Art Bell Leaves SiriusXM
Art Bell, the radio icon that joined the SiriusXM line-up on September 16th is leaving the air after just a month and a half. While passionate satellite radio fans may not want to hear it, his reasons for leaving boiled down to three main things:
- SiriusXM’s web player is notoriously unreliable, causing a loss of subscribers and a degraded listening experience for those who remain listening online.
- For a “caller driven” show, the caller pool for art’s show is just too small.
- International listeners have no legitimate way to hear the show.
This is not the first time that we have heard issues relating to the Internet platform offered up by SiriusXM. There have been a host of issues from the functionality to being booted off, to having longer shows reset from the beginning after an hour and a half, making it almost impossible to listen to a 2 hour show on demand.
When signed by SiriusXM, Bell had only glowing things to say:
“SiriusXM is the perfect fit for me and my new show Art Bell’s Dark Matter,” said Art Bell. “Though invisible, dark matter accounts for gravitational forces observed in the universe—expect these forces to be at work in the uncensored, unrestricted creative arena of satellite radio, a medium with truly extraterrestrial reach.”
It would appear that after just a short period of time, second thoughts emerged.
The departure of Bell, as unfortunate as it is, should be a signal to SiriusXM. The company has a compelling product, great content, and great potential, but in some ways has lost the edge that it once had. The frustrations of Bell can be heard on other channels as well. Opie & Anthony, Howard Stern, Jay Thomas, and others have all at times expressed a great deal of frustration. In some ways, the complaints of on air personalities ring back to the old FM days of terrestrial radio, a path that many consumers and on air personalities could not wait to get away from.
Bell is a radio icon, and will continue his show on the web. It is unfortunate that SiriusXM could not match up to his needs. Consumers can only hope that SiriusXM takes this issue seriously. There are indeed issues with the Internet platform as well as sound quality. Yes, Bell was probably expecting too many callers too quickly and did not give his show time to develop an audience from the pool of those willing to pay for radio, but Bell’s issues should not and can not be ignored.
From an investors perspective, there are not really any silver linings here. No, the departure of bell will not send the equity crashing, but the implications are not good either. If a personality such as Bell can not draw an audience with him, what does it say about other content? If a personality like Bell has a solution on the web that meets his needs better, what does that say about getting more talent to come to satellite and stay?
Whether we as investors like it or not, the sex appeal of satellite radio is not what it used to be. Satellite radio seems to have lost the leading edge. No, SiriusXM is not going to fail, but the cache is not what it once was. The satellite empire is not crumbling, but it is at a point where it may need to “re-invent” itself.
There will be a day when Stern retires. There may be a day when Opie & Anthony have had enough. As each year passes it seems that SiriusXM is becoming more like the FM radio we all wanted to tear apart. Yes, SiriusXM is better, but the options for listeners are increasing and SiriusXM needs to pay attention sooner rather than later. The company has done so many wonderful things in getting to where it is. It may be time to up the ante again.
Best of Luck to Art Bell in his ventures.
Art Bell gone? Good bye Sirius
The commercials on Sirius xm absolutely suck….too many, too much and absolutely an insult to the intelligence of the average person. If this company wants to survive it needs to change its modus operandi or else it will go the way of the dinosaur….for sure.
I’m not impressed by the snide remarks from the trolls at Premiere who were harassing Bell’s guests. I have experienced ALL of these problems with the Sirius internet service, on a continuous basis. That Flash web player thing is absolutely HORRIBLE. The constant disruptions & loss of my place while playing on-demand shows is excruciating. The cost is really unreasonable too. I don’t think Bell had any idea how screwed-up this company really is, and was genuinely surprised by the volume of listener complaints, to the point where he felt that he had to stand up for the public. He did the same thing when Premiere made their content 40% advertising. While satellite broadcasting is compelling & convenient, Bell soon realized that he could not reach the bulk of his faithful audience with all of the obstacles that Sirius placed in his path, and he did not want to exclude them. I have no doubt that he will explore other options. In the meantime, this company really needs to improve the internet service and provide a few talk channels for free, to make the receiver purchase worthwhile for casual radio listeners who only care about one particular show. They would not be losing subscriptions so much as they would be gaining sponsors who are willing to pay more to reach a larger audience. You don’t have to be a mathematical genius to figure out that it’s better to sell a receiver than to sell nothing at all. While most people would buy a receiver to hear their favorite show, the “one size fits all” subscription model simply does not work for the majority of the population, and this severely limits the size of the audience.
Sirius has always ignored the needs of the public, and the user experience has always been a secondary consideration. The focus seems to be on trying to maximize short-term profits instead of providing quality service and getting the product into every home & vehicle. To make matters worse, the variety of talk shows has steadily continued to decline. Bad service, bad selection–what’s left for people to want? It’s easy enough to guess what happened when Bell tried to pass along the complaints of his audience to the bosses in their ivory towers: they laughed like Jabba and blew him off, just like they’ve ALWAYS done to subscribers with legitimate customer service issues. The internet is full of complaints from former subscribers, and I think it’s a sign of integrity that Art called them on it before he developed a reputation for selling out. This affair is a much bigger embarrassment for Sirius than it is for Bell, who has the moral high ground here. Art has a great sense of humor, but has little patience for incompetent management. Recruiting him was brilliant, and losing him is a travesty: Bell has always ‘pushed the envelope’ in terms of both technology & direction, and his methods have always proven successful whenever he bucked the prevailing trends. I don’t agree with him on every topic, but he has talent and he understands the business. I can’t wait to see what he does next, and I’m backing that 100 percent.
