BUBBAS HIRE BELL Radio legend assumes play-by-play duties

Broadcasting legend Art Bell is the 'Bubbas' new play-by-play announcer.

By Ariel Mutha-Tafoya

FSN Sports

The West Nashville Beelzebubbas have announced the hiring of longtime radio host Art Bell as the new play-by-play announcer for broadcasts of the team’s games. Bell will also host a Bubbas-inflected Around the NFFA call-in show via the team’s new satellite radio network.

Bell became famous for hosting late-night radio call-in shows that became a mecca for fans interested in everything from extraterrestrial visitations to alleged government cover-ups of the Kennedy assassination. After an absence from the airwaves for several years, he recently returned to host his own program again on Sirius Satellite Radio.

“Nobody in the world of broadcasting is more attuned to the sensibilities of the NFFA and Beelzebubbas fans than Art Bell,” said team VP of Operations Chuck Barris in making the announcement at a news conference Friday afternoon. “When Dr. Linardo found out we had an opportunity to hire a living legend in radio, he got on the phone and made It happen in less than a day.”

Bell, who joined the press conference via satellite from his home at an undisclosed location in the Mojavé Desert, said he was excited to be part of the Bubbas’ organization. “The truth is out there,” Bell said. “I believe Dr. Linardo is dedicated to discovering it and finding a way to ingest it.”

According to terms of the agreement, Bell will deliver the play-by-play of Bubbas’ games from his California home, where he will see the action on the field via satellite. Barris will continue to provide color commentary from the pressbox at Colt 45 Stadium.

“I’m totally stoked,” Barris said. “This is going to be epic. As El Jefé was saying last night, we may have to create a special fan zone in the stadium that we call Area 51.”