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John Reed King (October 25, 1914, Wilmington, Delaware – July 8, 1979, Woodstown, New Jersey) was a famous radio and television game show host who hosted numerous game shows during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.〔(IMDB entry )〕 He was married to Jean Abbot King and had three children, Joanne King, Julianne King, and John Reed King Jr. ==Career== King was one of the announcers for ''The American School of the Air'' on CBS,〔Dunning, John. (1998). ''On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio''. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Reed King」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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