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- 1. Pilot Sep 18, 1978
- A new program director arrives at WKRP and pushes for a switch to rock 'n' roll.
- 2. Pilot Sep 25, 1978
- WKRP's new format causes turmoil among advertisers and the owner.
- 3. Les on a Ledge Oct 2, 1978
- Les becomes suicidal when a sportswriter makes an abusive remark about his masculinity.
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- Gary Sandy (Andy Travis) Andy Travis is the new program director and turns the station from elevator music to rock — with his feathered hair Andy was handsome and wholesome, a sharpshooter who forms quite the bond with his staff.
- Gordon Jump (Arthur Carlson) Arthur Carlson, aka the ‘Big Guy,’ is the stammering awkward general manager whose main qualification is that his overbearing mother is WKRP’s owner.
- Jan Smithers (Bailey Quarters) Bailey Quarters was originally in charge of billing and station traffic, the young ingenue of the station if you will.
- Frank Bonner (Herb Tarlek) Herb Tarlek was the vain sales manager with the tackiest suits in Cincinnati, often referred to as the “Little Guy” to Arthur Carlsons’ “Big Guy.”
Apr 21, 2022 · Thanks to a music-rights loophole, the WKRP in Cincinnati producers got to use hit songs at a savings because the show was shot on videotape instead of film, according to the Star Tribune.
- Gary Sandy. Andy Travis is the man hired to turn the failing WKRP around, breathing new life into a station that seems to be aging itself out of the Cincinnati market.
- Richard Sanders. Bald, bespectacled, and grossly incompetent might be several adjectives used to describe Richard Sanders' character Les Nessman. The WKRP reporter is no stranger to gaffes or on-air flubs, with a history of butchering the names of subjects he's reporting on.
- Tim Reid. Tim Reid's role as disc jockey Venus Flytrap has certainly stood out as one of the most memorable characters in "WKRP in Cincinnati." Following his over 80 episodes in "WKRP in Cincinnati," Reid had no problem transitioning into other television roles.
- Jan Smithers. The role of Bailey Quarters was played by up-and-coming actor Jan Smithers. Smithers, who also had a successful career as a model before "WKRP in Cincinnati" (via TV Guide), had racked up some solid screen time in shows throughout the 1970s that included "Starsky and Hutch" and "Love Story."
At the end of the fourth season, the network canceled WKRP. The final first-run episode of WKRP aired on April 21, 1982, and ranked No. 7 in the weekly Nielsen ratings, though the series had already been canceled. Production
Sep 29, 2022 · FOUR DECADES LATER: Despite his comments about WKRP sidetracking his career, he's not surprised we're still talking about the sitcom fictionally set in Cincinnati 40 years later. He thought it ...
- John Kiesewetter
Apr 22, 2022 · 1:40. The last episode of “WKRP in Cincinnati” aired 40 years ago this week on April 21, 1982. The sitcom following a cast of wacky characters at a struggling radio station ran on CBS for four ...
Sep 20, 2022 · Researchers for Allen and Donna Stare, who do the weekly WKRP-Cast podcast about the beloved sitcom, discovered that the final new episode — "The Impossible Dream," about newsman Les Nessman...
