Season 1

Episodes • 1978

Gary Sandy
Howard Hesseman
Tim Reid
Loni Anderson
Frank Bonner
Gordon Jump
Richard Sanders
Jan Smithers
Pilot (1)

1. Pilot (1)

25 min

Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.

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Pilot (2)

2. Pilot (2)

25 min

Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.

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Les On a Ledge

3. Les On a Ledge

25 min

Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.

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Hoodlum Rock

4. Hoodlum Rock

25 min

Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

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Hold-Up

5. Hold-Up

25 min

A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.

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Bailey's Show

6. Bailey's Show

25 min

Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.

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Turkeys Away

7. Turkeys Away

25 min

Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

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Love Returns

8. Love Returns

25 min

Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.

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Mama's Review

9. Mama's Review

25 min

In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.

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A Date With Jennifer

10. A Date With Jennifer

25 min

Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.

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The Contest Nobody Could Win

11. The Contest Nobody Could Win

25 min

Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.

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Tornado

12. Tornado

25 min

A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

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Goodbye, Johnny

13. Goodbye, Johnny

25 min

Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.

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Johnny Comes Back

14. Johnny Comes Back

25 min

Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.

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Never Leave Me, Lucille

15. Never Leave Me, Lucille

25 min

Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.

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I Want to Keep My Baby

16. I Want to Keep My Baby

25 min

Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.

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A Commercial Break

17. A Commercial Break

25 min

Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.

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Who is Gordon Sims?

18. Who is Gordon Sims?

25 min

Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.

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I Do, I Do... For Now

19. I Do, I Do... For Now

25 min

Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.

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Young Master Carlson

20. Young Master Carlson

25 min

Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.

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Fish Story

21. Fish Story

25 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.

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Preacher

22. Preacher

25 min

A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.

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