Season 1

September 18, 1978

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

September 25, 1978

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

October 2, 1978

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

October 9, 1978

Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

October 16, 1978

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

October 23, 1978

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

October 30, 1978

Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

November 6, 1978

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

January 15, 1979

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

January 22, 1979

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

January 29, 1979

Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.

February 5, 1979

A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

February 19, 1979

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

February 26, 1979

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

March 5, 1979

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

March 12, 1979

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

March 26, 1979

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

April 2, 1979

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

April 23, 1979

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

April 30, 1979

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

May 28, 1979

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.

June 4, 1979

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