Andy Travis, a young program director from Santa Fe, takes over at Cincinnati radio station WKRP and changes the format to rock and roll.

While Andy tries to come up with a publicity stunt to get the station in the news, a group of irate former listeners demands a return to the old format.

Mortified by a personal accusation, Les climbs out on the ledge of the Flimm building and threatens to jump.

Andy arranges for the station to sponsor a concert by a rowdy English rock group.

During a live remote from Del's Stereo and Sound, an unemployed DJ shows up with a gun and hijacks the broadcast.

Bailey gets a chance to produce a new public-service interview show, but her potential guests all seem to be out of their minds.

Feeling left out at the station, Mr. Carlson comes up with a top-secret Thanksgiving promotion involving twenty live turkeys.

Andy falls back in love with an old girlfriend, now a famous singer, and must decide whether to follow her on the road.

Mama Carlson conducts a quarterly review of WKRP's personnel and profits, with clips from previous episodes illustrating the show's best moments to date.

When hot-blooded Les wins an award, he asks Jennifer to be his date for the banquet.

After Johnny announces the incorrect prize amount for a song-guessing contest promotion, the crew scrambles to make the contest so difficult that no one can win.

While Japanese radio executives are touring the station, the city experiences a series of tornadoes.

Johnny is offered a job in Los Angeles, so the other staffers throw him a party in which they try to manipulate him into staying.

Johnny returns to WKRP after being fired in L.A., but he has to settle for the late-night graveyard shift.

Herb separates from his wife Lucille and stays at Johnny's apartment while Jennifer tries to reunite the couple.

After a young single mother leaves her baby at the station, Johnny becomes attached to the infant.

The staff sings a radio ad for a chain of funeral homes.

Venus reveals that he is a military deserter, and Mr. Carlson helps him clear his name.

To fend off a childhood sweetheart, Jennifer pretends to be married to Johnny.

Mr. Carlson's troubled young son escapes from his military school and visits WKRP, where he manages to offend most of the staff.

Herb wears a carp costume to represent WKRP and fights a rival station's pig mascot, while Johnny and Venus take an on-air test to demonstrate the effects of alcohol on human reflexes.

WKRP's Sunday morning evangelist (and former wrestler) may be a fraud, but no one has the nerve to fire him.