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.
3.8 / 5
Episode 1
Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
Episode 2
Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
Episode 3
Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
Episode 4
Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.
Episode 5
A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.
Episode 6
Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.
Episode 7
Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
Episode 8
Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
Episode 9
In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
Episode 10
Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
Episode 11
Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
Episode 12
A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
Episode 13
Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
Episode 14
Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
Episode 15
Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
Episode 16
Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
Episode 17
Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
Episode 18
Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
Episode 19
Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
Episode 20
Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
Episode 21
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.
Episode 22
A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.