Bravo! Couldn’t have said better myself.
Bell a bit of a pre-Madonna? Maybe but very enjoyable. I have been a Sirius subscriber for many years now and will continue to subscribe but Bell is 100% correct. Hope he shows up someplace quick. He does great work…even though I do get a little tired of the bantering back and forth between him and George. Take the high road guys.
It’s primadonna…..
I too will be leaving SiriusXM streaming, the only reason I purchased web streaming was for this show. Though I had absolutely no issues streaming the show without interruption. I just move the mouse every hour or so and it never shut off. I think lots of the issues were with the users service providers not Sirius.
Also planning to leave the broadcast version when my subscription expires. Thought satellite radio would free me of useless DJ banter but not so. If I’m paying to listen all I want to hear is the music, not a DJ rambling on. I can load days worth of music on a jump drive and listen in my car, no need for Sirius now.
Art went from an entertaining interviewer to an opinionated ass who won’t let his guests speak. Can’t say I am sorry to see him go…again. I agree that ever since the death of Ramona, he’s been unstable, and marrying a girl barely out of her teens just months after her death should be a red flag to everyone about the true Art Bell. Good riddance.
Likewise for those barbarians as yourself.
I think he watched her die as she was struggling to find her asthma meds, he had probably already fallen for his current child bride online and saw his out and took it.
Can you also serve a radioactive meal?
I haven’t had any issues with Sirius online. I do not agree with his reasons for leaving the platform.
I HAVE had trouble with the internet streaming of Sirius. I think Mr. Bell is right.
Nor have I, it has been close to perfect.
I’m a long time listener I to have thought something suspicious about ramona’s death. not that it’s wrong for an older man to seek younger women, but in his case its just kinda creepy.
The Sirius/XM has been a disaster since day 1, beyond the shady back room deals that convinced the SEC to allow the merger. They have an amazing show in Opie & Anthony, who pioneered -message feedback and online video elements to their radio show LONG before iTunes and podcasts. They did great on XM pre-merger but all their forward looking efforts are just thwarted by the fools down the hall (and upstairs, and in DC) at Sirus/XM.
It was a shock and disappointment to have Art Bell leave. Now I
have a radio I can’t return, a subscription I don’t need and
speakers I also don’t have any use for. I ordered a FM transmitter and FM radio to receive it, and they will probably
get sent back for refund. It seems everyone loses. Will I listen to Art on another service? It depends, but not likely, and at least, probably not soon. Like many people I can’t afford to keep spending money to follow him around the radio spectrum. Maybe next spring, if it looks like he has found somewhere he will stay for awhile, I might pay to listen again.
Meanwhile, I wish him luck, with all the people he has upset, he is going to need it.
Carl
I’ve had XM for yrs….listened to Art for many years, and, have been fooled by Art for many years. Never again. I read he has disinherited all his children leaving everything to this wife and kid. Felt so sorry for the grown children.
I say you got quite an imagination.
Oh well,what to do. The folks at CTC must be giddy.Does anyone know where he is going next or what the heck is going on, how strange to just stop, quit, overnight for crying out loud.Did not hear his last show, heard he was grumbling about his situation…..then……….
Unbelievable
Just wait till tomorrow. We all need to sleep on it at times. The woodwork can be complex. Try steel wool.
I think Art got his statistics back and realized why he only ever had 2 people in the call pool.
This one trick pony ? is past his expiration date.
Sorry, it’s 2013 – the world has moved on from Ghosts, Aliens and Bigfoot.
How long can you beat that drum ? but oh wait – Hogboy has more speculation about ancient cities on Mars – hahahahaha….
You must have missed the open lines show. There is a balance between true science and highly educated BS w/published books.
C2C should make their weekend host full time and bring back Mike Segal for weekends.. Art will find a way to be back, too good for network
Good for Sirius.
I listened oh ? 20 of these shows- they are absolutely horrible.
Bigfoot, Aliens, and Ghosts… And an occasional story about the wonders of fracking.
One show ? the played tapes from a cassette recorder from 1995 from an older Art Bell show of Bigfoot screams. Really ?
This show is VERY difficult to tolerate. I’m surprised Hogland hasn’t been committed.
The show is leaving not because of Sirius – the show is REAL REAL BAD – Ghosts Aliens and Bigfoot – wow… Sorry, 1994 is over. It’s 2013. 0.1% of Youtube serves up more freaks than all of Art Bells shows.
