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8 records found for WHEEL OF FORTUNE
#6281: WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Order1975-07-15, NBC, 30 min.
January 6, 1975-June 30, 1989. Game show on which three contestants take turns spinning a large wheel, with a chance to guess the letters of a mystery word or phrase. Chuck Woolery hosted the show from 1975 to 1982, when Pat Sajak became host. Susan Stafford assisted until the Fall of 1982, and was succeeded by Vanna White. Host Chuck Woolery. NOTE: WHEEL OF FORTUNE was one of the scores of game shows broadcast through the 1970's on NBC Television that fell victim to indiscriminate wiping. The programs were originally recorded for later telecasts on 2" Quadrplex Video Tape and then broadcast, and then erased to economically re-use and record for later shows. Virtually, ALL of WHEEL OF FORTUNE broadcasts were erased by NBC covering the period 1975 thru 1983. From 1985 to the present almost ALL of the programs have been archived.
#6282: WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Order1975-08-29, NBC, 30 min.
January 6, 1975-June 30, 1989. Game show on which three contestants take turns spinning a large wheel, with a chance to guess the letters of a mystery word or phrase. Chuck Woolery hosted the show from 1975 to 1982, when Pat Sajak became host. Susan Stafford assisted until the Fall of 1982, and was succeeded by Vanna White. Host Chuck Woolery. NOTE: The website Wheel of Fortune History Wiki / Fandom https://wheeloffortunehistory.fandom.com/wkik/Daytime_episodes _known_to_exist incorrectly states that Archival Television Audio, Inc. archived episode of August 29, 1975 is erroneously dated and correctly should be September 5, 1975. The correct date of this rare extant TV Audio Air Check broadcast was recorded off the air on August 29, 1975.
#9869: WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Order1975-11-06, NBC, 53 min.
January 6, 1975-June 30, 1989. Game show on which three contestants take turns spinning a large wheel, with a chance to guess the letters of a mystery word or phrase. Chuck Woolery hosted the show from 1975 to 1982, when Pat Sajak became host. Susan Stafford assisted until the Fall of 1982, and was succeeded by Vanna White. Charlie O'Donnell was the announcer from the premiere until 1982 when he was replaced by Jack Clark. NOTE: Joined in progress as stated by NBC announcer after President Gerald Ford's News Conference ran seven minutes into the beginning of Wheel of Fortune time slot, 10:30am-11:30am. NOTE: For one week November 3-7, 1975 Wheel of Fortune expanded to a one hour format. It was then decided that it would continue as an hour broadcast but only briefly for six weeks. From Monday, December 1st, 1975 to Friday, January 16th, 1976, (five Monday - Friday weeks), the program aired a series of hour-long episodes in an attempt to duplicate & surpass its popularity to the CBS' successful of expanded The Price Is Right (1972). Two three-round games were played with two different sets of three contestants. The winners of each game played a head-to-head speed-up round, with the winner of that round playing the Bonus Round.
#9870: WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Order1975-12-29, NBC, 11 min.
January 6, 1975-June 30, 1989. Game show on which three contestants take turns spinning a large wheel, with a chance to guess the letters of a mystery word or phrase. Chuck Woolery hosted the show from 1975 to 1982, when Pat Sajak became host. Susan Stafford assisted until the Fall of 1982, and was succeeded by Vanna White. NOTE: For a period of seven weeks from December 1, 1975 to January 16, 1976 WHEEL OF FORTUNE reverted from a 30 minute format to a 60 minute format game show. A total of 33 programs were aired (pre-empted on December 25, 1975 and on January 1, 1976). None of these broadcasts and 99% of ALL WHEEL OF FORTUNE broadcasts (1975-1983) are known to exist IN ANY BROADCAST FORMAT OR TRANSCRIPT, with the exception of eight TV Audio Air Checks ATA original pristine recordings off the air including this first 11 minutes partial audio air check from December 29, 1975, one almost complete 53 minute air check (one hour trial basis one week) from November 6, 1975 (ATA #9869), and one complete 60 minute Television Audio Air Check archived by Archival Television Audio, Inc. (January 9, 1975).
#9871: WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Order1976-01-09, NBC, 60 min.
#9871: WHEEL OF FORTUNE 1976-01-09, NBC, 60 min. Chuck Woolery, Susan Stafford, Judy Von Garzon January 6, 1975-June 30, 1989. The longest running syndicated game show in U.S. television history. Game show on which three contestants take turns spinning a large wheel, with a chance to guess the letters of a mystery word or phrase. Chuck Woolery hosted the show from 1975 to 1982, when Pat Sajak became host. Susan Stafford assisted until the Fall of 1982 and was succeeded by Vanna White. Host Chuck Woolery. NOTE: For a period of seven weeks from December 1, 1975, to January 16, 1976, WHEEL OF FORTUNE reverted from a 30-minute format to a 60 minute format game show. A total of 33 programs were aired (pre-empted on December 25, 1975, and on January 1, 1976). None of these complete broadcasts are known to exist IN ANY BROADCAST FORMAT OR TRANSCRIPT, except for this complete 60minute Television Audio Air Check archived by Archival Television Audio, Inc. which aired on January 9, 1975. NOTE: Contestant Judy Von Garzon wins the most ever amount of prizes and cash on this show, totaling $24,725 of which $17,850 is cash. Wheel Of Fortune is another massive, long-running gameshow. The show debuted in 1975 with the original host, Chuck Woolery doing the daytime run and Pat Sajak doing the night. The show was highly successful and remains popular even to this day. Woolery's run went from the show's debut all the way until 1981 when he departed and passed the show to Pat Sajak. Woolery's run, as well as early Sajak daytime episodes, was repeatedly taped over to create room for new episodes. No known episodes of Chuck Woolery episodes of Wheel of Fortune are known to exist in their entirety.
#9872: WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Order1976-01-23, NBC, 30 min.
January 6, 1975-June 30, 1989. Game show on which three contestants take turns spinning a large wheel, with a chance to guess the letters of a mystery word or phrase. Chuck Woolery hosted the show from 1975 to 1982, when Pat Sajak became host. Susan Stafford assisted until the Fall of 1982, and was succeeded by Vanna White.
Host Chuck Woolery.#9873: WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Order1976-04-30, NBC, 30 min.
January 6, 1975-June 30, 1989. Game show on which three contestants take turns spinning a large wheel, with a chance to guess the letters of a mystery word or phrase. Chuck Woolery hosted the show from 1975 to 1982, when Pat Sajak became host. Susan Stafford assisted until the Fall of 1982, and was succeeded by Vanna White.
Host Chuck Woolery.#9874: WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Order1976-10-07, NBC, 30 min.
January 6, 1975-June 30, 1989. Game show on which three contestants take turns spinning a large wheel, with a chance to guess the letters of a mystery word or phrase. Chuck Woolery hosted the show from 1975 to 1982, when Pat Sajak became host. Susan Stafford assisted until the Fall of 1982, and was succeeded by Vanna White.
Host Chuck Woolery.