WKRP in Cincinnati

Ohio station comedy

WKRP in Cincinnati is an American television sitcom that aired from 1978 to 1982, set at a struggling fictional radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The show followed the misadventures of the station's staff as they attempted to boost ratings by switching to rock music.

Its ensemble cast and workplace comedy format influenced later sitcoms.

The series is remembered for episodes like the Thanksgiving turkey drop: As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

Related

big guy · Jennifer · album rock · disco · 1970s · broadcast · DJ · station · Ohio · ratings · newsroom · phone booth · plaid · polyester · rock · antenna · airwaves · Thanksgiving

Opposites
television genre

WKRP in CincinnatiHill Street Blues

Serialized precinct drama

ER · The West Wing · Law & Order · NYPD Blue · Dallas

radio station format/setting

WKRP in CincinnatiNewsRadio

Sitcom at AM station

Murphy Brown · network news · NPR

cultural tone/era

WKRP in CincinnatiHee Haw

Donkey vocalization, or TV show

The Waltons · easy listening

Family

Cincinnati

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G