What’s wrong with Sirius CEO can”t keep good shows first Bill Mac leaves then coast to coast and now art bell. If my company did not pay for xm radio I would not keep it . They have caused the cancelation of too many good shows.
bill mack passed away ,ctc didnt leave the contract with clear channel wasnt renewed
wow now the haters are coming out wtf?
I don’t hate Sirius – I like Sirius radio.
Not sure what you are on about.
Well Tim, I’m going to have to disagree with you. Sure, Art likes to delve into fantasy, the unknown, UFO’s. You can believe or not. But at least he is not trying to advance the Bircher agenda as C2C thinly disguises. John Wells is a Bircher through and through and Noray is a glad hander, a pale shadow of Art. I used to love hour 25 on FM. It was a Si Fi centered show, with no political bent. But, to me, it seems like when Art was on C2C, he was interested in the fantastic/unknown, but he wasn’t trying to advance a political agenda as the current crop of C2C hosts peddle. I, personally, find Art’s return a breath of fresh air after the right wing show that C2C has become.
You mean the guy with the deep low voice on C2C ?
Yeah, he’s a neocon – more or less the show is a chance for him to play victim and go ‘oh my gosh – those evil liberals want to take away our god, guns and – ” wait, I can stop there, those two don’t belong – lol, lest you are a Christian fundamentalist or Taliban.
Bell however is a closet fubarmentalist.
He’s at TOPS 122 IQ. He’ll never understand why he isn’t above 122 – that’s the nature of being 122 IQ.
I disagree with you disagreeing – Bell is no better than the prop C2C crew. They all might as well be selling ‘survival seeds’ lol.
They all support that it’s End Days as well. NICE message for the kids – huh – that the world is ending… Wow – what nice people.
I haven’t heard anything like that from him. Why is he in your sights? I haven’t heard anything political from him. Like I said before, you know what your getting when you tune him in. And, I think he’s only half as wacky as the C2C crew. They used to put me to sleep; now they just piss me off. I’ve had several nasty email exchanges with John Wells; he trys to come off as reasonable, but he’s just an asshole. I like Art Bell; he’s harmless as far as I can tell.
Morbius
I may have to do some growing up here on this thread… PART of me says- Bell is simply out to entertain, and I think he really has enjoyed the game he brought to the world. PART of me though sense he is privately laughing at both the guests and the callers and isn’t genuine at all.
I can’t decide.
I could be wrong on Bell, I used to speak well of Bell. Me ? I don’t know how he can handle some of the callers, “And… Did Da Aliens make ya move stuff Wit Yer mind and all of dat ? They made a friend of mine do dat” “oh yeah, and did da Aliens say what da Pyramids were Bout” ? REALLY ?
I suppose I sense Bell purports to be genuinely interested ? but I sense he isn’t, and it’s all just a front to sell those damned hand crank radios – lol.
One thing for sure is- I really DID think his show would be fun ? But I’ve heard most of the episodes ? and not a single one – passed a litmus test for anything but bottom of the barrel. I mean, they weren’t just bad, they sealed his career. It scares me that people listen to that garbage. It scares me there are people that are so easily influenced. Gee, if people will believe in Ghosts and Bigfoot ? and Aliens ? My oh my – imagine what an entire TV network could do to ‘get’ people to believe this or that….Speaking of Fox -hahahahaha.
Art should just replace Bigfoot, aliens and what’s the other one, ah yeah – Ghosts- with TErrorists… Could you imagine ? like the good ole Bell show days ? Where every morning he had you convinced the world was ending by 5 am and you were privy to know about it ? If now ? Bell runs a terrorist show ? where every night ? he interviews someone that keeps people in shock – no awe- just shock – paralytic in fear that ‘Da terrists’ gonna gitcha !
In fact, I question Bell’s purpose on the radio.
I think it’s ALL PROP
I best not say any more about that. lol
Mobius
Bush would have loved Bell
A master of invoking unnecessary fear.
Both of em.
To Tim: What a long winded ranting person you are… full of hot air. Do you even understand ‘entertainment’? Most folks that listen to the shows that AB has done, do not believe in many of the topics, but enjoy the entertainment factor of it all, especially a nice little reprieve away from all the news talk shows today, and the negativity of same. I’m sure there are some who do believe in some of the AB show topics you mentioned, but most don’t. What IS SCARY, are people like you, who spent so much time ranting as you did (and multiple times at that), especially against something you don’t like, while also insulting all his listeners, who you know nothing about. My god, how long is your rant going to persist? You state you were a child in the 70’s?, then by god grow up already! Geez!
Very well said, my good man. I have never understood people who rant against things they claim not to like in the first place. If you don’t like it and it has now ended, what’s the point in continuing to rant?
RM: Excellent reply to Tim M. As I scanned over his nearly endless ranting, it was hard to keep from laughing. He just does not get it (that this is entertainment), and the remarks about IQ levels only make it more comical. Must be some hang-up of his, along with the constant political wind-bagging crap (as if there really is a difference among politicians). Extremely boring person.
I love your political windbagging crap.
I guess there isn’t a difference at all in politicians eh ?
