Art Bell's Dark Matter
| Genre | Talk show |
|---|---|
| Running time | ~4 hours, Monday–Thursday 10 p.m. ET to 2 a.m. ET |
| Country | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | Indie Talk Channel 104 Sirius XM Radio |
| Starring | Art Bell |
| Announcer | Ross Mitchell |
| Produced by | Paul Bowman (producer) Evan Winkofsky (associate producer) |
| Executive producer(s) | Art Bell |
| Recording studio | Pahrump, Nevada, United States |
| Air dates | September 16, 2013 to November 4, 2013 |
| Opening theme | "Ride My See-Saw" by The Moody Blues |
| Ending theme | "Midnight in the Desert" by Crystal Gayle |
| Website | artbell |
Art Bell's Dark Matter was an American radio talk show hosted by broadcaster and author Art Bell. Dark Matter primarily focused on paranormal and scientific topics. The program was exclusive to Sirius XM Radio, a subscription-based satellite radio service. Dark Matter debuted on September 16, 2013 and aired live Monday through Thursday from 10 p.m. ET to 2 a.m. ET on Sirius XM Radio's Indie Talk Channel 104. Dark Matter was the first program hosted by Art Bell full-time since his departure from regularly hosting Coast to Coast AM in 2003. On November 4, 2013, Bell announced that he was abruptly ceasing the production and airing of Dark Matter following a dispute with Sirius XM Radio regarding Sirius XM customers experiencing technical difficulties streaming his show live via the Internet.
Art Bell was the creator and former host of the late night radio talk show Coast to Coast AM, from which he ceased being its regularly scheduled host in 2003. Bell subsequently continued to host occasional shows of Coast to Coast AM, although due to events in his family and conflicts with Premiere Networks and the show's management team, he undertook a series of hiatuses from the show. Bell's final appearance on Coast to Coast AM was in 2010 when he hosted the program's annual Halloween show, "Ghost to Ghost." Despite his departure, Premiere Networks continues to rebroadcast archival shows of Coast to Coast AM hosted by Bell entitled Somewhere in Time with Art Bell, albeit against Bell's wishes.
In early 2013, after nearly a decade since Bell's departure from hosting Coast to Coast AM full-time, Bell was contacted through social media by a Sirius XM Radio representative about developing a new satellite radio talk show, which was later entitled Art Bell's Dark Matter. Following the show's formal announcement on July 30, 2013, Sirius XM Radio president and chief content officer Scott Greenstein remarked that Bell's Dark Matter program would be "uncensored, unrestricted, uncluttered and utterly unique."
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