Pat Sajak, took over on December 28 1981 after Chuck Woolery left the Daytime Wheel of Fortune following a salary dispute with Merv Griffin. The current syndicated version premiered on September 19, 1983 with Pat Sajak and Vanna White.
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Vanna White and Pat Sajak started the Nighttime syndicated Wheel of Fortune show on September 19 1983. Before that Pat Sajak started the Daytime Wheel of Fortune on December 28 1981 and was joined by Vanna White on December 13 1982
The host of the wheel of fortune is Pat Sajak and Vanna White.
Pat Sajak is in his 27th year as host of Wheel of Fortune. He joined the series in 1981, when the show aired on network daytime television. The top-ranked syndication version made its debut in 1983, with Sajak at the helm. Since then, he has earned three Emmy Awards, a People's Choice Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Pat Sajak,and Vanna White.
Pat Sajak and Vanna White are the only Hosts the Nighttime Wheel of Fortune has had for the entire 30 years. In the old cancelled daytime show Chuck Woolery was the host before Pat and there were other hosts after he left the daytime show in 1989