Episode guide
WKRP in Cincinnati: Season 1
22 episodes · premiered Sep 18, 1978
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- Episode 1: Pilot (1) Sep 18, 1978 · 25m Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.
- Episode 2: Pilot (2) Sep 25, 1978 · 25m Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.
- Episode 3: Les On a Ledge Oct 2, 1978 · 25m Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.
- Episode 4: Hoodlum Rock Oct 9, 1978 · 25m Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.
- Episode 5: Hold-Up Oct 16, 1978 · 25m A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.
- Episode 6: Bailey's Show Oct 23, 1978 · 25m Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.
- Episode 7: Turkeys Away Oct 30, 1978 · 25m Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.
- Episode 8: Love Returns Nov 6, 1978 · 25m Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.
- Episode 9: Mama's Review Jan 15, 1979 · 25m In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.
- Episode 10: A Date With Jennifer Jan 22, 1979 · 25m Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.
- Episode 11: The Contest Nobody Could Win Jan 29, 1979 · 25m Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.
- Episode 12: Tornado Feb 5, 1979 · 25m A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.
- Episode 13: Goodbye, Johnny Feb 19, 1979 · 25m Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.
- Episode 14: Johnny Comes Back Feb 26, 1979 · 25m Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.
- Episode 15: Never Leave Me, Lucille Mar 5, 1979 · 25m Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.
- Episode 16: I Want to Keep My Baby Mar 12, 1979 · 25m Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.
- Episode 17: A Commercial Break Mar 26, 1979 · 25m Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.
- Episode 18: Who is Gordon Sims? Apr 2, 1979 · 25m Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.
- Episode 19: I Do, I Do... For Now Apr 23, 1979 · 25m Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.
- Episode 20: Young Master Carlson Apr 30, 1979 · 25m Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.
- Episode 21: Fish Story 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.
- Episode 22: Preacher Jun 4, 1979 · 25m A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.