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WKRP
in Cincinnati show is an American
sitcom
featuring misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictional radio
station
in Cincinnati,
Ohio.
The show was created by Hugh
Wilson.
It was based upon his experiences while working in advertising field.
The casts
of the series were Gary
Sandy,
Howard
Hesseman,
Gordon
Jump,
Loni
Anderson,
Tim
Reid,
Jan
Smithers,
Richard
Sanders
and Frank
Bonner.
WKRP in Cincinnati
tv series show on DVD as complete DVD box set with all DVDs
is one of the most fun TV series avaible and is a true classic.
WKRP
premiered September 18, 1978, on the CBS
television network. It was aired for four seasons and 88 episodes
till September 20, 1982. When WKRP went into syndication, it became
an unexpected blockbuster. For the next decade, it was one of the
most popular sitcoms in syndication, outperforming many much bigger
prime time hits, including all the other MTM
Enterprises
sitcoms.
The
series won a Humanitas
Prize
and received 10 Emmy
Award
nominations, including three for Outstanding Comedy Series. Andy
Ackerman
won an Emmy Award for Videotape Editing in season 3.
The story is about a new programming director Andy
Travis who tries to turn around struggling radio station WKRP. He
had well-meaning support and efforts of the mostly-incompetent staff
like bumbling station manager Arthur
Carlson, oily sales manager Herb
Tarlek, and clueless news director Les
Nessman. Another casts are super receptionist Jennifer
Marlowe, enthusiastic junior employee Bailey
Quarters and spaced-out veteran disc jockey Dr.
Johnny Fever. To help improve ratings, Travis, the Programming
Director hires a new disc jockey from New
Orleans, Venus
Flytrap. Lurking in the background and making an occasional
appearance is ruthless business tycoon Mrs.
Carlson, the station's owner.
Characters
on the show were based on real people, including those known by
executive producer Hugh
Wilson.
The character of Arthur Carlson was based on an actual person, as was
Dr. Johnny Fever. The real Arthur Carlson managed a group of radio
stations across the country under the name Susquehanna
Radio.
Such as WKRP’s writer Bill Dial had worked with Harper at WQXI, and
the same is considered as Dial's inspiration for the series. Hugh
Wilson was also an advertisement man in Atlanta before going on to
create WKRP in Cincinnati. Coincidentally, Harper had worked at
Cincinnati AM Top 40 powerhouse WSAI in 1964 afterward he moved to
another 11 stations which included 7 in Atlanta too.
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