Wow – you scan over a LOT don’t you…
I suggest you actually take time to READ fool.
There ARE differences.
But – you FIRST have to READ.
I think you’re probably right, I mean, whatever YOU SAY ? probably represents everyone.
Wow – really ?
‘extremely boring person’ – could you say that with the voice of the Comic Book guy from the Simpsons ? lol
Better hurry- your bus is leaving moron.
Sorry that you are so scared of reality Tim. Knowledge and understanding regarding technology has evolved at an exponential if not logarithmic rate in the last half decade. So please accept that ~ 2K years ago (except “their” calendar) 1 religion divided into 3 because of the problems re common sense taxed by the Roman Empire. America gives the current hidden leader of the source religion freedom as defined by my Constitution, but not to the extent of fraud, deception, lies, and fear being the basis of American laws.
Art returned, was back as how it started that caught my attention many years ago, I learned things not imagined before listening, your talent is very well defined, and I hope that you wake up refreshed in the morning.
Mobius ?
In fact? Come to think of it ?
That’s it – Bell just sells fear.
period.
Fear of bigfoot- fear of aliens – fear of ghosts.
Let’s face it – he victimizes people with fear.
You know who likes to rule by fear ?
Fascists and Terrorists
THAT’S probably what rubs the wrong way with Bell with me, lubed or not.
He’s a cheap sell – Bush tried it- he just sells fear.
But it’s garbage – so maybe it’s a healthy fear ? I mean, maybe it allows people to tranfser REAL fears – such as biochemical weapons, or nuclear weapons ? to safe and harmless ghosts, aliens and what’s the other one again ? oh yeah – bigfoot.
Maybe he DOES serve a purpose – by helping people channel their fears into a placebo – er, proxy… So they don’t HAVE to have nuclear weapons on their mind every day, instead ? just harmless ‘what’s that sound, it might be bigfoot’.
Now, on the other hand ? When I was a child, in the mid 1970’s there was a movie that was in town about bigfoot and it had a scene where this couple was sitting on a couch ? and bigfoot reaches in through the window- like Kong does in the bar scene with his big hand. For a child ? that terrified me – I didn’t KNOW any better to think ‘it’s a dramatization’ – so – it depends, propping up Bigfoot I think CAN be damaging to kids. My experience in the woods for years was shattered by that one scene. Was it real ? No… Was I afraid- you bet I was. Was my life dominated by fear ? you bet it was after that. In fact, it was traumatic.
Now, how is it I end up with Bad for kids, trauma and fear with Bell…THOSE are the elements that come to mind with Bell.
In fact ? his show ? PROBABLY has screwed kids up who would ever be listening… THINKING ghosts are real and aliens are out to abduct you. You know what most psychologists say the alien abduction scene is about ? child molestation.
Art seems obsessed with this.
Very few of Art’s topics scared me. I enjoy hearing about odd things then I go research them. It’s called being open minded and being able to educate oneself.
Funny, I’ve found that people who spout off about IQ generally have a very low IQ. RAGE ON ART!
Funny,
I recall Art stating his IQ isn’t that high in one of his LAST shows before he bailed.
Perhaps you don’t understand the meaning of quotient Tim.
Perhaps you still cling to the beliefs and training you received since childhood about how western civilization evolved regarding religion, politics, media, taxes, laws, and the natural abilities of healthy life to survive without slavery (greed) to benefit the few.
Art’s shows were a way for me to examine science and pseudo-science along with other topics not commonly found or discussed elsewhere. Granted, the Spooky Matter show may be more appropriate for an adult and older children gathering around a campfire with a bag of marshmallows before launching on their own fantastic stories, the other 20 or so last archives I’m still amazed at the details I missed in the more science based shows listening again sometimes many times with something new again. Pure music using mind, body, and words as good as the finest musicians I’ve heard on stage. My educational background and experiences seems to be able to sort out the true science from the nonsense pretty quickly though from guests. At least the nonsense preachers had an honorable host for their platform. I liked it better years ago though, when a guest with very bad nonsense skills got cut loose, and went to open lines for rest of show sometimes as short as within a half hour.
It takes big shoes to accept unscreened open lines on an international scale as an American. After all, I may order a signed bigfoot mug if one becomes available. A Mr and Mrs Bigfoot pair would be even better.
Morbius, yeah John Wells – that’s the guy.
Oh, no doubt, he’s not just an asshole, he’s a dumb asshole.
IQ 112 probably.
He’s a closet bagger.
I’ll never forget when he was interviewing John Loftus, and Loftus goes “Yeah, those Tea Baggers are going to break the economy because they will block the House on budget issues”
Wells goes “Excuse me, did you just make a reference to a political party ? “Something like that- Wells is probably spending the Weekends with Chuck Norris down in Texas stock piling M-16’s and AK-47’s for the Second Coming.
I’ll never forget Chuck Norris’s ‘Chuck Norris Revolver’ and in the ad ‘makes a perfect gift for dad under the Christmas tree’
Once you start thinking of Mr. Brady ? John Wells gets creepier by the bushel.
