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First Aired: Apr. 21, 1982 on CBS

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Season 4 » Episode #22 - Up and Down the Dial

WKRP in Cincinnati - 04x22 Up and Down the Dial

Summary: Mama Carlson announces that she is switching to an all-news format just as the station made its way up to #6 in the ratings.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Arthur 'Big Guy' Carlson	played by Gordon Jump
Herbert 'Herb' Tarlek	played by Frank Bonner
Johnny 'Dr. Fever' Caravella	played by Howard Hesseman
Charles Von Sanker	played by Nicholas Hormann
Hirsch - Butler	played by Ian Wolfe
Lillian 'Mama' Carlson	played by Carol Bruce

Episode Quotes

Andy Travis: [Andy and Venus have just showed up at Mama Carlson's house, and both are drunk. Venus is holding Andy up] Mrs. Carlson... I'm tired of your crud!
Venus Flytrap: Yeah! [falls to floor]
Andy Travis: And I've got three things I want to say to you... number two... [falls to floor]

Mama Carlson: Dr. Fever, in every business, there are not pluses and minuses, but pluses and pluses... but only if the minuses are played correctly. [Fever looks at Mama Carlson, bewildered] You don't understand, and I don't expect you to...
Johnny 'Dr. Fever' Caravella: [interrupting] No. No, I understand. This is so deeply warped that even I can make sense of it. KRP is not supposed to make money! We're set up to lose! That's our job.

Mama Carlson: [reading to Andy the summary of a report prepared by a programming consultant she has hired to suggest format options] WKRP's Top 40 audience is at its peak. The sound quality of the AM signal cannot compete with FM stations. If WKRP is to remain profitable in the long run, we suggest switching to a non-music format... all news.
Andy Travis: Well, I'm sorry... I don't know anything about programming an all-news station.
Mama Carlson: That's why I hired Mr. Von Sanker.

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Trivia

Last show of the series until it was revived in the 1990's.
The final first-run show of WKRP to air on CBS was #7 in the weekly Neilson ratings for all series, specials and sports events. Prior to the airing, the series had already been canceled.
The title is from the opening line of the theme song for WKRP in Cincinnati.