Coast to Coast AM with George Noory has been carried on WIBX since Noory became the show's permament host on January 1, 2003, succeeding long-time host Art Bell.

As of this posting the show is aired on almost six hundred radio stations around the world, and the show commands a large audience via social media.  There are nearly 12,000 subscribers to Coast to Coast AM's Topic Channel on YouTube and 310,000 friends of the show on Facebook.

His success has translated beyond the radio waves into television.  Noory hosts Gaiam Television's "Beyond Belief," and appears in multiple episodes of the History Channel's series "Ancient Aliens."

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And although he spends much time talking about things that are simply out of this world, Noory is a realist.  Feet firmly planting on the ground, he shared at least one earth-shattering prediction for 2015.  And, just in case you were wondering, yes, he has considered running for political office.

During our conversation Noory spoke not only about the show's success and his longevity as its host after taking over for Bell (who remained on for years as a part-time host of "C2C" before launching his "best of" show "Somewhere in Time"), but also shared his personal predictions for the new year and next twelve.

Noory says that his interest in the paranormal began when he was just eleven years old. He says he has always been interested in both science - specifically the other-worldly - and broadcasting. The marriage of all of those fields has been a dream come true for Noory, and he is busy living that dream.

When asked about the fact that we had spoken at all hours of the day and night prior to the interview, Noory says that he is always going, "like the Energizer bunny."  He says he rarely takes a vacation and, when he does, it is to visit family and friends.  He says that he simply loves what he does and wants to continue doing it for a long, long time.

At the age of eleven Noory had an "out of body experience."  He says, "I woke up, I thought it was a dream.  I was bouncing on the top of the ceiling and realized, hey, this is weird, something strange here.  At that point my astral body smashed back into my physical body.  And, off I went.  You know, we didn't have computers in those days, so off to the library I went as a little kid looking for stuff, and I stumbled into astral projection.  There was a picture on the cover of an astral body floating over the physical body and I said, 'My gosh, that's what happened to me.'  And, from that point on I was into everything: UFO's, ghost stories.  I did it all...and I wanted to get into broadcasting at a very young age in order to unravel these stories, to uncover them, and that's what I did.

He credits his mother with being understanding and receptive to his early extrasensory experiences.  "My mother," he says, "was into all of this.  So she, I think, was a huge influence in my decision to get into this business, to get into this field.  So she understood this.  I didn't tell too many other members of our family what was going on."

When asked if the understanding shown by his mother translates into the conveyance of acceptance of the sometimes challenging nature of the calls he receives on Coast to Coast Noory said that it absolutely does.

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"You know I want to be treated the way I treat my guests.  What goes around comes around and it's a practice I have utilized in all my broadcast years...I don't want to shout at people, I don't want to put them down.  And, you know what?  They take the time to call the program.  Why should I be the one to belittle them if, if they don't ask the right question?    So, you know, I treat them all with respect."

Noory, often comments on the show that he does not believe in coincidences.  "I think we're here for a specific reason.  This was not a fluke; it was not an accident...We're here to make this planet better for other people."

We're here to make this planet better for other people.

 

 

 

 

 

On the air Noory frequently speaks of his personal life, despite his news background, he does not hesitate to inject himself into the experiences conveyed by many of his guests.

He brings up his family, his grandchildren, even the passing if his sister this past year. When I asked if the ability to give of himself to his audience so freely was part of his appeal, he acknowledged that he does not know why he has succeeded, but said that he was grateful for the ensuing success.  "I don't know why...I am where I am right now, Kristine,...it seems to be a mission, that somebody has...a plan for me, and so I'm just running with it.  Every day is important to me, and...I just got off the air four straight hours on the show, and we just keep going."

And keep going he does.  For listeners of the show it is obvious that Noory loves what he does and rarely takes vacation.  "George Noory doesn't take many vacations.  I'll take a day here and a day there and...just go and see friends or do whatever I have to do as I spread my time between Los Angeles and Saint Louis...We're just...marking our 12th year anniversary on 'Coast to Coast,' so that's going good.  I'm looking forward to that...We just see what happens.  Let's hope The Man Upstairs just lets me go as far as I can."

And going far might be difficult given Noory's first prediction for the upcoming year: "I think we're gonna get hit by an asteroid.  I think Planet Earth is gonna get hit.  Maybe not a big one, but it's gonna happen.  And over the next twelve years?  Whoa, that's a long ways out, but we're going to see and experience some incredible things over the next decade."

"So we're going to survive the asteroid?" I asked.  "I hope so," he replied, although not very reassuringly.

I think we're gonna get hit by an asteroid.  I think Planet Earth is gonna get hit.  Maybe not a big one, but it's gonna happen.

One rarely achieves success without stumbling, at least a little, along the way.  I asked him what his "best" mistake was.  "I think every mistake is a learning process, no matter what you do."

One thing that Noory does not plan to do is seek for political office, although the thought has crossed his mind.  "Well, there was some talk of me running for a presidential election back in 2012...I've decided...no.  I can do more important things doing 'Coast to Coast.'"  He says he wants to "...keep doing what I'm doing, and making it bigger and bigger and bigger - six hundred stations now, millions of people every night listening.  That's what I want to do and we'll keep doing it."

You can listen to the audio fill of our full interview with George Noory here:

Here are predictions from Coast to Coast's New Year's Eve show this year past:

[PROGRAMMING NOTE:  "Coast to Coast AM" with George Noory airs nightly on WIBX 950AM and WIBX950.com, and via RadioPup, from 1:00am to 5:00am ET.  Art Bell's "Somewhere in Time" airs on Saturdays on WIBX beginning at 10:00pm ET.]


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