Back in the 1990s, Art Bell became so popular that eventually there could be a bunch of canned replay shows for whenever he couldn't be on the air. However, when Art_Bell was starting to retire more frequently, things became too uncertain, but the show had to go on with other hosts. Eventually, when AB was able to return, too many commercials & other demands were placed on him. He found out the hard way that he didn't own the rights to CTCAM. Thus, the owners of C2CAM created a pale imitation of what AB had built up through the years. Of course, by the fall of 2012 AB had enough of it & officially severed any association with C2C. Then he ran into streaming limitations with Sirius_XM in the fall of 2013 & had to wait until the summer of 2015 when he could finally be on an independent digital network with more creative control.
Things seemed to be off to a good start in July.
"Art was streaming live from his home studio on Periscope during open lines of his first week back on July 24, 2015."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6qCrtfIHug
Then the trouble started in October.
http://midnightinthedesert.com/short-update-from-keith-rowland-re-art-bell
Essentially, AB & Keith Rowland helped to make it possible for RCH to have his own show, after departing from C2C.
http://darkmatterdigitalnetwork.com/how-to-listen
Art Bell's Dark Matter - Whitley Strieber - Alien Abductions
Original Air Date: October 1, 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gAjRliFIEA
Of course many years ago, AB let WS take over the running of the Dreamland show.
http://www.unknowncountry.com/dreamland/latest
