John Reed King (October 25, 1914 – July 8, 1979) was an American radio and television game show host who hosted numerous game shows during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.

King was one of the announcers for The American School of the Air on CBS,[1] and he had one of the top-rated radio shows of the 1930s in New York City with Missus Goes A-Shopping.

He was also an announcer for the radio version of Death Valley Days[2] and for The Jack Berch Show.

He was a morning news anchor for the radio station, and hosted a daily talk show on television.

In 1970, he was a news anchor at KGO-TV, the ABC owned-and-operated television station in San Francisco, California.