What year did Art Bell's show begin airing on WABC?
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No one knows?
Art Bell Returns to WABC | Coast to Coast AM
Effective immediately, WABC, the big 50,000 watter from New York City, has picked up the weekend edition of C2C. You can now catch theSaturday (into Sunday) and the Sunday (into Monday) shows from 1am-5am on 770 AM.
It appears it was either 1997 or 1998. In the fall of 1998, there was apparently a dispute between WABC late night host Curtis Sliwa and WABC program director Phil Boyce about whether WABC would clear the first hour of Coast to Coast.
From the NY Daily News in 1998:
“I gave Art Bell my 1997 Looney Kazoonie award,” says Sliwa. “He’s a certifiable wacko who just pulled the publicity stunt of all time, and now he wants to be rewarded with more airtime.
www.nydailynews.com
From the NY Daily News in 1998:
“I gave Art Bell my 1997 Looney Kazoonie award,” says Sliwa. “He’s a certifiable wacko who just pulled the publicity stunt of all time, and now he wants to be rewarded with more airtime.
SLIWA: SAVE WABC FROM ALIEN AIRTIME
MIDNIGHT man Curtis Sliwa of WABC (770 AM) is wrestling with UFO man Art Bell for control of the station’s 1-2 a. m. hour. WABC now airs Sliwa 10 p. m.-2 a. m., then picks up Bell’s syn…
www.nydailynews.com
Oh ok, I thought it was earlier around 1993.
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