Oh no, I just had a terrible image of Bell and Wells in a compromising position ! AUGH !
Exactly!!!
No political agenda with Art, you claim. I guess that’s why he liked to have on Harry Reid. You’ll get a right or left tilt no matter who’s hosting, which means that somebody isn’t gonna be happy.
I have been listening to Sirius XM and Dark Matter on my cell phone for 2- 4 months now and have had ZERO problems, Art Bell is a liar and a quitter, this is just another one of his diva, butthurt drama queen publicity stunts. Hopefully people will stop fawning over this idiot, I’ve fallen for his “comebacks” for the last time.
I’ll bet had Art stayed, there no doubt would have been an Anti-Fracking Guest, the exact same way Art played it with Nuclear Energy, arguably the fairest for all way to go. Art was really fair that way, & was I do believe why he had such animosity towards Noory, for Noory took the show way to the Fox Right once the 2012 election got real hot. As for his new wife, all of you who call Art such names should be ashamed, for loneliness especially out in the desert is very lonely. So what if his wife was young. In other cultures, it was considered normal for older men & younger women to mate up. True love is a sacred thing not to be gossiped about by people who seem to get this weird energy from gossiping, what George Harrison called in a song, “The Devils Radio.” And besides, until what happened to Art happens to you, how can you ever know? I just wish Art first would have talked to us, us being the loyal listeners on XM, before he abruptly went off the air He could have gotten all of us loyal over the many years listeners to organize some kind of in house campaign to fix the issues, issues that Art really should have clearly elaborated first. I still really don’t understand the intensity the issues that Made Art feel compelled to leave. I mean, it’s one thing to argue with his DC Sirius bosses, but c’mon Art- Let us the listeners in onto the behind the scenes issues too! We the listeners only felt Art, you were but peeved at George, but never once did you clue us into your true other feelings. In fact, you made it sound like Sirius was all sorts of cool, & the ONLY place to be, &, night after night too! You left us hanging, left us feeling like it was cool & hip to buy all the XM stuff, when in fact it now sounds anything but. What about your contract? Didn’t you address these issues before you got on the air? All I’m saying is Art: Let’s hear you talk to us about it all before after only 6 measly weeks you decide to ditch out on all of us. You have the fan base: Use it! Don’t hide away! Again! Oh, how I would love to be a guest on your show Art. I’m like: Present both sides first, the act & react. Reach out Art, reach out.
@Duke Mantee
Have you ever used.the internet? English as we should speak it is merely a suggestion to most. One best ignored in favor of phonetic spelling and a tough battle with grammar.
Hogboy, that’s hilarious. But all jokes aside, Hogboy’s conjecture is just as valid as yours until we can actually go there and see. Or did you not hear that “Science” is available for a price in this country?
I am NOT saying he (Hogboy) is correct or accurate.
Well let me start out by saying Tom you need help, please get some before you kill.
Second Art is Beta testing Online players, please go to his website and give feedback on them. He’s going to give it a try folks.
Art Bell:
“We are currently in talks with Sirius/XM which really knows how to deliver to vehicals very well. The idea is to
become Independent Broadcasters which means no pay from Sirius while still keeping it exclusivly Sirius/XM in
the Broadcast World, however we would then be free to stream free at artbell.com. Another words the best of
both Worlds. In the long run I think it would benefit all including Sirius/XM.”
Been following you since 1995 , and I’ll faithfully follow you where ever you land in the future.
Art,
Why do it? What I don’t get is this: How come you didn’t first talk to us, us as being loyal listeners? Who knows? Maybe had you done so first, “We the People” could have, in droves upon droves, started a virtual never ending campaign for helping you in ways beyond the powers of XM, beyond anything XM can EVER imagine. As for any & all the gossip, all Yee who comment so negatively, should understand the cheap & disgusting levels such gossip equals out to. If you know anything of Oriental Culture, it’s a wonderful thing for an older man to court & woo a much younger woman, provided the man’s intents are pure, & can afford to take care of wife, & if ever need be, his new wife’s family too. It is a distinct honor. As for Art, first, I’m sure as sure as God really exists, Art takes care of his son from Ramona, & quite well too no doubt, plus, for any person to get back on the dating horse so soon after losing a love, shows great strength of spirit, something you can never understand until it happens to you too. I am Arts age, & if I lost a loved one, I would pray to find a new loved one soon, for nothing is lonelier than being lonely than outside in the long, silent, unforgiving desert. A better truth: To give to those who die & live in Heaven, well, ” Breathing Space” instead of having to worry about us down here on Earth is indeed a most blessed event, a spiritual fact Art was taught many times on many programs in his long lost broadcasting past. Art: Come back on the air & for night after night: Talk to us! As for Sirius: Are you really wishing to lose literally millions of present & potential listeners? You will lose me soon as you will too many to believe Sirius Administrators, REALLY. Talk about really bad old karma! As for fracking, I’ll bet some good dollars, Art was soon to get a guest very much against Fracking, just as Art did with Fukeshima. It is the fairest way to travel, & nobody but Art traveled so very much in the spirit of fair play, not any radio talk show hosts.Cmon Sirius: Art would not have did what he did w/o great causes. At the very least Listen to Art’s complaints: I’ll bet he just did not want to repeat the utter coldness his old bosses at Premium shoved in his face, & at Art’s lowest& weakest on his knees period in life. PTSD is very real, & am sure Art never, wisely again wanted such an awful laden experience all over yet again. Open up your Hearts Sirius, Open up cold hearts. Time is still ripe!
