Todd Newton | |
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 Todd Newton hostingThe Price Is Right Live! in 2019 | |
| Born | James Todd Newton St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Occupations | Game show host, performer, author, radio personality |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Website | www |
James Todd Newton is an Americanentertainment reporter,game show host, and author.[1]
Todd Newton started his entertainment career at age sixteen as a disc jockey for Kincaid Entertainment in St. Louis. His first radio job was at Hot 97 in St. Louis. Later, the company found a role for him on itsKMOV children's television showGator Tales.[2]
While visiting Los Angeles in 1994 to report on Hollywood for St. Louis television station KPLR, Newton — then a radio personality known as Rikk Idol, signed with an agent and became a host onE! Entertainment Television in 1995.[3]
Mentored by Sande Stewart andBob Barker, Newton has also hostedThe Price Is Right Live!,[4] GSN'sHollywood Showdown,Powerball Instant Millionaire,In Search of The Partridge Family,World's Wildest Game Shows, andWhammy! The All-New Press Your Luck.[5]
Newton was presented with theDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host in 2012 for his work on Hasbro Studios'Family Game Night.[6]
Newton has hosted programs at American radio stations including WKBQ in his hometown of St. Louis, KIIS and KBIG in Los Angeles, WNEW in New York, and the syndicated All Nite Cafe.[7] In January 2015, he helped launch a new radio station in St. Louis called NOW 96.3KNOU and was inducted into the St. Louis Media Hall of Fame.[8]
He later hosted the syndicatedMonopoly Millionaires' Club alongside comicBilly Gardell.[9]
He is currently the host ofThe Host with the Most podcast,The Tattooed Traveler travel series on DBTV, Roku, Amazon Fire, and YouTube[10] as well as the syndicated radio programThe Todd Newton Morning Show with Maria Todd.[11]