Season 1

Season 1 (1978)




Episodes List

Ep.1 Pilot (1)

Air Date: 1978-09-18

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

Ep.2 Pilot (2)

Air Date: 1978-09-25

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

Ep.3 Les On a Ledge

Air Date: 1978-10-02

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

Ep.4 Hoodlum Rock

Air Date: 1978-10-09

Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

Ep.5 Hold-Up

Air Date: 1978-10-16

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

Ep.6 Bailey's Show

Air Date: 1978-10-23

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

Ep.7 Turkeys Away

Air Date: 1978-10-30

Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

Ep.8 Love Returns

Air Date: 1978-11-06

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

Ep.9 Mama's Review

Air Date: 1979-01-15

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

Ep.10 A Date With Jennifer

Air Date: 1979-01-22

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

Ep.11 The Contest Nobody Could Win

Air Date: 1979-01-29

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

Ep.12 Tornado

Air Date: 1979-02-05

A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

Ep.13 Goodbye, Johnny

Air Date: 1979-02-19

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

Ep.14 Johnny Comes Back

Air Date: 1979-02-26

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

Ep.15 Never Leave Me, Lucille

Air Date: 1979-03-05

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

Ep.16 I Want to Keep My Baby

Air Date: 1979-03-12

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

Ep.17 A Commercial Break

Air Date: 1979-03-26

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

Ep.18 Who is Gordon Sims?

Air Date: 1979-04-02

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

Ep.19 I Do, I Do... For Now

Air Date: 1979-04-23

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

Ep.20 Young Master Carlson

Air Date: 1979-04-30

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

Ep.21 Fish Story

Air Date: 1979-05-28

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.

Ep.22 Preacher

Air Date: 1979-06-04

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