Season 1 (1978)

Pilot (1)
6.0

September 18, 1978 • 25m

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

Pilot (2)
6.0

September 25, 1978 • 25m

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

Les On a Ledge
6.0

October 2, 1978 • 25m

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

Hoodlum Rock
5.5

October 9, 1978 • 25m

Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

Hold-Up
6.5

October 16, 1978 • 25m

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

Bailey's Show
7.0

October 23, 1978 • 25m

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

Turkeys Away
8.7

October 30, 1978 • 25m

Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

Love Returns
6.0

November 6, 1978 • 25m

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

Mama's Review
6.0

January 15, 1979 • 25m

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

A Date With Jennifer
6.0

January 22, 1979 • 25m

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

The Contest Nobody Could Win
6.0

January 29, 1979 • 25m

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

Tornado
6.0

February 5, 1979 • 25m

A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

Goodbye, Johnny
6.0

February 19, 1979 • 25m

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

Johnny Comes Back
6.0

February 26, 1979 • 25m

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

Never Leave Me, Lucille
6.0

March 5, 1979 • 25m

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

I Want to Keep My Baby
6.0

March 12, 1979 • 25m

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

A Commercial Break
6.0

March 26, 1979 • 25m

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

Who is Gordon Sims?
6.0

April 2, 1979 • 25m

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

I Do, I Do... For Now
6.0

April 23, 1979 • 25m

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

Young Master Carlson
6.0

April 30, 1979 • 25m

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

Fish Story
6.0

May 28, 1979 • 25m

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
6.0

June 4, 1979 • 25m

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