Season 1
Episodes
S1 · E1 · 18 Sept 1978 · 25 min
Pilot (1)
Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
S1 · E2 · 25 Sept 1978 · 25 min
Pilot (2)
Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
S1 · E3 · 2 Oct 1978 · 25 min
Les On a Ledge
Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
S1 · E4 · 9 Oct 1978 · 25 min
Hoodlum Rock
Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.
S1 · E5 · 16 Oct 1978 · 25 min
Hold-Up
A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.
S1 · E6 · 23 Oct 1978 · 25 min
Bailey's Show
Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.
S1 · E7 · 30 Oct 1978 · 25 min
Turkeys Away
Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
S1 · E8 · 6 Nov 1978 · 25 min
Love Returns
Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
S1 · E9 · 15 Jan 1979 · 25 min
Mama's Review
In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
S1 · E10 · 22 Jan 1979 · 25 min
A Date With Jennifer
Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
S1 · E11 · 29 Jan 1979 · 25 min
The Contest Nobody Could Win
Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
S1 · E12 · 5 Feb 1979 · 25 min
Tornado
A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
S1 · E13 · 19 Feb 1979 · 25 min
Goodbye, Johnny
Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
S1 · E14 · 26 Feb 1979 · 25 min
Johnny Comes Back
Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
S1 · E15 · 5 Mar 1979 · 25 min
Never Leave Me, Lucille
Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
S1 · E16 · 12 Mar 1979 · 25 min
I Want to Keep My Baby
Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
S1 · E17 · 26 Mar 1979 · 25 min
A Commercial Break
Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
S1 · E18 · 2 Apr 1979 · 25 min
Who is Gordon Sims?
Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
S1 · E19 · 23 Apr 1979 · 25 min
I Do, I Do... For Now
Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
S1 · E20 · 30 Apr 1979 · 25 min
Young Master Carlson
Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
S1 · E21 · 28 May 1979 · 25 min
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.
S1 · E22 · 4 Jun 1979 · 25 min
Preacher
A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.
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