He is the brother of Bucky Dornster, who held the same job on the original WKRP and was played twice ( on " Holdup " and " Baseball ") by series head writer Bill Dial, who reprised the role once in a cameo on the revival.

* Hugh Wilson ( Class of 1961 ), Movie director / writer, Creator of WKRP in Cinncinnati, Emmy winner

Dolman had worked with Howard on a 1983 television pilot called Little Shots that had not resulted in a series, and Lucas admired Dolman's work on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.

He has also worked with former WKRP morning DJ Dr. Johnny Fever at a radio station in Pittsburgh.

In 1979, in the TV series WKRP In Cincinnati, Dr. Johnny Fever explained a past arrest in Mexico, " It was a minor misunderstanding one night with 145 Mexican cops.

WKRP is sometimes promoted as " The station with more music and Les Nessman.

The opening theme, called " WKRP In Cincinnati Main Theme ", was composed by Tom Wells, with lyrics by series creator Hugh Wilson, and performed by Steve Carlisle.

However, as was done with many other television series, the DVD release of WKRP in Cincinnati — Season One has much of the music replaced by generic substitutes.

Additionally, the episode closed with the opening seconds of " Lotta Love " by Nicolette Larsen, which was replaced by a portion of the WKRP closing theme.

Out of all the staff, Johnny appears to be the closest to fellow DJ Venus Flytrap, to the point where Venus gives him financial advice, bets on horses and football games with him, and even knows which seedy bars Johnny spends time at ( for his part, Venus once claimed that he came to WKRP specifically " to work with the Doctor ").

His co-workers at WKRP throw him a party where they try to convince him not to leave ; he admits how much he loves and cares about the people he works with.

She was co-host of America's Funniest People with Dave Coulier from 1992-4, and was a regular cast member on The New WKRP in Cincinnati from 1991-3.

WKRP episodes which included dropping turkeys from a helicopter and the " dancing ducks promotion ," with ducks dancing on hot plates, were actually done by Jerry Blum at WQXI.

Some of these character traits came from the actress who played Bailey, Jan Smithers, who was herself involved with animal-rights and clean-energy causes ; as with many of the WKRP characters, elements of the actor were incorporated into the character, giving the character more depth as the show went on.

She also has a strong friendship with Venus Flytrap ( WKRP in Cincinnati ).

The character of Bailey joined WKRP with a journalism degree and advanced from creating promotions to writing news copy to news broadcasting.

The familiar opening and closing themes from its parent series were retained ( in fact, for the first several episodes the series was still identified as WKRP in Cincinnati and used a nearly identical opening sequence to the original series except with updated cast names ; the The New portion was not added until later, when clips of the starring actors were added to the title sequence ).

In addition to being called upon for her expertise in psychology, she also has appeared on a number of TV shows, including Saturday Night Live, CHiPs, Simon & Simon, Ellery Queen, Mama's Family, Taxi, Happy Days, Police Squad !, Police Woman, Night Court, The Nanny, Frasier, The Andy Dick Show, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, One Life to Live, WKRP in Cincinnati, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Mr. Belvedere, Married ... with Children, Entourage, The Simpsons, All That, Kenan & Kel, The Steve Harvey Show, My Two Dads, Melrose Place, ALF, The Larry Sanders Show, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Late Night with Conan O ' Brien and Moonlighting.

On television, she appeared in the first episode as the imperious mother of Gordon Jump in WKRP in Cincinnati ; as the troubled grandmother of Melanie Mayron in the comedy-drama Thirtysomething and, finally, as the crotchety travel clerk on the short-lived late-1990s revival of Fantasy Island with Malcolm McDowell, Fyvush Finkel and Mädchen Amick.

Known for his active involvement in local politics and his passion for jazz and The Great American Songbook, McIntyre's background includes work as television writer-producer with credits including Married ... with Children, WKRP in Cincinnati, Full House, Mike Hammer and the critically acclaimed PBS series, Liberty's Kids, which earned McIntyre a Humanitas Prize nomination.

The channel would soon begin a slow change in its programming lineup, starting with the introduction of the " Out of Sight Retro Night " block on Sunday evenings, featuring classic television sitcoms ( such as WKRP in Cincinnati, Newhart, ALF, Barney Miller and The Honeymooners ), some of which aired on WGN prior to the Syndex era, or even after the start of Syndex on the Chicago signal only.

McClurg is known for a number of roles, including Mrs. Burns in A River Runs Through It ; Mr. Rooney's secretary Grace in Ferris Bueller's Day Off ; Lucille Tarlek on WKRP in Cincinnati ; Lynn in She's Having a Baby ; perky PTA member ( and ally of Stella Johnson ), Willamae Jones, in the television remake of Harper Valley PTA ; motherly and very friendly next-door neighbor Mrs. Patty Poole on The Hogan Family, nosy next-door neighbor Bonnie Brindle on Small Wonder, the car-rental agent whom Steve Martin berates in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Mrs. Violet Bleakman on Clifford the Big Red Dog ; and as Mrs. Beeker on the long-running family drama 7th Heaven.

In the final episode of the series, it is revealed that she had always intended WKRP to lose money ( for the tax writeoff ), which explains why she allows the incompetent employees to continue working at the station.

WKRP was given a new timeslot, one of the best on the network, following M * A * S * H. This allowed creator Hugh Wilson to move away from farcical radio-based stories, which is what CBS mostly wanted at the beginning, and start telling stories that, while not necessarily serious, were more low-key and character-based.

The mid-season timeslot change didn't decline the show's success ; WKRP finished at # 22 in the ratings for its second year.

