CS86 Rafferty thought.....

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'14gameshows\' date=\'Apr 8 2005, 08:52 AM\']Well remember the Wheel of Fortune Christmas Episode that was shown on GSN a few years ago?  That family team won well over $100K and at least $25K had to go to charity because the rules stated at the time that you can walk away with no more than $75K due to Wheel (syn) operating under CBS rules since most of their flagship affiliates were CBS O & O stations. 

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At the time(Xmas week 1992), the limit was $125K, and the team in question won over $130K IIRC.

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Apr 8 2005, 09:56 AM\']
At the time(Xmas week 1992), the limit was $125K, and the team in question won over $130K IIRC.

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And also, I can think of at least two stations that carried the show that were NOT CBS O&O's - WPVI-6 in Philly (home of WoF since its inception in 1983), and WABC-7 (home of WoF since 1990, previously on WCBS-2 in the Big Apple from 1984-1990).

Did KABC in LA carry WoF in 1992?

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Apr 8 2005, 09:06 AM\'][quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Apr 8 2005, 09:56 AM\']
At the time(Xmas week 1992), the limit was $125K, and the team in question won over $130K IIRC.

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And also, I can think of at least two stations that carried the show that were NOT CBS O&O's - WPVI-6 in Philly (home of WoF since its inception in 1983), and WABC-7 (home of WoF since 1990, previously on WCBS-2 in the Big Apple from 1984-1990).

Did KABC in LA carry WoF in 1992?

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It had switched to all of the ABC-owned stations several years before 1992--don't remember the exact date, but all of the O&Os were on board by then.

[Don Howard]

They did make one major upgrade--the host.

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Apr 8 2005, 03:58 PM\']They did make one major upgrade--the host.

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I'll tell you what, Don - I really like watching Bill Rafferty at the helm....It's a nice refreshing change from Eubanks. It got the wonderful opportunity of being a regularly taped show on my DVR.