 | 1x01 Pilot (1) (Air Date: Sep. 18, 1978)
Andy Travis is hired to be the new program manager at the 16th ranked AM radio station in Cincinnati. His first task is changing from a "beautiful music" format to top 40 rock. |  | 1x02 Pilot (2) (Air Date: Sep. 25, 1978)
A group of upset listeners hold a protest in the WKRP lobby over the recent format change from easy listening to rock music. |  | 1x03 Les on a Ledge (Air Date: Oct. 02, 1978)
A comment from a baseball player accusing Les of being gay has the gang at WKRP trying to talk him down from a window ledge. |  | 1x04 Hoodlum Rock (Air Date: Oct. 09, 1978)
Andy's first attempt at having WKRP promote a concert goes awry when the members of the band 'Scum Of The Earth' appear to be just that. |  | 1x05 Hold-Up (Air Date: Oct. 16, 1978)
Herb arranges a live broadcast from Del's Stereo and Sound, but it is interrupted by a distraught former DJ holding up the store. |  | 1x06 Bailey's Show (Air Date: Oct. 23, 1978)
Andy gives Baileys idea of a hosting a public-service interview show called "Cincinnati Beat," but discovers it is difficult to find potential guests who are not insane. |  | 1x07 Turkeys Away (Air Date: Oct. 30, 1978)
Mr. Carlson proves that he is running things at WKRP by coming up with a promotion of his own, dropping live turkeys from an airplane for the people of Cincinnati for Thanksgiving. |  | 1x08 Love Returns (Air Date: Nov. 06, 1978)
Andy's former girlfriend Linda Taylor, a country singer is in town and offers him a job with her crew. Meanwhile, Johnny and Venus participate in a "Win a date with a DJ" contest with varying ... |  | 1x09 Mama's Review (Air Date: Jan. 15, 1979)
The quarterly review of WKRP is given to Mama Carlson in the form of vignettes showing all that has happened since the switch over from easy listening music to rock-n-roll. |  | 1x10 A Date with Jennifer (Air Date: Jan. 22, 1979)
Jennifer accepts a date with Les after he wins the coveted Silver Sow award. |  | 1x11 The Contest Nobody Could Win (Air Date: Jan. 29, 1979)
After Johnny misreads the prize amount for the radio contest as $5000 instead of $50, the gang creates a way so that nobody could ever win. Or so they thought. |  | 1x12 Tornado (Air Date: Feb. 05, 1979)
A group of Japanese executives tour WKRP with a Spanish interpreter while the city experiences a tornado. |  | 1x13 Goodbye, Johnny (1) (Air Date: Feb. 19, 1979)
The gang at WKRP throw a good bye party for Johnny to sway his decision not to take a lucrative job offer in Los Angeles. |  | 1x14 Johnny Comes Back (2) (Air Date: Feb. 26, 1979)
Johnny's replacement Doug Winner is accused of taking payola by a returning Dr. Fever. |  | 1x15 Never Leave Me, Lucille (Air Date: Mar. 05, 1979)
Herb moves in with Johnny after separating from his wife Lucille. But the prospect of a bachelor Herb frightens Jennifer into helping with their rekindling |  | 1x16 I Want to Keep My Baby (Air Date: Mar. 12, 1979)
One of Johnny's fans, a single mother, leaves him a very special present. After becoming attached to the baby, Johnny must now find a way to keep it from child services until the mother's ... |  | 1x17 A Commercial Break (Air Date: Mar. 26, 1979)
WKRP finally finds a lucrative sponsor, unfortunately it is for cemetery plots. Taste comes into play after the gang creates a jingle for the ads, which the sponsor loves. |  | 1x18 Who is Gordon Sims? (Air Date: Apr. 02, 1979)
Refusing to participate for a publicity picture has Venus in hot water with Mr. Carlson and the U.S. government. | | 1x19 I Do, I Do... For Now (Air Date: Apr. 23, 1979)
Jennifer tells an old boyfriend visiting from West Virginia that she and Johnny are married in order to back out of a promise to marry him. |  | 1x20 Young Master Carlson (Air Date: Apr. 30, 1979)
Mr. Carlson's young son is brought to the radio station after running away from military school and soon upsets everyone there. |  | 1x21 Fish Story (Air Date: May. 28, 1979)
A reporter shows up in time at WKRP to find Herb dressed in the new mascot suit, an extremely slow painter fixing up the lobby and Johnny and Venus participating in a drinking test to show ... |  | 1x22 Preacher (Air Date: Jun. 04, 1979)
Everyone fears firing Rev. Little Ed Pembrook, the WKRP Sunday morning evangelist and former pro wrestler, for selling tasteless religious artifacts on the air. |
 | 2x01 For Love or Money (1) (Air Date: Sep. 17, 1979)
Johnny's former girlfriend returns and announces that she is suing him for palimony. Meanwhile, Johnny forgets about his date with Bailey. |  | 2x02 For Love or Money (2) (Air Date: Sep. 24, 1979)
Having been threatened with a lawsuit, Johnny calls Andy and Venus for advice and then finds out that Buffy has taken some pills. | | 2x03 Baseball (Air Date: Oct. 15, 1979)
