He presided over 20 such programs after forging a radio and TV career in Memphis and becoming pals with Elvis Presley.

If you grew up during the era when cowboys ruled the TV screen and families gathered around black-and-white sets (and you ate ...

Among his many other radio gigs were two separate stints at KMPC, owned by actor Gene Autry. TV days His first network hosting job was on NBC’s “What’s This Song?” where he was credited as ...

“I grew up with watching it on TV, My brother was a Roy Rogers (fan) and I was always Gene Autry,” visitor Gary Hale said. The Gene Autry Museum is open Fridays and Saturdays from 10am to ...

He's best known for his work in TV, but he once had a top 10 hit on ... He had lengthy stays at KGIL (AM) from 1968 to 1971, KKGO-FM/KJQI and Gene Autry‘s KMPC (now KSPN-AM) from 1971 to 1979 ...

Wink Martindale, the beloved host of hit game shows like ‘Gambit’ and ‘Tic-Tac-Dough’ has died aged 91. The veteran TV presenter was a mainstay on US screens, hosting on of the first recorded ...

LOS ANGELES — Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” who also did one of the ...

Wink Martindale, the genial host of such hit game shows as “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” who also did one of the first recorded television interviews with a young Elvis Presley, has died. He was 91.

Mr. Martindale said his many years as a radio DJ were helpful to him as a game show host because radio often calls for ad-libs and he learned to handle almost any situation in the spur of the moment.

Wink Martindale, a radio and television entertainer known to audiences as host of classic game shows including “Tic-Tac-Dough ...