Art bell needs to just be on
And to all the others on this forum who keep insulting Art, his lifestyle, his past, etc., get a life already too! It is none of your business, nor do you know any ‘facts’. Personally, I could care less about Arts personal life. I’m glad he is happy, and so should you. I strictly was a long time radio listener of his, and enjoyed his style of broadcasting and the shows… many just funny, and I enjoy being happy. To keep persecuting another human being per your personal suspicions, etc., shows what miserable people you are! The only thing I’m peeved about right now, is the constant hello, then goodbye again by Art. Not blaming him, because I do not know the facts, nor do I feel personal anger at him. I just got excited to hear his show again after all these year, and then… ZIP! Gone again 🙁 Almost paid for the Sirius radio etc. too, and if I had, then I would have been really upset. Oh well. I do hope Art finds a way to tune in again, and I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. It would at least be nice, if he went on youtube or somewhere to personally let his listening fans know. Outside of his show though, his personal life is none of anyones business. He has a lovely wife, and a beautiful little girl, and I truly heard happiness in Arts voice. I’m happy, when others are happy.
For me it was paying for radio that I couldn’t afford that I can get for free elsewhere. It was great not having all the commercial interruptions, but I understand nothing is free in life.
I’ve been a loyal Art Bell Fan since 1995. An awful lot of sleepless nights. Always found him interesting and always found him to be a gracious host during his interviews. Once again I must face life without Art Bell . This is like losing Johnny Carson all over again. I miss Art already
SiriusXM is SATELLITE RADIO!!!! Not internet streaming radio!!! Art should have told the people having issues with streaming to get off there asses and buy a damn satellite receiver and antenna! Never had even one issue issue with my Sat. receiver! Why?? Because SiriusXM is Satellite radio ya douches! Now Art announces he is planning on streaming the show on his website for free?? What a bunch of Bullshit!!!
Although I am skeptical of some of the topics on Art Bell’s, Dark Matters I try to have an open mind to things that I do not understand so when I stumbled onto the show I got hooked. I thought the show gave a platform to people who would have been mocked on mainstream shows and it dared the listeners to have open my mind about what might be possible. The great thing is even Bell was skeptical of some of the things that his guest had to say but he was respectful and gave them a chance to be heard. The fact is not all of his shows had to do with the paranormal, the interview with the ex-CIA officer and the show about all of the thing going on with Japan were very interesting and enlightening because god forbid does mainstream media outlets and or government agencies inform us as to what is really going on. I’ve been a subscriber to Sirius for years and I hope cooler head prevail, whatever the reasons for departure of Dark Matters the show will be missed by those of us who do not want to hear the generic BS that is most other talk shows.
I can’t blame SiriusXM for this disagreement.Art wants to stream his show for free online and I don’t think that is calculated into SiriusXM’s business model. Those satellites don’t come cheap! I do hope Art finds his way back on the air if he really wants to that is.
Art dumped and ran *insert surprise here* (and I’m an Art bell fan!)
Seriously, folks. If you want to enjoy satellite radio, you need to buy a receiver. It’s just that simple. Streaming, in general, is always second best. Even under ideal conditions, which 95% of you aren’t even close.
Try streaming the NFL *Game of the Week* they always offer online. It looks like crap, and stutters constantly. You’ll give up and start watching it on TV in frustration.
The only way you’re ever going to hear Art the way he used to be is over radio. Satellite has a different dynamic, Art streaming from his Parumph house will have a different dynamic, none of which will sound nearly as good or responsive as his Coast to Coast days. Simple as that. Get used to it sounding different.
If you’d like to blame anyone, blame Art. If he hadn’t of retired, returned, retired, returned, retired, returned over and over again, you’d probably still be listening to him on Coast to Coast. Simple as that.
FYI, you don’t even need to pay for streaming Sirius / XM. I’ve been signing up for 30 day trials over and over for the last 2 years using different made up email accounts.
Bullshit.
Streaming is just fine. I do it on numerous devices across a variety of networks with Netflix and countless commercial and non-commercial radio programming and live streaming non-commercial shows.
In fact, I’ve also consulted on building two small live streaming networks that also took live calls during the shows.
It is entirely feasible in this day and age, for not a lot of money. The problem is all with Sirius. Their network, their content, and their business model is dated as hell. I subscribed and figured I would be seeing some amazing cutting edge stuff for my money. Instead, it looked like a throw-back to the early 00’s. Pathetic.
Oh, by the way, Art didn’t “retire”. He explained what had happened over with Premier on his first show. Basically, they treated him like crap and let him be slandered like mad with no concern for his reputation and between that and other disregards, he told them to stick it.
