Season 1
22 episodes

1. Pilot (1)
25m · Sep 18, 1978
Andy tries to convince WKRP's owner that rock and roll will cure the station's ailing ratings.

2. Pilot (2)
25m · Sep 25, 1978
Andy faces a fiscal crisis: Carlson won't finance a breaking-in period for the new format.

3. Les On a Ledge
25m · Oct 2, 1978
Les is barred from locker-room interviews when his manhood is questioned.

4. Hoodlum Rock
25m · Oct 9, 1978
Andy books a rock band whose members attack their audiences.

5. Hold-Up
25m · Oct 16, 1978
A broadcast from a stereo shop is disrupted by a holdup.

6. Bailey's Show
25m · Oct 23, 1978
Bailey's show brings out the weirdest people in town.

7. Turkeys Away
25m · Oct 30, 1978
Carlson thinks up a wacko Thanksgiving promotional gimmick.

8. Love Returns
25m · Nov 6, 1978
Andy may have to leave WKRP when he rekindles his love for a touring rock star.

9. Mama's Review
25m · Jan 15, 1979
In flashbacks, Andy and Carlson update WKRP's owner Mrs. Carlson on recent station happenings.

10. A Date With Jennifer
25m · Jan 22, 1979
Les invites Jennifer to a banquet, then suspects she only accepted out of pity.

11. The Contest Nobody Could Win
25m · Jan 29, 1979
Johnny accidentally offers listeners $5000 instead of $50 as a contest prize.

12. Tornado
25m · Feb 5, 1979
A tornado strikes while Japanese businessmen are touring the station.

13. Goodbye, Johnny
25m · Feb 19, 1979
Johnny is offered a job in California, so the staff devises a scheme to keep him in Cincinnati.

14. Johnny Comes Back
25m · Feb 26, 1979
Johnny comes back to WKRP expecting to get his job back. Instead, he is assigned to the predawn show.

15. Never Leave Me, Lucille
25m · Mar 5, 1979
Temporarily separated from his wife, Herb envisions a fanciful bachelorhood.

16. I Want to Keep My Baby
25m · Mar 12, 1979
Johnny refuses to relinquish an abandoned baby left at WKRP until he can contact the mother.

17. A Commercial Break
25m · Mar 26, 1979
Andy has doubts about an upbeat ad campaign for a mortician.

18. Who is Gordon Sims?
25m · Apr 2, 1979
Venus refuses to pose for an ad because he's wanted by the law.

19. I Do, I Do... For Now
25m · Apr 23, 1979
Jennifer tries to discourage a beau by revealing she's married--to Johnny Fever.

20. Young Master Carlson
25m · Apr 30, 1979
Momma Carlson insists her grandson be allowed to roam around the station after he's booted out of military school.

21. Fish Story
25m · 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.

22. Preacher
25m · Jun 4, 1979
A wrestler turned preacher uses his radio sermon to sell merchandise.