Lanes Only runs for a short time from September 10, 1984, until September 1985. Cincinnati Station: WKRC-TV Channel 12 Host: Glenn Ryle; fill-ins included weatherman Mike Fenwick, sportscaster Dale Conquest, and WKRC radio host, Jerry Thomas. Site: In studio lanes. The set for Nick Clooney's daytime talk show sat atop the lanes. There was also a daytime version that featured only lady bowlers called Strikes and Spares, hosted by Jerry Thomas. The show first premiered on WKRC as a 13-week trial run in the fall of 1971. It became a regular series on September 3, 1972, airing live at 7:00 p.m. weeknights, later moving to 6:30 p.m. Gus Bailey, then-station PD, cancelled the show in the fall of 1975; its last weeknight program was Thanksgiving night. WKRC began a pre-recorded Saturday afternoon filler show in 1976, hosted by Dick Schorr, who also hosted the weeknight edition on then-sister station WTVN-TV in Columbus. Cleveland Had three separate runs of Bowling for Dollars. Two used in-studio lanes. 1st run Station: WUAB Channel 43 Host: Wirt Cain who was primarily a Cincinnati TV personality. He would drive to Cleveland every other weekend to record 10 Bowling For Dollars shows. Location: The show was recorded at Parmatown Lanes on Day Drive, which was next door to the Channel 43 studios. 2nd run Station: WEWS Channel 5 Hosts: Don Webster, Paul Wilcox 3rd run (1977–79) Weeknights at 7:00 from August 1977 to September 1978; 5:30 PM Sept 1978-January 1979 Station: WJW (then WJKW) Channel 8 Host: Dick Goddard Substitute Host: Bob "Hoolihan" Wells Announcers: Joe Grant, Andy Hale, John FitzGerald Columbus, OH Station: WTVN Channel 6 (Now WSYX) Host: Dick Schorr, Gene Fullen with Sally Flowers Site: Two in-studio lanes Aired weeknights at 7:00 PM. Dallas/Fort Worth Aired on: WFAA Channel 8 ABC (August 11, 1975 – September 26, 1978), (6:30 PM Monday through Friday). Host: Verne Lundquist for most of the series Site: Forum Lanes in Grand Prairie, Texas (which at that time was the host site for a PBA tournament held in the spring) and Golden Triangle Bowl in Irving, Texas. Dayton, OH Station: WLWD (now WDTN) Host: David G. McFarland Site: the WLWD studios (aired live) The show aired Mon-Fri at 7:00 p.m. Detroit Station: WWJ-TV/WDIV Channel 4 (original run); WADL Channel 38 (2013–present) Host: Bob Allison, Chuck Springer Site: Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, MI This was originally at Highland Lanes