I am so sad that this didn’t work out. After hearing Art again, I realized I had settled for so much less. There is no comparison between listening to Art as compared to others in the field. Talk radio was alive again, and now it is dead. I will grieve until Art is back again.
Hi
Let me spook you into thinking it’s the end of the world.
Now – go buy my survival products.
Oh yeah – I’m a closer Christian fubarmentalist- I already know I’m going to heaven- 1/3 of my guests are prop Christians all here so we can laugh it up at the non-believers- you can tell by my laugh !
Oh yeah- I love to smoke and promote smoking.
I’m real smart that way.
Please go forget about REAL issues in geopolitics and listen to my cherry picked moronic guests.
And By my Crane products too !
I just love selling fear and confusion.
More Ghosts and Bigfoot please.
Sorry you’re so scared of reality
But BUY my survival products !
And tune in tomorrow- I’ll explain how the world’s ending all over again tomorrow.
That’s supposed to be CLOSET
It’s ALWAYS the pedophiles who find Jesus
When someone NEEDS Jesus SO BAD ?
I usually ask-
“so, how they treatin’ ya in B yard” hahaha
or – better
“where are the bodies buried”
People who NEED Jesus ? have done something – and they will say “Why ? my sins are forgiven – now PULLLEEEZE – hand over the bus stop route for K-6”
And they go RIGHT BACK to doin’ what they want
No different than the Crowley Satanists though ‘do as thou wilt’ SAME with the Christian fundamentalists- they do what they want and then say- I’m SAVED ! It don’t matter, now, pick up some more Magnum sized one while you’re out honey – and a few more benadryls.
Actually ?
I hope Art Bell CONTINUES to smoke.
SMOKE SOME MORE PAL.
REALLY –
HAVE ANOTHER.
AND ANOTHER.
SMOKE AS MANY AS YOU CAN FOR ME.
Show me the RIGHT choices you make you self righteous piece of – hmm – dark matter.
lol
sounds like expired luncheon meat – dark matter.
how long can you pimp ghosts, bigfoot and Hogbreath guy all to sell your hand crank radios priced 5x their value ?
Wow – Sirius actually PAYS for that show ?
You should have STAYED in the Philippines ART !
Why’d ya leave ?
Pulling a Woody Allen ? No, the kids can’t be THAT old yet.
Well
IF – he did it – and I’m not saying he did..
OJ of COURSE…
New subject.
IF Bell is CAPABLE of murder ?
I’m probably on his list.
Time will tell to see what kind of Christian ethics this guy demonstrates.
I don’t know, I wouldn’t put it past Bell.
He’s USED to being in TOTAL CONTROL…
People like that WILL do – whatever they want.
Art LOVES to be in control – of the guests, of the callers…
And ? Hey – why not your money too ! lol
Wait, I think I just heard a ghost ! no, it was Bigfoot ! No – it was Hogboy comin’ to GIT ME !
Sellouts – ALL OF EM
And… in the end ? Here it comes “Now, please go buy my book”
the ENTIRE SHOW is ONE BIG AD – some are filler pieces- just to disguise this.
It’s Fox News for people UNDER 112 IQ.
Fear- PANIC ! Missing white girls – no, wait, that was never a theme on Bell’s show.
But – DAMNED CLOSE Bell’s propaganda to sell is close to the neocons.
On Bell’s word – you ask him- DOES he believe it’s end days.
And he does ?
Wow- what a WONDERFUL MESSAGE for the kids Art
Hi, I smoked, I’ll die of lung cancer, but you ? the world is ending for you 5 year olds ! Why ? Cause I say so – now – go buy my hand crank radio for $59.95 so you can listen in when the end of the world happens !
HE CAN REDEEM HIMSELF
Art COULD say- hey – I was wrong to sell fear, panic, and tell people the end of the world is coming – what did he call it ? The quickening ? remember that garbage to sell his book ?
Only thing quickening for YOU PAL is small cell lung cancer development stage 2.
Nice post Tim
Really? It’s all about Jesus? Gimme a break!
wow, a real christian. do you remember the part about judgment, dip shit? let the Lord deal with it, it’s not your job to judge, unless you are Jesus; are you Christ?
I was just going to buy a sirius radio so I could listen to Art.
I hope Art returns to regular radio in the near future.
Guess I’ll have to keep listening to coasttocoast with George.
Art Bell was such a nice addition to the Sirius XM lineup and a welcome companion to my nighttime travels. I hope these issues are resolved soon.
Why do people have to bring politics into everything. Neocon? well that’s better than being an outright communist/socialist. Yeah take your so called high IQ and do something with it besides redistributing the wealth created by the work of others.
I am working nearly 100 hours a week just to keep my freaking taxes paid, I hope you communist enjoy the fruits of my labor.
Enjoy it while you can the US will go bankrupt soon and then who will keep you.
