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WKRP in Cincinnati: Season 1

22 episodes Premiered Sep 18, 1978 Updated Jul 23, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Pilot (1)

Sep 18, 1978 · 25 min

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

S1·E2

Pilot (2)

Sep 25, 1978 · 25 min

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

S1·E3

Les On a Ledge

Oct 2, 1978 · 25 min

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

S1·E4

Hoodlum Rock

Oct 9, 1978 · 25 min

Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

S1·E5

Hold-Up

Oct 16, 1978 · 25 min

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

S1·E6

Bailey's Show

Oct 23, 1978 · 25 min

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

S1·E7

Turkeys Away

Oct 30, 1978 · 25 min

Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

S1·E8

Love Returns

Nov 6, 1978 · 25 min

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

S1·E9

Mama's Review

Jan 15, 1979 · 25 min

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

S1·E10

A Date With Jennifer

Jan 22, 1979 · 25 min

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

S1·E12

Tornado

Feb 5, 1979 · 25 min

A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

S1·E13

Goodbye, Johnny

Feb 19, 1979 · 25 min

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

S1·E14

Johnny Comes Back

Feb 26, 1979 · 25 min

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

S1·E15

Never Leave Me, Lucille

Mar 5, 1979 · 25 min

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

S1·E16

I Want to Keep My Baby

Mar 12, 1979 · 25 min

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

S1·E17

A Commercial Break

Mar 26, 1979 · 25 min

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

S1·E18

Who is Gordon Sims?

Apr 2, 1979 · 25 min

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

S1·E19

I Do, I Do... For Now

Apr 23, 1979 · 25 min

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

S1·E20

Young Master Carlson

Apr 30, 1979 · 25 min

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

S1·E21

Fish Story

May 28, 1979 · 25 min

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

Preacher

Jun 4, 1979 · 25 min

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