No another person Edd Bymes hosted two pilots in late 1974 and they were replaced by Chuck Woolery before the Wheel of Fortune debuted on January 6 1975 and continued to host until December 25 1981.
Woolery was ultimately picked to host, the choice being made by Griffin after he reportedly heard Byrnes reciting "A-E-I-O-U" to himself in an effort to remember the vowels.
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Chuck Woolery and Susan Stafford
Prizes varied depending on the show and the Old cancelled Daytime Wheel of Fortune Network program was on for years with Chuck Woolery before Pat Sajak replaced him in December 1981
Chuck Woolery hosted the Daytime Wheel of Fortune show from the beginning of the series on January 6 1975 until Pat Sajak took over after Chuck Woolery's last episode on December 25 1981.
He was never a Host of the current Wheel of Fortune the syndicated Nighttime show that has broadcast from September 19, 1983 to the present day. Chuck Woolery was only a host for some of the network daytime Wheel of Fortune shows between 1975 and 1981. He began the NBC network program as the original host on January 6 1975 and Chuck Woolery's last episode aired on December 25, 1981. The daytime show continued on NBC with Pat Sajak until PAt Sajak left in 1989. The daytime show's final cancellation was not until September 20 1991 after moving to CBS and back.
The nighttime syndicated Wheel of Fortune premiered on September 19 1983. Pat Sajak and Vanna White were the first and only host and hostess. They were both also doing the Daytime network Wheel of Fortune which was an earlier Wheel of Fortune version which started on January 6 1975. Chuck Woolery was the original host of of the daytime network program and Susan Stafford was the letter turner.The nighttime syndicated program does not consider itself to be a part of the earlier network Wheel of Fortune.