Comedy19784 seasonsTV-PG★ 7.6
When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears quickly. New programming director Andy Travis brings in a new DJ named Venus Flytrap to work with the station's burned-out veteran, Dr. Johnny Fever. Neurotic newsman Les Nessman, eager beaver Bailey Quarters, sleazy salesman Herb Tarlek, blonde bombshell Jennifer Marlowe, who serves as the station's ultra-capable receptionist, and station manager Arthur Carlson, whose domineering mother owns WKRP, round out the eccentric bunch.
Created by Hugh Wilson
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Episodes
1Pilot (1)
Sep 18, 197825 min
Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
2Pilot (2)
Sep 25, 197825 min
Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
3Les On a Ledge
Oct 2, 197825 min
Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
4Hoodlum Rock
Oct 9, 197825 min
Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.
5Hold-Up
Oct 16, 197825 min
A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.
6Bailey's Show
Oct 23, 197825 min
Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.
7Turkeys Away
Oct 30, 197825 min
Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
8Love Returns
Nov 6, 197825 min
Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
9Mama's Review
Jan 15, 197925 min
In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
10A Date With Jennifer
Jan 22, 197925 min
Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
11The Contest Nobody Could Win
Jan 29, 197925 min
Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
12Tornado
Feb 5, 197925 min
A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
13Goodbye, Johnny
Feb 19, 197925 min
Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
14Johnny Comes Back
Feb 26, 197925 min
Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
15Never Leave Me, Lucille
Mar 5, 197925 min
Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
16I Want to Keep My Baby
Mar 12, 197925 min
Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
17A Commercial Break
Mar 26, 197925 min
Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
18Who is Gordon Sims?
Apr 2, 197925 min
Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
19I Do, I Do... For Now
Apr 23, 197925 min
Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
20Young Master Carlson
Apr 30, 197925 min
Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
21Fish Story
May 28, 197925 min
Andy tells a journalist that WKRP is just a "run-of-the-mill" station, even though a staffer is running around in a "carp" suit.
22Preacher
Jun 4, 197925 min
A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.
Cast
Gary Sandy
Andy Travis
Howard Hesseman
Dr. Johnny Fever
Tim Reid
Venus Flytrap
Loni Anderson
Jennifer Marlowe
Frank Bonner
Herb Tarlek
Gordon Jump
Arthur Carlson
Richard Sanders
Les Nessman
Jan Smithers
Bailey Quarters