Being a neocon is better than being a communist??? NO, ITS NOT. Neocon is akin to Fascist. If you work 100 hours a week, then you are a fool. What exactly do you do? How much do you make? Or is this just more Bircher rhetoric? The US is not going bankrupt; more right wing nonsense. Move to Somalia or secede; we don’t want you here.
Wow. That Tom Miltz is really obsessed with peoples IQ.Tom,get out of your parents basement a little more often. We all know what the term IQ means. You talking about it over, and over only makes you look foolish.
Art has always been for the night people. I began listening in the early 80s. This dirt bag Tim just likes hearing himself. Bet he reads his posts out loud over and over. There is so many channels on the dial, go to another one if you don’t like Art. Better yet why don’t you just go to hell.
Sad to see Art Bell gone. XM has darkened all three of my XM receivers. Terry Young gone from sixties on six, Animal Radio gone, Art Bell now gone. Been with XM since the early days.Bye
I was so excited when I found out Art was coming back to radio. I immediately signed up for Siriusxm. Was there on launch date, and every day after.
The entire time I was on SiriusXM, I had problems. it would just drop the station, and I would have to exit everything and re-sign back in…then it would sit there spinning while trying to sign in, and it wouldn’t let me in, this went on sometimes for up to 45 minutes. A few times, it told me my password was incorrect, but it was, after 9-10 tries it would let me in, with the very password I have always used. There were times while I was listening to the show, where sections were either skipped over, or it just cut out and then tried to catch up and was garbled. i complained numerous times. Even though I spoke to someone each and every time, the problems persisted, and they could not correct it.
A week before it all boiled over, I had ordered a radio from Amazon…. even though I was having problems with the internet streaming SiriusXM, I thought maybe a radio itself would solve the problems.
Well, then I found out Art was gone, I sent the radio back, got my money back and cancelled my subscription.
Then I saw that George Noory is on Indie 104 now…was he there before, or did he just take advantage of Art’s situation and try to get Art’s listeners?
Maybe there is room at his old radio station KNYE? Maybe he can work something out with Karen Jackson?
I agree that Sirius XM needs to reinvent itself as a listener and a subscriber I find it very difficult to pay for all the commercials that I initially left FM because of the channels that are worth listening tuho have lots of commercials when I heard Art Bell was coming on the air I thought there may be hope then they dropped channel eighty which was one of their best channels but commercial free for the most part and then to drop Art Bell I am seriously considering dropping them we do have a lot of different alternatives now. I’m sure Sirius XM has to make money like everyone else but a good product and happy customers makes for a profitable business in my opinion thanks for letting me vent
They need to give art his regular time spot which starts at midight, and is when most people want to listen to him. put moorey on a 9 spot, since he is so less interesting. Also make sure sirus has a strong signal, or people use ground phones or have back up ready. There is nothing on at more after you took off art bell and ground zero. Nothing on an night to listen to except norrey and I just turn the television on for that or listen to ipod books. The longer you dont find a solution to this problem the longer you will lose market share.
yes that is a shame that Sirius XM radio cannot address the needs off of Art Bell and dark matter, I hope Art Bell get something resolved in the near future so we can continue hearing dark matter. Also I may add but I am very disappointed with Sirius XM radio
Art,
I have listened to you since around 1985, if my memory serves me right. The one aspect of your “style” that made me a faithful listener was that you invariably gave the caller respect and allowed him to express his point as cogently as he was able to. You refrained from demeaning him with ridiculing comments, even while probably many listeners couldn’t hold in the chuckles at home.
Also, Art, many, many nights found me alone and far from my loved ones. Truthfully, due to different forms of childhood abuse, my nights were filled with terror-filled dreams reliving the past horrifying events. I am 71 years of age and I don’t think that I could have lived this long without committing suicide had I not had your show to look forward to on many of those lonely nights.
Thanks for all of your past interesting shows, your lessons in etiquette and decency and I hope that you find your place in the Sun.
Sincerely,
John A. Gerrets
Well said Mr. Gerrets
I signed up for the free trial. Never had any intention of paying for radio. I wonder if 95% of us didn’t do the same. Maybe he quit because his audience quit. I’d pay maybe 30.00 a year. Art I know hates commercials. But maybe it,s just something he,s going to have to deal with if he wants back in the game. Personally I listen for the guest, not the callers who mostly are boring or liars.
I enjoyed listening to Art again and since I have a few lifetime Sirius subs it was great on those late night road trips! I streamed Dark Matter on my Verizon iphone while in Hawaii and when I’m home on dsl and cable internet lines and never had any problems. While I miss his show I must say Art seems to be getting a bit old and no longer able to handle the simplest of technologies like viewing two images on his computer screen when speaking with Richard Hoagland. Seems like an dottering old crumdugeon these days. As far as phone line issues Art was constantly restricting calls to “tasty Canadians” etc thus limiting his own caller pool. If anyone is to blame for ART Bell not being in SXM it’s Art Bell
I see the thread has taken on a whole new personality similar to “somewhere in time” regarding my posts and thread evolvement.
Art and Arlene, most likely you already know that you have the most important job on earth for future human generations, and only happy that I can be a part of it in my own way.