Honors
In 1998, Bell was named as recipient of the less-than-prestigious Snuffed Candle Award. The CSICOP Council for Media Integrity cited Bell "for encouraging credulity, presenting pseudoscience as genuine, and contributing to the public's lack of understanding of the methods of scientific inquiry."
In 2005, the City of Las Vegas renamed a portion of 11th Street in the downtown area "Art Bell Drive."
On March 10, 2007, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the trade publication Radio & Records in Los Angeles.
In July 2008, it was announced that Art Bell would be inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place on November 8, 2008, in Chicago.
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