What fictional Cincinnati radio station was the setting for a US TV sitcom starring Gary Sandy, Howard Hesseman, Gordon Jump, Loni Anderson, Tim Reid, Jan Smithers, Richard Sanders and Frank Bonner in 19781982?
WKRP in Cincinnati WKRP in Cincinnati WKRP in Cincinnati is an American sitcom that featured the misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictional radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. The show was created by Hugh Wilson and was based upon his experiences working in advertising sales at Top 40 radio station WQXI in Atlanta. Many of the characters and even some of the stories (including season 1 episode 7, "Turkeys Away") are based on people and events at WQXI. The ensemble cast consists of Gary Sandy (as Andy Travis), Howard Hesseman (Johnny Fever), Gordon Jump (Arthur Carlson), Loni Anderson (Jennifer Marlowe), Tim Reid
The New WKRP in Cincinnati performing laughingstock (one of Travis's successors, the also unseen Steve "The Savage" DeMarco, committed a major FCC violation immediately before the new series began) under Carlson's son, the indecisive general manager Arthur Carlson (Gordon Jump). Almost all of the staff at the station has left, with only two longtime employees, boorish sales manager Herb Tarlek (Frank Bonner) and comically inept news director Les Nessman (Richard Sanders), remaining. Nine years after the original series ended, with the station's 50th anniversary approaching, Mr. Carlson hires new program director Donovan Aderhold (Mykelti Williamson) to help turn the station around. Already at the station