Category: Radio

If you have been enjoying the services of ‘FineArtStream.com’, to get your fix of classic Art Bell programs, you are going to be disappointed this morning.

Some time overnight, they went from having an error connecting to their stream, to the change to their landing page that is titled “Decommissioned” and has the simple banner that says, “The End”.

I have sent a request for comment, but have not received a reply as of this posting. Some of the possible reasons, might include some of the following:

• Cease and Desist from Premiere Radio Network
• Out of money to pay for streaming service
• Related to reconstruction of the ‘ArtBell.com’ website

If I receive any updates, I will post it here.

Update: This was posted on their Facebook page:

Update 2: They also posted the following, however, I am currently listening through this stream. Update 3: The previous stream seems to be the “U7 Radio” stream, even though it is marked as “FineArtStream.com”.

If you are an Art Bell fan, here is a little bit of news for you.  Art just posted this on his FaceBook page this evening. Not sure what this means, but there it is. Art Bell is working on bringing his website back.

If you want to follow for any updates he may have, you might want to check out his FaceBook page. Alternatively, just keep checking the website under construction.

For those of you that miss the old show (Coast and Dreamland), you may want to check out this site that continuously streams his old shows. You can go right to their website at http://www.fineartstream.com or access it through TuneIn by searching for ‘Art Bell’.

Update: Since Art’s post, the page has gone from a white “?” on black background, to a white “!” on a black background and since then, the “!” has changed to yellow and now pink. also, there is favicon associated with it as well.

That favicon looks very familiar to the favicon that ‘used to be’ on the ‘artbell.net’ site, maintained by the former ‘ArtBell.com’ webmaster, Keith Rowland.

Update 2: Not sure what it means, but the single “!”, has now changed to (3) “!”, in colors Red, White and Blue. Perhaps denoting an expected July 4 launch? Just speculating here folks, I have absolutely NO insider information on this one.

If you are from the San Francisco Bay Area, you know Lee Rodgers. A legend in the talk radio broadcast business.

According to his wife Susan, via Lee’s website, “At 12:32 a.m. on January 31, Lee died.”.

Lee will be missed by all his listeners over the years. His insight and wit was a pleasure to listen to on my morning commute, during the 1990’s and his time on KSFO 560 (SF).

Peace be with you Lee….

It’s not a done deal yet and according to Art, “it has to be the right deal”. However, for Art Bell fans, the post below, could signal the beginning of the return of overnight radio’s biggest star.

So, get your sleep in now. If this goes through, a lot of fans are going to be loosing a lot of sleep soon…and loving it.

Time to dust off my ReelTalk recorder….:-)

For those of you Mark Davis fans, in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area…he’s back! After an absence from the air since April, after not having his contract renewed with the new owner of WBAP, Cumulus Broadcasting, he has signed to do his same show in the 7am to 10am CST time slot on KSKY 660 AM(they can also be heard on FM). His Producer Susan, from WBAP, will be joining him.

To read more about his return to the airwaves, click here.