Nearly 50 Years Later, WKRP in Cincinnati Becomes a Real Radio Station

It took nearly 50 years. WKRP in Cincinnati is no longer just a TV sitcom. It’s now a real radio station in Cincinnati.

A Cincy-area FM station, known as “The Oasis,” has adopted the WKRP call letters after acquiring them from a nonprofit radio station in North Carolina. The Raleigh-based station put the call letters up for auction as part of a fundraising effort. And then The Oasis snapped them up.

To mark the official launch last week, the station played the TV show’s theme song for six straight hours. Moving forward, the station will continue playing classic rock from the ’60s through the ’80s — much like the music featured on the 1978–82 sitcom. As a bonus, Gary Sandy, who played program director Andy Travis, has recorded promos for the revived WKRP. If the original show was before your time, you can watch some episodes on YouTube. Enjoy…

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