Les sets up a softball game against rival WPIG. |  | 2x04 Bad Risk (Air Date: Oct. 22, 1979)
Not long after Herb sells Les an insurance policy does he end up crahing his scooter into a married couple. | | 2x05 Jennifer Falls in Love (Air Date: Oct. 22, 1979)
Jennifer announces to Bailey that she is in love, but with who? Johnny thinks it's him but instead it's a man named Steel, a janitor in Jennifer's apartment building. | | 2x06 Carlson for President (Air Date: Nov. 05, 1979)
Mr. Carlson decides to run for Cincinnati City Council and its a piece of information from Bailey that has the potential to help him win. |  | 2x07 Mike Fright (Air Date: Nov. 12, 1979)
A city wide garbage strike causes Johnny to make an off the cuff remark for everyone to dumb their garbage on City Hall. Finding out that the listeners are responding to this creates a moment ... |  | 2x08 Patter of Little Feet (Air Date: Nov. 26, 1979)
Mr. Carlson is overjoyed when Carmen informs him that she is pregnant. But that feeling is short-lived after Mama Carlson finds out and suggests an abortion. |  | 2x09 Baby, If You've Ever Wondered (Air Date: Dec. 03, 1979)
The new ratings book has everyone happy when WKRP moves up from 16th to 14th place in the Cincinnati market except for Andy, who feels they could do better if not for some of the obvious ... |  | 2x10 Bailey's Big Break (Air Date: Dec. 10, 1979)
WKRP is hiring a new assistant reporter and everyone feels that Bailey is the prime candidate for the job. Everyone except for Les, who not only is upset that someone is being hired to assist ... |  | 2x11 Jennifer's Home for Christmas (Air Date: Dec. 17, 1979)
The gang all believe that Jennifer will be alone this Christmas and want to do something special to cheer her up. |  | 2x12 Sparky (Air Date: Dec. 24, 1979)
Former Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson is hired to host a sports interview program. |  | 2x13 God Talks to Johnny (Air Date: Dec. 31, 1979)
Johnny feels he is going insane after hearing a voice that he believes is God. |  | 2x14 A Family Affair (Air Date: Jan. 07, 1980)
Andy's sister visits Cincinnati and shakes things up after Andy asks Johnny to show her a good time but ends up instead with Venus. |  | 2x15 Herb's Dad (Air Date: Jan. 14, 1980)
Herb's dad, a clone of Herb, runs away from the Shady Hills Rest Home and informs him of some shocking news. |  | 2x16 Put Up or Shut Up (Air Date: Jan. 21, 1980)
Bailey's idea of having Jennifer accept Herb's begging for a date goes wrong when he isn't scared off. |  | 2x17 The Americanization of Ivan (Air Date: Jan. 28, 1980)
A visit from a group of Russian hog experts finds one of the members begging Andy and Bailey to help him defect to the U.S.A. |  | 2x18 Les's Groupie (Air Date: Feb. 04, 1980)
A female fan ends up moving in with Les and disrupts his odd but comfotable life. |  | 2x19 In Concert (Air Date: Feb. 11, 1980)
In an episode dedicated to those who had recently died at a concert in Cincinnati, the episode begins with the thrill of WKRP promoting a concert for The Who and ends with the shock of the ... |  | 2x20 The Doctor's Daughter (Air Date: Feb. 18, 1980)
Carefree, hippie-esque Johnny finds himself uptight when his unmarried daughter shows up with her boyfriend wanting to crash at his pad. |  | 2x21 Filthy Pictures (1) (Air Date: Mar. 03, 1980)
Mr. Carlson is chairman of the cities "Surf's Up in Cincinnati" campaign and asks Jennifer and Andy to pose for their poster. Unknown to them is that the photographer has taken nude pictures ... |  | 2x22 Filthy Pictures (2) (Air Date: Mar. 03, 1980)
Johnny and Bailey pose as editors of a new men's magazine with the intention of getting a hold of Jennifer's nude pictures. |  | 2x23 Venus Rising (Air Date: Mar. 10, 1980)
Venus is wooed into a new job as program director at WREQ radio, but is disillusioned by the way the station is run. Herb's plan of getting a raise backfires. | | 2x24 Most Improved Station (Air Date: Mar. 31, 1980)
Blame is all around when WKRP loses out for the "Most Improved Station" award at the Cincinnati Broadcasting Awards dinner. |
| 3x01 The Airplane Show (Air Date: Nov. 01, 1980)
Jealous over WPIG's helicopter traffic reports, Les uses a crop dusting WWI bi-plane to broadcast his own reports. | | 3x02 Jennifer Moves (Air Date: Nov. 08, 1980)
Jennifer enlists the help from the gang at WKRP to help her move into her new $125,000 house in the quiet suburb of Landersville, only the neighborhood is not as quiet as she thought. | | 3x03 Real Families (Air Date: Nov. 15, 1980)
Herb's family will be on a TV show called "Real Families," which follows around a typical American family to see what they are truly like. But panic sets in over what the gang at WKRP will ... |  | 3x04 The Baby (Air Date: Nov. 22, 1980)
