GEORGE NOORY

'George Ralph Noory' (born June 4, 1950) is an American radio broadcaster.
As of 2006, he is the weekday host of the late-night radio talk show ''Coast to Coast AM''. Noory was born in Detroit, Michigan; but he grew up in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. He now resides in Los Angeles, California and occasionally broadcasts from St. Louis, Missouri. Noory has more than 37 years of broadcasting experience and has won three Emmy awards.

Contents

Early life, Career, and Family

Coast-to-Coast AM

Quotes

Books

Bibliography

See Also

References

External links

Early life, Career, and Family

Noory served nine years in the United States Naval Reserve. Noory is a Roman Catholic of Lebanese descent. He has said that he became fascinated with ufology and the paranormal as a child after having an out-of-body experience. As a teenager, Noory joined NICAP, the UFO organization that was a precursor to today's MUFON.
Prior to hosting ''Coast to Coast AM'', Noory hosted his own late-night radio program on KTRS 550 in St. Louis where he was known as "The Nighthawk." The show, like ''Coast-to-Coast'', also dealt with the paranormal, and was carried by stations in five states.
Noory came to St Louis in 1979 to be news director at KSDK channel 5 television before making the transition back to radio.
At the age of 28 he became the youngest news director in the country while at KMSP channel 9 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
While living in Detroit he worked in the news department of WCAR 1130 in Detroit, and later at Storer Broadcasting's Detroit CBS affiliate WJBK channel 2.
Noory, was broadcast major at the University of Detroit.
Noory's family is said to be of Lebanese Christian descent and his father was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1922. According to Noory, he was brought up as a Roman Catholic and his mother was a devout Catholic. He says he believes in "a God", but some of his views, for instance, on reincarnation and the creation of the human race by aliens contradict typical Christian dogma.
George Noory is currently divorced. (He once referred to the stress of working as a late-night talk show host as one of the reasons for his failed marriage.)

Coast-to-Coast AM

Noory became a guest host for ''Coast-to-Coast'' before replacing Ian Punnett as the Sunday night host. His first show was on April 28 2001. On January 1, 2003, Noory took over week-night hosting duties from Art Bell, who had again decided to retire. On January 21, 2006, it was announced that Bell would return to ''Coast to Coast'' on Saturdays and Sundays, replacing Punnett on Saturdays, and Noory on the first two Sundays of the month. Bell returned to the air waves January 22, 2006 following his wife's death on January 5, 2006. While Punnett went on to host the ''Coast to Coast Live'' spin-off on Saturday nights, Noory remained the week-night host. With Noory as host and Art Bell doing the weekends ''Coast to Coast AM'' remained one of the most listened to late night talk radio shows.
Noory has repeatedly announced on-air that he is committed to remaining the principal host of ''"Coast"'' until at least 2012, a year frequently called the so-called "Doomsday". His commitment is substantiated by a long-term contract with Premiere Radio Networks, a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications which also produces radio programs for Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura, and Glenn Beck. Despite Noory's recent retraction of staying on until 2012 (Noory has vowed on-air that he will stay on until he is "dragged out"), Noory has stood by his foreboding notion that 2012 will be a year of calamitous change on a global scale.
Recently, Noory introduced Art Bell for his Lifetime Achievement Award from "Radio & Records", the radio industry trade journal. The next evening he replayed his introductory speech and Art Bell's acceptance speech. Although he has worked for Coast-to-Coast since 2001, Noory revealed the night before that was the first time he had met Art Bell in person.

Quotes

"My wife left me because she caught me masterbating to alien fantasy porn"
"In my past life, I was an alien named Bob"
"Sometimes I wish the aliens would abduct me and crown me as their leader."

Books

On 19 September 2006, Noory released his first book with co-author William J. Birnes titled, ''Worker in the Light: Unlock Your Five Senses And Liberate Your Limitless Potential''. Written as a step-by-step guide, citing examples from his own life, the book is Noory's contribution to the arena of self-help books teaching readers how to overcome personal limitations, frustration, doubts, fears and life's dire straits.

Bibliography

★ (Noory & Birnes, 2006) ''Worker in the Light: Unlock Your Five Senses And Liberate Your Limitless Potential'', New York: Forge. ISBN 0-7653-1087-2.

See Also

★ Art Bell

★ ''Coast to Coast Topics'': 9/11 Conspiracy theories, New World Order, Chemtrail theory, Classified information in the United States, SETI, Time travel, Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, Albert Einstein, Ufology, Lucid Dreaming, paranormal, string theory, near-death experience, ghosts, electronic voice phenomena, Dannion Brinkley, Carl Sagan, solar system, Peak Oil, biodiesel, Global Warming, and the undead.

References

★ WPGB joins a crowded field of all-talk stations in Pittsburgh

★ INSIDER COMMENTARY

★ TV Psychic Misses Mark on Miners

External links

★ Coast to Coast AM