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Art Bell

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Radio Personality

The Resume

    (June 17, 1945-April 13, 2018)
    Hosts nightly 'Coast to Coast A.M. with Art Bell' from 10 PM to 2 AM Pacific Time
    Wrote 'The Coming Global Superstorm'

Why he might be annoying:

    He set the Guinness Book of Records solo on-air broadcast marathon at 116 hours and 15 minutes on KENI Anchorage.
    As a youth, he set up an illegal pirate radio station on Amarillo Air Force Base.
    He banned Kreskin from his show because he predicted a major UFO event on June 6, 2002, which did not take place.
    He smoked.
    His radio show is dedicated to the weird, strange and occult.
    He and his wife claim they saw a UFO.
    He does not berate any caller, no matter how ridiculous.
    He is divorced.
    His wife also believed in mysticism and plant circles in front of their home.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He earned his FCC technician's license at thirteen.
    He raised money during his radio marathon to charter plane to bring 130 Vietnamese orphans for adoption to America.
    He did not screen calls.
    He disappeared from radio for fifteen days in 1998 without saying why. A year later, he finally told his audience that his son, from his previous marriage, 16, was raped by a substitute teacher who had HIV, and he wanted to spend time with his son.
    He temporarily quit his program in April 2000 to pursue a case where he was wrongly accused of raping his own son, he eventually settled and went back to work.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 67 Votes: 50.75% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 52 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 205 Votes: 58.54% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 37 Votes: 56.76% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 47 Votes: 68.09% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 29 Votes: 65.52% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 48 Votes: 70.83% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 83 Votes: 63.86% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 170 Votes: 51.18% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 251 Votes: 63.75% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 311 Votes: 57.88% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 651 Votes: 62.67% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2006 Votes: 74.78% Annoying