WKRP was videotaped before a live studio audience at Goldenwest Videotape Division, later moving to the CBS Studio Center.

The transmission tower seen at the beginning of WKRP in Cincinnati actually belonged to Cincinnati's NBC affiliate, WLWT.

The building shown as the home of WKRP and referred to as the Osgood R. Flimm Building was the Cincinnati Enquirer Building at 617 Vine St. in downtown Cincinnati.

First making it big in Cincinnati, Ohio at WSAI ( AM ), he moved to Atlanta, Georgia in the late 1960s and joined the staff of WQXI radio, where WKRP in Cincinnati creator Hugh Wilson used him as inspiration for the sitcom's off-the-wall character Dr. Johnny Fever.

) He finally hit " rock bottom ," in his own words, when he landed in Cincinnati at the worst radio station in town, WKRP -- the only station that would hire him.

As a result, Fever and the other DJs on WKRP have to do voiceovers ( done live in that era ) for spots for funeral homes and Red Wigglers, the " Cadillac " of worms ( to which Fever adds the tag line " available at finer worm stores everywhere !").

Slightly inebriated from the office party, Johnny confronts Mrs. Carlson at her home, at which point she admits to Johnny that WKRP was meant to be a liability to her business empire for tax write-off purposes ; the surprise format change was meant to undo the station's unexpected affluence.

Dr. Johnny Fever never leaves the WKRP " family " of employees for the duration of the series, but in the New WKRP in Cincinnati series, he has moved on to at least two more stations.

He arrives at WKRP after the former program director, Steve " The Savage " DeMarco, is fired ( after saying on the air " something you can't say on the air ").

The transmission tower seen at the beginning of the 1978-1982 CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati actually belonged to WLWT — it was located at the WLWT transmitter on 2222 Chickasaw Street.

WQXI was the inspiration for the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.

Jump, Sanders, and Bonner reprised their supporting roles in a spin-off / sequel series, The New WKRP in Cincinnati, which ran from 1991 to 1993 in syndication.

Los Angeles disc jockey Steve Marshall of KNX-FM submitted a spec script for WKRP which was bought by the producers.

The Cincinnati Kids are referenced in an episode of the TV show WKRP in Cincinnati which guest-starred baseball great Sparky Anderson as himself.

The city is the hometown of MacGyver and Stargate SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson, WKRP in Cincinnati star Loni Anderson ( no relation ), and Six Feet Under, Dirty Sexy Money and Parenthood star Peter Krause.

WKRP in Cincinnati is an American situation comedy television series that featured the misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictional radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio.

* Dr. Johnny Fever ( Howard Hesseman ) is a burned-out veteran disc jockey from Los Angeles, who came to WKRP after being fired from a major station there when he said " booger " on the air.

* Mrs. Carlson ( Sylvia Sidney in the series pilot, Carol Bruce afterward ) is Arthur Carlson's ruthless, domineering mother and the owner of WKRP.

Dr. Johnny Fever is an off-the-wall character and disc jockey ( DJ ) on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.

When Andy Travis takes over as program director of WKRP and changes the format to rock n ' roll, Johnny is initially doubtful that he can succeed as the morning man in the new format ; conscious of his own age, Johnny advises Andy to find someone " about fifteen years younger ," but Andy insists that he can handle it-and even gives him permission to say " booger " on the air.

Though the format of WKRP is Top 40, Johnny frequently refuses to play any songs off the station playlist, choosing instead to highlight album-oriented rock and old R & B favorites on his own show.

Later in his WKRP career, Johnny Fever is approached by a female television producer ( Mary Frann ) to be a TV DJ for her disco program ( based on Merv Griffin's Dance Fever ) " Gotta Dance ".

In 1978, he landed his signature role of Arthur " Big Guy " Carlson on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, portraying a bumbling radio station manager whose main qualification for the job is being the son of the station's owner.

Timothy L. " Tim " Reid ( born December 19, 1944 ) is an American actor, comedian and film director best known for his roles in prime time American television programs, such as Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati ( 1978 – 82 ), Marcel " Downtown " Brown on Simon & Simon ( 1983 – 87 ), Ray Campbell on Sister, Sister ( 1994 – 99 ) and William Barnett on That ' 70s Show ( 2004-2006 ).

Reid starred as DJ " Venus Flytrap " on the hit CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, in what is perhaps his best known TV role.

Howard Hesseman ( born February 27, 1940 ) is an American actor best known for playing disc jockey Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati and schoolteacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class.

Karin Jan Smithers ( born July 3, 1949 ) is an American television and film actress best known for playing Bailey Quarters on the television series WKRP in Cincinnati.

Frank Bonner ( born February 28, 1942 ) is an American actor and television director best known for playing sales manager Herb Tarlek on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.

Richard Kinard Sanders ( born August 23, 1940 ) is an American actor best known for playing the quirky news anchorman Les Nessman on the television sitcom, WKRP in Cincinnati.

Besides being an actor, Sanders is a screenwriter, having written, among other works, several episodes of WKRP in Cincinnati.

Gary Sandy ( born December 25, 1945 ) is an American actor, who starred as program director Andy Travis on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.

Bailey Quarters is a character on the television sitcom, WKRP in Cincinnati.

She is originally in charge of just the billing and station traffic, but that changes when Andy Travis takes over as the program director of WKRP.

Although Bailey did not appear in the sequel series, The New WKRP in Cincinnati, it is revealed that she later left broadcasting and became the mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The New WKRP in Cincinnati is a sequel / spin-off of the original CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.