Episode guide
WKRP in Cincinnati: Season 4
22 episodes · first aired Oct 7, 1981
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- 1 An Explosive Affair (Part 1) Oct 7, 1981 · 25m After the station receives a bomb threat, Andy sends Johnny and Venus to broadcast from the transmitter tower while the station is being searched.
- 2 An Explosive Affair (Part 2) Oct 14, 1981 · 25m Andy is unable to warn Johnny and Venus when he realizes that the bomb is at the transmitter.
- 3 The Union Oct 21, 1981 · 25m The staff of WKRP considers joining a union. Mr. Carlson is furious and rushes to his mother for advice, while Andy tries to appear neutral in this labor-management conflict.
- 4 Rumors Oct 28, 1981 · 25m While his apartment is being fumigated, Johnny accepts Bailey's offer to stay at her place, causing everyone at the station to think that the two are sleeping together. Johnny's also…
- 5 Straight from the Heart Nov 4, 1981 · 25m Herb tells everyone that he's going on vacation, but Les and Jennifer discover that he's actually checked into the hospital for heart tests.
- 6 Who's on First? Nov 11, 1981 · 25m With Herb in the hospital, Mr. Carlson pretends he is Herb and is impersonated by Les for an advertising client.
- 7 Three Days of the Condo Nov 18, 1981 · 25m When Johnny receives $24,000 in a legal settlement, Venus convinces him to use the money to invest in a condominium at Gone With the Wind Estates.
- 8 Jennifer and the Will Dec 2, 1981 · 25m Colonel Buchanan, Jennifer's elderly gentleman friend, dies suddenly. As executrix of his will, Jennifer must deal with the press and with the Colonel's money-grubbing, rumor mongering…
- 9 The Consultant Dec 30, 1981 · 25m Mama Carlson hires a professional radio consultant to evaluate WKRP. The man she's hired, Norris Breeze, is an old friend of Andy's who also runs a radio programming service. Andy soon…
- 10 Love, Exciting and New Jan 6, 1982 · 25m Andy starts taking Mama Carlson out after hours in the hopes of getting her to pay for a new transmitter for the station. But he begins to suspect that she might have…
- 11 You Can't Go Out of Town Again Jan 13, 1982 · 25m Mr. Carlson goes with Carmen to a college reunion where he learns the disillusioning truth about how he and Carmen first met; Bailey is frustrated in her attempts to get a computer for…
- 12 Pills Jan 20, 1982 · 25m Herb sells ad spots to a seller of ""diet pills""; after it turns out that the pills are a legalized way of selling speed to teenagers, it also turns out that the station can't legally get…
- 13 Changes Jan 27, 1982 · 25m When Venus learns that he's going to be interviewed by a militant black magazine, he adopts a new wardrobe and manner in order to seem more in touch with black culture. Meanwhile, Jennifer…
- 14 Jennifer and Johnny's Charity Feb 3, 1982 · 25m When a fire destroys the kitchen at the Vine Street Mission, Johnny recruits Jennifer to help raise the $40,000 dollars to rebuild it. Jennifer throws a party for her rich friends and asks…
- 15 I'll Take Romance Feb 17, 1982 · 25m Herb fixes Les up with a date through his latest client, the I'll Take Romance Dating Service. Les hits it off with his date immediately, not knowing that the dating service is a front for…
- 16 Circumstantial Evidence Feb 24, 1982 · 25m Venus's latest date gives him an expensive diamond earring as a gift and then runs out on him; it turns out that she's a thief who has used the stolen earring to frame Venus as her…
- 17 Fire Mar 17, 1982 · 25m Herb and Jennifer are trapped in an elevator when a fire breaks out in the Flimm Building.
- 18 Dear Liar Mar 24, 1982 · 25m When Bailey writes a news story on the Northside Children's Clinic, Les steals it and reads it on the air. This turns out to be a blow to the station's integrity in more ways than one when…
- 19 The Creation of Venus Mar 31, 1982 · 25m When Venus lets it slip that he was a schoolteacher before he came to WKRP, Andy has to tell Mama Carlson the truth about how he hired Gordon Sims as a DJ and how they came up with the…
- 20 The Impossible Dream Apr 7, 1982 · 25m On his birthday, Les announces that he's going to New York to pursue his dream of becoming a world-famous broadcast journalist by auditioning for The CBS Evening News.
- 21 To Err is Human Apr 14, 1982 · 25m After Herb screws up an important advertising account, Mr. Carlson finally intends to fire him, but Jennifer takes pity on Herb and tries to help him keep his job.
- 22 Up and Down the Dial Apr 21, 1982 · 25m Just as WKRP hits #6 in the ratings, Mama Carlson announces that she plans to switch the format of the station to 24 hours a day of news.