Career
He is the author of "Rambling with Gambling" published in 1972. The program offered the first on-air broadcast of school closings and helicopter traffic reports. In a smooth baritone, Gambling also interviewed celebrities, politicians and other newsworthy people.
Gambling graduated from the Horace Mann School in 1947 where he played on its football team, and from Dartmouth College in 1951.
He grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey where his father owned a home. John A. Gambling was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2000.
John A. was the host from 1959 to 1991. From 1985 to 1991, John R. was his co-host.
Gambling died of heart failure at a hospital in Venice, Florida.
