(KNSI) – A St. Cloud State University alum and current adjunct professor is going Hollywood tonight.
Tim Johnson will be taking a spin as a contestant on Wheel of Fortune when it airs on WCCO, the Twin Cities CBS affiliate, at 6:30. Johnson has two degrees from the school in mass communications. He is also a former employee here, having been on-air at sister KCLD and a news director at KNSI.
Johnson lives in Sauk Rapids and is an Air Force veteran. He says he first started watching Wheel of Fortune with his grandmother and the viewings dated back to before he was even able to read.
Wheel of Fortune is one of the most popular game shows in American history and has aired continuously since 1975. Pat Sajak and Vanna White have hosted the show since 1983. It consists of word puzzles solved a letter at a time like the game hangman.
Open auditions are now done virtually since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, staff would travel to various locations across the country in the Wheelmobile and hold two-day tryouts. The show is taped in California.
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