Meet Pat Sajak

Hello, DFWWheelwatchers!!

Well, we are heading toward the weekend and everyone here at CBS11 hopes that you have a great weekend but be sure to keep an eye on the temperatures and drink lots of fluids, because it is going to be hot, hot, hot!!

Now, most of you know Pat Sajak. He is in his 27th year of hosting Wheel Of Fortune. He join the Army in 1968 during the Vietnam War and was sent there to be an announcer with Armed Forces Radio (AFR) in Saigon, where he started each day, like the movie, saying, "Good Morning, Vietnam!!" (does that bring back images of Robin Williams?).

After his discharge, Pat was working as an announcer and talk show host in Nashville at WSM-TV when he was spotted by a talent agent and then hired at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles as its weatherman.

Four years later, he was chosen to the new host of Wheel Of Fortune by Merv Griffin for the show's network daytime version. In 1983, the nighttime version of the show you see on CBS11 was launched and Pat has hosted that version as well ever since.

Have a great weekend, everybody, and I will see you next week!

Ken