Editing Bob Barker (section)

==Career==
===Broadcasting===
While attending college in Drury, Barker worked his first media job at [[KTTS-FM]] Radio in Springfield. He and his wife left Springfield and moved to [[Lake Worth Beach, Florida]], and Barker was news editor and announcer at nearby WWPG 1340 AM in Palm Beach (now [[WPBR]] in Lantana).<ref>{{cite web|date=May 10, 2013|title=Bob Barker Shares Story Of Fire While Working At KTTS|url=http://www.scrippsmedia.com/ktts/news/206929541.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711193249/http://www.scrippsmedia.com/ktts/news/206929541.html|archive-date=July 11, 2015|access-date=July 10, 2015|publisher=scrippsmedia.com}}</ref> In 1950, he moved to California to advance his broadcasting career. Barker was given his own radio show, ''The Bob Barker Show'', which ran for the next six years from [[Burbank, California|Burbank]].<ref name="Biography"/> He was hosting an audience-participation radio show on [[KNX (AM)]] in Los Angeles when game show producer [[Ralph Edwards]], who was looking for a new host to replace [[Jack Bailey (actor)|Jack Bailey]] on the daytime-television version of his long-running show, ''[[Truth or Consequences]]'', happened to be listening and liked Barker's voice and style.<ref name=autobio/>

===Game shows===
====''Truth or Consequences'' (1956–1975)====
[[File:Bob Barker dec 31 1956.JPG|thumb|right|Barker's hosting debut on ''[[Truth or Consequences]]'', 1956]]
[[File:Bob Barker 1958 Truth or Consequences.jpg|thumb|left|Barker on ''Truth or Consequences'', {{Circa|1958}}]]
Barker started hosting ''Truth or Consequences'' on December 31, 1956, and continued with the program until 1975.<ref name="McNeil1996">{{cite book|title=Total Television |first=Alex |last=McNeil |pages=671, 867 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |edition=4th |year=1996 |isbn=978-0140249163}}</ref>

====''The Price Is Right'' (1972–2007)====
[[File:Bob Barker and Sam Farr.jpg|thumb|right|Barker with [[Sam Farr]] in 1999]]
In early 1972, [[Mark Goodson]] and [[Bill Todman]] began shopping a modernized revival of ''[[The Price Is Right]]'', with [[Dennis James]] as host. NBC bought the syndicated nighttime version of the Show first with James at the helm. CBS expressed interest in the series. Due to a contractual obligation and the fact that James was already viewed as the "NBC" Host, CBS wanted Bob Barker as the daytime host. After some initial resistance, Barker instead offered to host another upcoming CBS game show, [[Jack Barry (game show host)|Jack Barry]]'s ''[[The Joker's Wild]]'' (which had difficulty finding a host and was scheduled to debut the same day as ''Price'') to allow James to host ''Price'', but CBS rejected this proposal.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Rice|first1=Lynette|title=Bob Barker on saying goodbye to ''The Price Is Right''|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2007/06/08/bob-barker-saying-goodbye-price-right|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=May 19, 2015|archive-date=December 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220122704/http://www.ew.com/article/2007/06/08/bob-barker-saying-goodbye-price-right|url-status=dead}}</ref> In December 1974, James stepped in to host the daytime ''The Price Is Right'' for a week when Barker was ill. James was the only person to substitute on the daytime version of the show while Barker was hosting. In 1977, James' contract was not renewed, and Barker took over as host of the nighttime edition of ''The Price Is Right'' until its cancellation in 1980.

On September 4, 1972, Barker began hosting the CBS revival of ''The Price Is Right''.<ref name="McNeil1996"/>

On October 15, 1987, Barker did what other MCs almost never did then: he stopped using hair dye and let his hair go gray, its natural color by that time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-08-tv-514-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Susan |last=King |title=Bob Barker Wins the Game of Endurance |date=July 8, 1990}}</ref>

{{Wikinews|Bob Barker to retire as host of U.S. gameshow The Price Is Right}}
On October 31, 2006, Barker announced that he would retire from ''The Price Is Right'' in June 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Keveney |first=Bill |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-10-31-bob-barker_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA |title=Bob Barker, 82, to retire |work=USA Today |date=November 1, 2006 |access-date=September 4, 2012}}</ref> Barker taped his final episode on June 6, 2007, with the show airing twice on June 15; once in Daytime and once on Primetime.<ref name="variety-final">{{cite news|last=Adalian|first=Josef|date=May 22, 2007|title=Barker's final 'Price' airing June 15|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2007/biz/markets-festivals/barker-s-final-price-airing-june-15-1117965636/|url-status=live|access-date=May 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014073735/http://variety.com/article/VR1117965636.html?categoryId=14&cs=1|archive-date=October 14, 2007}}</ref> On October 15, 2007, [[Drew Carey]] took over hosting duties on the show.

After his retirement, Barker made three return appearances to ''The Price is Right''. He first appeared on the episode that aired on April 16, 2009, to promote his new autobiography, ''Priceless Memories''. Barker appeared in the Showcase round at the end of the show.<ref name="Steward Levine">{{cite news|author=Steward Levine|date=March 24, 2009|title=Barker to appear on 'Price Is Right'|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2009/tv/news/barker-to-appear-on-price-is-right-1118001621/|url-status=live|access-date=March 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328212601/https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001621.html?categoryId=14&cs=1|archive-date=March 28, 2009}}</ref> Barker made another guest appearance on the show to celebrate his 90th birthday, which aired on December 12, 2013. Barker announced a contestant for the first time ever on the show, along with one showcase.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bob-barker-returns-to-the-price-is-right-for-birthday-celebration/|title=Bob Barker returns to 'The Price is Right' for birthday celebration |access-date=December 12, 2013 |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=December 12, 2013}}</ref> Barker's last appearance was a surprise appearance on April 1, 2015, for an [[April Fools' Day]] switch where he took Carey's place at the show's intro. Barker hosted the first bid and pricing game of that day before handing the hosting duties back to Carey; Barker later appeared during the showcase.<ref>{{cite news |last=Slane |first=Kevin |date=April 1, 2015 |title=Bob Barker Appeared on ''The Price is Right'' and Everyone Lost Their Minds |url=http://www.bdcwire.com/bob-barker-april-fools/?p1=recent_headline_4_hp |newspaper=Boston Globe |access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref>