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Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

  • Air date:1978-09-18
  • User score:
    6.2
  • Number of episodes:22

List of Episodes

Pilot (1)
S1E1
6.0

Air date: 1978-09-18

Runtime: 25 min

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

Pilot (2)
S1E2
6.0

Air date: 1978-09-25

Runtime: 25 min

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

Les On a Ledge
S1E3
6.0

Air date: 1978-10-02

Runtime: 25 min

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

Hoodlum Rock
S1E4
5.5

Air date: 1978-10-09

Runtime: 25 min

Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

Hold-Up
S1E5
6.5

Air date: 1978-10-16

Runtime: 25 min

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

Bailey's Show
S1E6
7.0

Air date: 1978-10-23

Runtime: 25 min

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

Turkeys Away
S1E7
8.7

Air date: 1978-10-30

Runtime: 25 min

Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

Love Returns
S1E8
6.0

Air date: 1978-11-06

Runtime: 25 min

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

Mama's Review
S1E9
6.0

Air date: 1979-01-15

Runtime: 25 min

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

A Date With Jennifer
S1E10
6.0

Air date: 1979-01-22

Runtime: 25 min

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

The Contest Nobody Could Win
S1E11
6.0

Air date: 1979-01-29

Runtime: 25 min

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

Tornado
S1E12
6.0

Air date: 1979-02-05

Runtime: 25 min

A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

Goodbye, Johnny
S1E13
6.0

Air date: 1979-02-19

Runtime: 25 min

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

Johnny Comes Back
S1E14
6.0

Air date: 1979-02-26

Runtime: 25 min

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

Never Leave Me, Lucille
S1E15
6.0

Air date: 1979-03-05

Runtime: 25 min

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

I Want to Keep My Baby
S1E16
6.0

Air date: 1979-03-12

Runtime: 25 min

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

A Commercial Break
S1E17
6.0

Air date: 1979-03-26

Runtime: 25 min

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

Who is Gordon Sims?
S1E18
6.0

Air date: 1979-04-02

Runtime: 25 min

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

I Do, I Do... For Now
S1E19
6.0

Air date: 1979-04-23

Runtime: 25 min

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

Young Master Carlson
S1E20
6.0

Air date: 1979-04-30

Runtime: 25 min

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

Fish Story
S1E21
6.0

Air date: 1979-05-28

Runtime: 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.

Preacher
S1E22
6.0

Air date: 1979-06-04

Runtime: 25 min

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

Top Cast

Gary Sandy

Gary Sandy

Andy Travis

Howard Hesseman

Howard Hesseman

Dr. Johnny Fever

Tim Reid

Tim Reid

Venus Flytrap

Loni Anderson

Loni Anderson

Jennifer Marlowe

Frank Bonner

Frank Bonner

Herb Tarlek

Gordon Jump

Gordon Jump

Arthur Carlson

Richard Sanders

Richard Sanders

Les Nessman

Jan Smithers

Jan Smithers

Bailey Quarters

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