Well, after looking at the wonderful shots on GS Central, I see the Free Spin space on the wheel for the debut of the Bob Goen era of the show. Since that was the summer of 1989, I am assuming that it did not leave by the end of the 1989 season.
Which leads me to a couple of more questions, on the Bob Goen version, when did they get rid of the $50 and $75 spaces? IIR, when it went "home" to NBC, they started having a prize on the wheel for each round. My guess is that NBC gave it a little more of a budget. If they did, why didn't they increase the dollar values on the wheel? I'm pretty sure the $50 and $75 were gone while it was still on CBS.
Does anyone think if Pat would have stayed with the daytime version, that network game shows wouldn't have gone down the toilet?