1980 Promos for CBS

Here are some promos for CBS. The first features Loni Anderson and WKRP in Cincinnati. Hey isn't that a young Joe Regalbuto with Loni?

WKRP Season One: Episode 5 Hold-Up

This was the first episode that proved to me that the show was hitting on all of its comedic cylinders. It was also the first of the rare appearances of the character Bucky the Engineer.

CBS 1979 Promo

Here is a CBS promo from 1979. It showcased their TV shows like "WKRP in Cincinnati" and the big movies they that were coming to their network. Remember when the big movies came to network television first? Now they go there last if they go there at all. They also showcased their new shows. Some of which were forgettable. Remember the show "Flatbush"? I don't either.

CBS at 75

Here is a mini cast reunion with Tim Reid and his wife Daphne with Gary Sandy, Loni Anderson and Howard Hessman of WKRP in Cincinnati.

WKRP in Cincinnat; Jennifer's Home For Christmas

I was looking for the Christmas episode where Mr. Carlson was Scrooge but couldn't find it. I love it when TV shows do their version of A Christmas Carol or It's A Wonderful Life. I did find this Christmas episode that I forgot and it is a wonderful little gem of a Christmas present. In the first few minutes Les gives his trademark line of how he is flying non-stop from Cincinnati to Dayton. It makes me smile to think that he could get their faster if he drove there.

WKRP Season One: The Turkey Episode

I know it's Christmas Eve but I can't find the Christmas episode. In that case I will post their most famous episode from Thanksgiving of 1978.

WKRP in Cincinnati: Episode #4 "Hoodlum Rock"

While today's episode is very funny and gave TV fans their first look at Michael Des Barres,it will be turkeys away on Christmas eve and hopefully a Christmas episode on Christmas day.

WKRP is One of the Best

I just saw that WKRP in Cincinnati made Time's 100 Best TV Shows in 2007.

WKRP Season One episode Three

Solid Gold 1979

Tim Reid and Richard Sanders doing a bit on Solid Gold.

Tim and Tom:47th and Drexel Routine

The New WKRP in Cincinnati Pilot Part 2

The New WKRP in Cincinnati Pilot Part 1

WKRP Season One episode Two

WKRP Promo

Every once in awhile I see these promos for the show but usually they are for cities other then Cincinnati. In this case they got local Cincinnati weatherman Pat Berry to advertise the show in...Chicago? Living in the Cincinnati, Ohio viewing area it seems to me that after the show left the network airwaves WKRP was treated badly. I don't recall it ever being shown in reruns on the local stations. Even when the syndicated New WKRP aired they didn't give it a prime spot like 7pm. No that went to game shows. The New WKRP in Cincinnati was shown at MIDNIGHT!!! Since the 1970's WKRP has rarely been seen in Cincinnati. Yet when one of the stars from the show make an appearance in the area they publicize it a lot and treat them like royalty. Go Figure!
Even when the now out of print book, America's Favorite Radio Station: WKRP in Cincinnati by Michael B. Kassel, was published I couldn't find it in local bookstores. I had to go to the internet and have it mailed to me. This show was one of the best promotions this area of the country ever had and it is being treated poorly by us. Shame on you Cincinnati.

Herb's Business Card

I was searching the net for WKRP info and came across this card for the new WKRP In Cincinnati. I suppose it was a promo item for when the syndicated second series went on the air. It would be pretty cool to have Herb Tarlek's business card.

Tim and Tom the Book

Here is a great Christmas gift for the WKRP in Cincinnati fan that you know, Tim and Tom. It tells the true Story of Tim Reis and his partner Tom Dreesen and their start in show business comedy as the first black and white comedy team when the USA was going social upheaval between the races.

Tim and Tom

Here is a video of Tim Reid and his comedy partner Tom Dreesen on a recent appearance on the David Letterman show. You can go to their web site called Tim and Tom in the "Links Away" section on the right.

The New WKRP in Cincinnati

About 9 years after the network series was canceled they produced "The New WKRP in Cincinnati." Only Mr. Carlson, Herb and Les came back from the original series. Others from the first series did make guest appearances. In this episode Venus came back as a big business executive.

WKRP Season One episode one

WKRP is Real

At last WKRP in Cincinnati is real. The low powered TV station WBQC changed their call letters to get nationwide recognition. Sad to say they aren't showing reruns of the old TV series as for some reason those aren't available right now for broadcast. It seems a bit odd that it is a TV station and not a radio station that did this but I will take anything that gets one of my favorite shows attention. I wonder if they will get Gary Sandy, Howard Hessman or any of the cast to do on air promos? You can get to the stations site by clicking here.

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