The staff from WKRP visit the hospital for the birth of the Carlson's child. | | 3x05 Hotel Oceanview (Air Date: Nov. 29, 1980)
Les warns Andy, Herb and Mr. Carlson about the notorious Dayton poisoner while on a trip there to land a big advertising account with Vicky Von Vickey jeans. While there Herb meets up with ... |  | 3x06 A Mile in My Shoes (Air Date: Dec. 06, 1980)
[add summary] |  | 3x07 Bah, Humbug (Air Date: Dec. 20, 1980)
Christmas eve, Johnny's brownies and holding back on Christmas bonuses leads Mr. Carlson into his own personal version of ''A Christmas Carol." |  | 3x08 Baby, It's Cold Inside (Air Date: Jan. 03, 1981)
A broken furnace and a surpise visit from Mama Carlson finds everyone on edge. |  | 3x09 The Painting (Air Date: Jan. 10, 1981)
Herb and Bailey go to a charity auction that Mr.Carlson's church is running. Herb inadvertently wins a painting that Bailey wanted, offering it to her for a price after learning that the ... |  | 3x10 Daydreams (Air Date: Jan. 17, 1981)
Mr. Carlson's boring speech sends each of the staff into a dream world of their own. |  | 3x11 Frog Story (Air Date: Jan. 24, 1981)
Herb is devastated after accidentally spray painting his daughter's pet frog "Greenpeace" pink. Johnny is convinced by Les that he is suffering from "schistosomiasis." |  | 3x12 Venus and the Man (Air Date: Jan. 31, 1981)
The cleaning lady asks Venus to talk with her son, a big, muscular gang member, who plans on dropping out of school. |  | 3x13 Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide (1) (Air Date: Feb. 07, 1981)
Johnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco. |  | 3x14 Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide (2) (Air Date: Feb. 07, 1981)
Unable to get out of his contract Johnny goes on TV as Rip Tide, a flashy DJ spinning dance music. |  | 3x15 Ask Jennifer (Air Date: Feb. 14, 1981)
Jennifer fills in wonderfully as the new advice show hostess until one of her suggestions brings frightful results. |  | 3x16 I Am Woman (Air Date: Feb. 21, 1981)
Bailey sets out to save the Flimm building as a landmark with the support of everyone until Mama agrees to let Mr. Carlson build his dream station. |  | 3x17 Secrets of Dayton Heights (Air Date: Feb. 28, 1981)
Les uncovers the truth about his father after being denied a press pass by the secret service for a presidential press conference. |  | 3x18 Out to Lunch (Air Date: Mar. 14, 1981)
Herb's three martini luncheons with his advertising clients leads to a severe drinking problem. |  | 3x19 A Simple Little Wedding (Air Date: Mar. 21, 1981)
The Carlson's 25th wedding anniversary is to be something special as the couple plan an intimate second wedding. But Mama Carlson wants to turn it into a catered affair. | | 3x20 Nothing to Fear But... (Air Date: Mar. 28, 1981)
Everyone is jumpy at WKRP after a robbery takes place at the station. The situation turns comical when Johnny and Venus attempt to retrieve a gun in Herb's desk after hearing a noise during ... | | 3x21 Till Debt Do Us Part (Air Date: Apr. 05, 1981)
Johnny is thrilled to hear that his ex-wife is getting married and that he will no longer need to pay alimony. But he is not as happy after meeting her womanizing fiance. | | 3x22 Clean Up Radio Everywhere (Air Date: Apr. 12, 1981)
Dr. Bob Halyers, head of the organization ''CURB" sets out to clean up obscenities on the radio, starting with WKRP. |
 | 4x01 An Explosive Affair (1) (Air Date: Oct. 07, 1981)
A bomb threat from Black Monday forces the staff to evacuate the station. Johnny and Venus go on the air from the old transmitting tower, cut off from the world after Dr. Fever smashes the ... |  | 4x02 An Explosive Affair (2) (Air Date: Oct. 14, 1981)
Andy is frustrated when he is unable to call Venus and Johnny to warn them that the bomb may be in the transmitting tower. Mr. Carlson goes to Joyce Armor's hotel room. | | 4x03 The Union (Air Date: Oct. 21, 1981)
Mr. Carlson is disheartened after the staff talks of joining a union. |  | 4x04 Rumors (Air Date: Oct. 28, 1981)
Johnny's stay at Bailey's apartment leads to some locker room rumors around the station. Johnny is also worried why Andy is try out a new DJ in his time slot. |  | 4x05 Straight From the Heart (Air Date: Nov. 04, 1981)
Les discovers that Herb's upcoming vacation is really a trip to the hospital for tests on his heart. |  | 4x06 Who's On First? (Air Date: Nov. 11, 1981)
Herb's stay in the hospital causes a rash of changes. Mr. Carlson pretends to be Herb so that they do not lose an advertising client. Les becomes Mr. Carlson and Johnny says he's Andy to ... |  | 4x07 Three Days of the Condo (Air Date: Nov. 18, 1981)
After receiving a $24,000 legal settlement, Venus convinces Johnny to spend it on a condominium at Gone With the Wind Estates. |
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