WKRP in Cincinnati — Season 1

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S1
E1
Pilot (1)

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

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S1
E2
Pilot (2)

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

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S1
E3
Les On a Ledge

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

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S1
E4
Hoodlum Rock

Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

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S1
E5
Hold-Up

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

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S1
E6
Bailey's Show

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

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S1
E7
Turkeys Away

Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

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S1
E8
Love Returns

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

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S1
E9
Mama's Review

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

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S1
E10
A Date With Jennifer

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

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S1
E11
The Contest Nobody Could Win

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

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S1
E12
Tornado

A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

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S1
E13
Goodbye, Johnny

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

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S1
E14
Johnny Comes Back

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

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S1
E15
Never Leave Me, Lucille

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

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S1
E16
I Want to Keep My Baby

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

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S1
E17
A Commercial Break

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

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S1
E18
Who is Gordon Sims?

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

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S1
E19
I Do, I Do... For Now

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

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S1
E20
Young Master Carlson

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

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S1
E21
Fish Story

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.

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S1
E22
Preacher

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

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