This is from his web site:
http://www.artbell.com/artquits.html
Art Quits
On October 13th, at 2:55 AM, Art announced to his listening
audience, he is quiting his talk radio show. The full transcript of
Art's announcement is below. The web site will stay operational for
as long as possible and may be the web site for what ever replacement
forum comes along. I will keep you informed of any changes and will
update the site with any new information. We'll all have to wait and
see what Jacor/Premier Networks decides to do. (Good thing I didn't
quit the day job!) * Listen To The Sound Clip Of This Announcement. *
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Transcript
You may recall about a year ago... I told you that there was an
envent, a threatening terrible event occured to my family, which I
could not tell you about. Because of that event, and a sucession of
other events, what you're listening to right now, is my final
broadcast on the air. This is it folks, I'm going off the air and
will not return. And what I will tell you now is what I told you
then. When the time comes when I can tell you what occurred, I will
tell you, through the press, through the media, of one sort or the
other. I will explain to you the entire thing, it's not that I want
to hold anything back from my audience, however, for the protection
of my family, until it is otherwise revealed, I can't discuss it, I
won't discuss it. And if you were in my position, you would do
exactly the same thing. And when you finally hear whatever it is,
what it is, whenever you hear it, I think you will then understand.
At any rate, I wanted to tell you, I didn't want to go without
saying a word, so I'm telling you now. What you are listening to, is
MY FINAL BROADCAST. It's been a good run, and you've been a great
audience, and it's been an absolutely incredible forum. And my
presumption is, that the forum will continue. At any rate, it
certainly is my hope, that the forum will continue.
And again when the time comes, when this information can be
released, you can be sure that I will release it, and I would
assume because of the magnitude of the forum that I have held, at
that time, you'll get the whole story. But the time will come when I
will tell it.
So for now and the forseeable future, that's it! That is the end of
this man's broadcast career. So, thank you, and goodbye...
(Art Bell, 2:55 AM, Oct 13, 1998)
I want to personally thank Art Bell for the wonderful relationship
I've had with him and the opportunity to work with him over the years.
It has been a great ride and I cherish every moment. I want to wish
him a peaceful and safe retirement from radio broadcasting.
-- Keith Rowland
The Humble Webmaster
Copyright =A9 1998 Keith Rowland, All Rights Reserved
Updated: Tuesday, 13-Oct-1998 05:21:32 PDT