Season 1
Episodes • 1978

1. Pilot (1)
25 minAndy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
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2. Pilot (2)
25 minAndy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
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3. Les On a Ledge
25 minLes is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
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8. Love Returns
25 minAndy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
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9. Mama's Review
25 minIn flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
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10. A Date With Jennifer
25 minLes invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
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11. The Contest Nobody Could Win
25 minJohnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
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12. Tornado
25 minA tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
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13. Goodbye, Johnny
25 minJohnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
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14. Johnny Comes Back
25 minJohnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
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15. Never Leave Me, Lucille
25 minTemporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
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16. I Want to Keep My Baby
25 minJohnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
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17. A Commercial Break
25 minAndy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
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18. Who is Gordon Sims?
25 minVenus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
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19. I Do, I Do... For Now
25 minJennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
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20. Young Master Carlson
25 minMomma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
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21. Fish Story
25 minAndy 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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22. Preacher
25 minA wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.
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