S01E01 Pilot (1)
Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
WKRP in Cincinnati
So just sit right down, relax, open your ears real wide and say, "Give it to me straight, Doctor. I can take it!"
Overview
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
S01E02 Pilot (2)
Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
S01E03 Les On a Ledge
Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
S01E08 Love Returns
Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
S01E09 Mama's Review
In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
S01E10 A Date With Jennifer
Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
S01E11 The Contest Nobody Could Win
Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
S01E13 Goodbye, Johnny
Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
S01E14 Johnny Comes Back
Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
S01E15 Never Leave Me, Lucille
Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
S01E16 I Want to Keep My Baby
Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
S01E18 Who is Gordon Sims?
Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
S01E19 I Do, I Do... For Now
Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
S01E20 Young Master Carlson
Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
S01E21 Fish Story
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.
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
