Born on October 25, 1914 in Wilmington, Delaware, John Reed King was a famous radio and television game show personality who hosted numerous game shows through the Thirties to the Sixties. In the Thirties, he had one of the top-rated radio shows, "Missus Goes A-Shopping" in New York City and hosting the live television version of the show on August 1, 1944. On January 29, 1946, he hosted the television version of the radio series, "It's a Gift," making these among the first television quiz shows ever aired after "CBS Television Quiz" which ran from 1941-1942. He moved on to work for KDKA radio and television in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the Sixties as a morning news anchor for the radio station, later a hosting 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. He passed away July 8, 1979 in Woodstown, New Jersey, survived by his wife and three children.