7.6·1978·4 Seasons
So just sit right down, relax, open your ears real wide and say, "Give it to me straight, Doctor. I can take it!"
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.
Episodes
1. Pilot (1)
25mAndy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
2. Pilot (2)
25mAndy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
3. Les On a Ledge
25mLes is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
4. Hoodlum Rock
25mAndy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.
5. Hold-Up
25mA broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.
6. Bailey's Show
25mBailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.
7. Turkeys Away
25mCarlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
8. Love Returns
25mAndy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
9. Mama's Review
25mIn flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
10. A Date With Jennifer
25mLes invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
11. The Contest Nobody Could Win
25mJohnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
12. Tornado
25mA tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
13. Goodbye, Johnny
25mJohnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
14. Johnny Comes Back
25mJohnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
15. Never Leave Me, Lucille
25mTemporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
16. I Want to Keep My Baby
25mJohnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
17. A Commercial Break
25mAndy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
18. Who is Gordon Sims?
25mVenus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
19. I Do, I Do... For Now
25mJennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
20. Young Master Carlson
25mMomma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
21. Fish Story
25mAndy tells a journalist that WKRP is just a "run-of-the-mill" station, even though a staffer is running around in a "carp" suit.
22. Preacher
25mA wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.
Cast
Gary Sandy
Andy Travis
Gordon Jump
Arthur Carlson
Loni Anderson
Jennifer Marlowe
Howard Hesseman
Dr. Johnny Fever
Richard Sanders
Les Nessman
Tim Reid
Venus Flytrap
