Name John King Role Television host | Died July 8, 1979 | |
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TV shows Chance of a Lifetime, Battle of the Ages, Where Was I?, On Your Way, Have a Heart | ||
Beat the clock with bud collyer john reed king substituting aug 2 1952
John Reed King (October 25, 1914, Wilmington, Delaware – July 8, 1979, Woodstown, New Jersey) was an American radio and television game show host who hosted numerous game shows during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.
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- Career
- Personal life
- Radio Shows Host
- Television Shows Host
- Books
- References
Beat the clock with bud collyer john reed king substituting aug 16 1952
Career
King was one of the announcers for The American School of the Air on CBS, and he had one of the top-rated radio shows of the 1930s in New York City with Missus Goes A-Shopping. He was also an announcer for the radio version of Death Valley Days and for The Jack Berch Show.
On August 1, 1944, he hosted the live television version of Missus Goes A-Shopping, and on January 29, 1946, he hosted the television version of It's a Gift, making these among the first television quiz shows ever aired, after CBS Television Quiz (1941-1942).
He worked at KDKA radio and television in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the 1960s. He was a morning news anchor for the radio station, and hosted a daily talk show on television. In 1970, he was a news anchor at KGO-TV, the ABC owned-and-operated television station in San Francisco, California.
Personal life
He was married to Jean Abbot King and had three children, Joanne King, Julianne King, and John Reed King Jr.