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 From 1985 to the present almost ALL of the programs have been archived.