September 18, 1978 - September 20, 1982
CBS Situation Comedy - 90 Episodes
Cast:
| Andy Travis: | Gary Sandy |
| Arthur Carlson (Big Guy): | Gordon Jump |
| Jennifer Marlowe: | Loni Anderson |
| Les Nessman: | Richard Sanders |
| Gordon Simms (Venus Flytrap): | Tim Reid |
| Herb Tarlek: | Frank Bonner |
| Bailey Quarters: | Jan Smithers |
| Johnny Caravella (Dr. Johnny Fever): | Howard Hesseman |
| Lillian "Mama" Carlson: | Carol Bruce |
| Lucille Tarlek: | Edie McClurg |
| Carmen Carlson: | Allyn Ann McLerie |
| Hirsch: | Ian Wolfe |
| Donovan Aderhold: | Mykel T. Williamson |
| Mona Loveland: | Tawny Kitaen |
| Buddy Dornster: | John Chappell |
| Dana Burns: | Kathleen Garrett |
| Jack Allen: | Michael Des Barres |
| Claire Hartline: | Hope Alexander-Willis |
| Arthur Carlson Jr.: | Lightfield Lewis |
| Ronnie Lee: | Wendy Davis |
| Nancy Braithwaite: | Marla Jeanette Rubinoff |
| Razor Dee: | French Stewart |
The arrival of new program director, Andy Travis,
brought sudden and dramatic changes to WKRP, a
Cincinnati radio station that had been losing
money for years by playing sedate music. Andy's
decision to turn WKRP into a "top 40" rock 'n' roll
station alienated its elderly audience, and also
a few sponsors, such as Shady Hill Rest Home and
Barry's Fashions for the Short and Portly. It also
created a trying situation for Arthur Carlson, the
inept and bumbling general manager who held his
job only because his mother owned the station.
The staff of WKRP was full of offbeat characters.
Les Nessman was the naive, gullible, and pompous
news director, more concerned with his farm reports
that with national and international stories. Bailey
Quarters was Andy's enthusiastic young assistant,
who handled billing and traffic. The two disc jockeys
seen regularly were morning man Dr. Johnny Fever, a
jive-talking counterculture type who seemed constantly
spaced out, and night man Venus Flytrap, a hip black
who had worked with Andy at other stations.
Jennifer Marlowe, the sexy but efficient receptionist,
actually had a lot to do with holding the station
together, she knew far more about what was going on
than did her boss, Mr. Carlson. Herb Tarlek was the
high-pressure advertising salesman who, though
married, spent much of his time making passes at
Jennifer. Station owner Mrs. Carlson was a constant
threat to them all but only showed up occasionally.
Nine years after WKRP left CBS, it returned to the
air in first run syndication (1991-1993).
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