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Birth Name: Winston Conrad Martindale

Age: 90, born 4 December 1933

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Sandy Ferra

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Description: '''Winston Conrad Martindale''' (born December 4th, 1933) known as Wink Martindale is an american disc jockey and television game show host. Martindale was born in Jackson, Tennessee and started his career as a dick jockey at the age of 17 at WPLI in Jackson, TN, earning a $25 a week. He was hired away at WTJS for double the salary by jackson's only other station WDXI, He next hosted mornings at WHBQ in Memphis, TN while a college student at Memphis State University, graduating with a Bachelor Of Science degree in 1957, While there Martindale became a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Martindale's first break into t '''Winston Conrad Martindale''' (born December 4th, 1933) known as Wink Martindale is an american disc jockey and television game show host.

Martindale was born in Jackson, Tennessee and started his career as a dick jockey at the age of 17 at WPLI in Jackson, TN, earning a $25 a week.

He was hired away at WTJS for double the salary by jackson's only other station WDXI, He next hosted mornings at WHBQ in Memphis, TN while a college student at Memphis State University, graduating with a Bachelor Of Science degree in 1957, While there Martindale became a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.

Martindale's first break into television was at WHBQ-TV in Memphis, TN as the host of Mars Patrol, a science fiction themed children's television program, It was at his tentre with WHBQ that martindale became the host of the TV Show Teenage Dance Party where his friend Elvis Presley made an appearance. Following Presley's death in 1977, Martindale aired a nationwide tribute radio special in his honor.

Martindale hosted numerous game shows including, Gambit, High Rollers, Debt, and Tic-Tac Dough, among others, In addition, Marindale also created the USA Network original game show Bumpers Stumpers. Martindale is second is the most number of game shows hosted at 15, behind fellow veteran game show host, Bill Cullen who hosted 23 shows.

On June 2nd, 2006, Martindale recevived a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame in 2007, Martindale became a member of the nominating committee of the Hit Parade Hall of Fame, On October 13th, 2007, Martindale was one of the first inductees into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, NV.

Martindale appeared in various TV Commercials and also the spokesman of Obritz, Until 2007, Martindale had a daily-three hour show on the syndicated Music of Your Life format, which is heard on around 200 radio stations. On June 2nd, 2009, Martindale signed with the syndicated Hit Parade Radio Format, The format began operation on February 7th, 2010, with Martindale as afternoon personality, The Syndicator stopped operating on June 6th, 2010.

In 2008, Wink appeared on GSN Live, an interstitial program during the program during the afternoon block of classic game show reruns, Several times during 2008, Martindale filled in for Fred Roggin on GSN Live while roggin was on vacation, Martindale currently hosts the GSN Show Instant Recall, which premiered on March 4th, 2010, Instant Recall would be the first show Martindale has hosted since Debt aired on Lifetime in 1996 to 1998.

He divorced his first wife Madelyn in 1971, and married his second wife, Sandy Ferra in 1975, He has four children all his first marriage: Lisa, Lynn, Laura, and Wink Jr. He also has seven grandchildren: (from Lisa), Emilee, Stephen, Blake. (From Lynn), Matthew and Hannah and (from Laura) Erin and Tara, plus three great-grandchildren (from Emilee), Emma, Charile and Ellie.

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