcement came after a long season of Art Bell making
infrequent appearances as host of the late night radio show, citing
problems with severe back pain due to a flare up of an old injury
sustained several years ago.
Art Bell fans had long sensed something was going very wrong with
the Coast to Coast AM show. Art often seemed unenthusiastic
when he did make an occasional appearance to host the show.
George Noory, who was originally brought on as a Sunday fill-in
host, was given more and more air time as Art failed to show up
night after night.
Art Bell fans have mixed reactions, some cynical, others supportive
- no one very surprised at this turn of events:
| "Well, we can't say
we are surprised, can we? Sorry to see him go, and I wish
him the best. I also hope he pops up somewhere else one day,
but I'm not betting the ranch on it. It's a great
loss, and there's no way to say it with enough emphasis." |
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"It comes with no shock to
me. I had a strong feeling Art was going to hang it up. I'll miss
him. As for Noory, he'll have his own following. I will not listen
to him unless he has a great guest on."
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