"W K R P...." Inside joke? Meaning "W-Crap..." as in what adults call rock music???

Something I have been wondering lately: If you think about it, "WKRP in Cincinnati"; the name "WKRP" is this an inside joke???


Think about it "WKRP" means? "W-Crap."?


As in "how can you stand to listen to that crap???"

Here is something 'discovered' years later: in 1978, there was a movie called "FM" Q-SKY is the #1 radio station in Los Angeles mainly because of the music they play, and running the station the way they want to. It has led them to a ratings success. The interesting radio personalities include: Jeff Dugan, rebellious head of the radio station; Mother, who is burned out from being a DJ; Eric Swan, a self centered romantic who wants more than just being a DJ; The Prince of Darkness, the hip night DJ; and Laura Coe, the easy-going type. The movie focuses on the battle between Jeff and his corporate bosses, who want more advertising and less music. STARRING Eileen Brennan & Alex Karras. (A good idea for a movie ruined by a silly silly script) STILL ON VHS (I have still sealed copies) AT VIDEO STORES IF YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH. Not sure if this was a pre-cursor to "WKRP in Cincinnati"???

When I was too young to understand, "WKRP in Cincinnati" was in its heydey. I didnt understand the characters, plotlines, ect...but the ending theme allways fascinated me (and I had other bizarre thoughts also) but too bad the voice over allways spoiled it. But in some re-runs the voice over was not there!!! but what I didnt realise...

The show was one of the earliest to extensively use contemporary music by big groups and artists of the time...The songs were often tied into the plot of the episode. Music licensing deals cut at the time of production were for a limited amount of time (approximately ten years). In addition, the show was videotaped rather than filmed because it was cheaper to get the rights to rock songs for a taped show. Once the licenses expired, later syndicated versions of the show did not feature the music as first broadcast, but rather generic "sound-alikes" by studio musicians in order to avoid paying additional royalties. In some cases (when the music was playing in the background of a dialogue scene), some of the characters' lines had to be redubbed by sound-alike actors. This was evident in all prints of the show issued since the early 1990s,

That explaines to me why, when a local UHF station began showing re runs of this in the mid 1990's or so, "Happy Days" & "Lavern & Shirley", that original music was used, such as references to "Pink Floyd" & "The Stones"...but then when the first season was released on DVD, it got bad reviews. To remove the songs you also had to remove some of the jokes. I have a video of some episodes from the last season from 1990's syndication.

As a result, production on a WKRP DVD was delayed for years because of the expense of procuring music licenses. It was feared that fans would reject edited versions. 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. In addition, some scenes have been cut or truncated and voice overs used to avoid using unlicensed musical content.[15] According to TV Guide magazine, creator Hugh Wilson said he was "satisfied" with the final product for DVD release.

YEARS LATER AFTER WKRP WAS OFF THE AIR, we didnt have the internet, we had "Entertainment Tonight" (which later did a documentary...) and q&a in TV guide's.... then an entertainment tonight documentary...


The closing theme, "WKRP In Cincinnati End Credits", was a hard rock number composed and performed by Jim Ellis. According to people who attended the recording sessions, Ellis didn't yet have lyrics for the closing theme, so he sang nonsense words to give an idea of how it would sound. Wilson decided it would be funny to use lyrics that were deliberately gibberish, as a satire on the incomprehensibility of many rock songs. Also, since CBS always had an announcer talking over the closing credits, Wilson knew that no one would actually hear the closing theme lyrics anyway.

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[OldMusicOnVinyl1]

0:39 MTM Enterprises brings you Mimsie... lol!

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

@OldMusicOnVinyl1

the cat had a name?

[mfurman6969]

W KRaP

always wondered how they chose those letters



[mfurman6969]

I never thought of that, but holy shit that's totally true. WKRP gets one more laugh out of me. Freaking awesome!

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@JB4375 in reality there is dvd's of all seasons with all original music

you can order them online

[MichaelHansenFUN]

man i did this wrong

[MichaelHansenFUN]

@G8GT364CI it was on the worst rock movies list but i have the VHS and widescreen and it is funny!!!

[G8GT364CI]

@TEMPmichaelhansen I remember that movie, it was great and FM radio was really like the movie, check it out, great music in it, Steely Dan's tune FM was the title theme of it and was written for the movie.

[JB4375]

@TempMichael - I can't remember all the details. I think WKRP had already shot a few epsidoes but hadn't been released. I thought the same thing for years. I don't know if KRP was a joke. I do remember an episode where they had a new mascot. The WKRP Carp. Also, Music rights are the same reason The Wonder Years hasn't ever been on released DVD. Friggin Lawyers take the fun out of everything. PS Thanks for the info on the ending credit lyrics, by the way. Funny story.

[SnugglySara]

@TEMPmichaelhansen Yup. And she's absolutely adorable!

[OldMusicOnVinyl1]

@TEMPmichaelhansen El correcto!