[78-L] OFF TOPIC - WKRP tv series

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There was one similarity with the one commercial station where I  
worked. We were the money loser - for tax purposes - owned by a  
company that made too much money. I seem to recal an episode where  
that and the plague of absentee owners were the topic and that all  
rang true to the T.

Oh, and the knockout blonde was true, too. Seems like she was the  
receptionist on the show. Ours was the cleaning lady.  When the  
economy shifted and the parent company was in trouble they moved our  
format from MOR to sports talk (thats when I left) and moved her into  
sales.  Kind of a Hooters ploy. Dunno if it worked or not but sure  
seemed reasonable enough at the time. I went into insurance.

Perhaps the lasting appeal of that program is summed up in the turkey  
episode. I don't remember much else about it.


Sent from my iPod - which explainz any bad typjng


On Nov 1, 2014, at 9:33 PM, David Lennick  
<dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid> wrote:

>
> I thought it was a total crock. Seriously. Real radio stations were  
> MUCH
> crazier, even sedate beautiful music stations like CHFI. I do not  
> know why this
> series is held in such high esteem.
>
> dl
>
> On 11/1/2014 8:51 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>>
>> The TV series WKRP IN CINCINATTI has recently been released on DVD.
>>
>> Since there are some (former) DJs on the list, wondered how they  
>> regard
>>
>> the depiction of life as a DJ at a small station in this series???
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Thomas.
>>
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