WKRP In Cincinnati Theme

This is a montage that I put together as one of the various videos for the opening of a management meetings at my company. The managers were coming to Cincinnati from all over the globe and we wanted short films that related to the city and our daily themes.

Portions of this video (and others) were used to create the "Welcome to Cincinnati" video used to open the week of meetings.

From Wikipedia:
WKRP had two musical themes, one opening and the other closing the show. 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. An urban legend had circulated at the time that Richard Sanders (who had comparable vocal characteristics to Carlisle) had actually recorded the song. Wilson stated in the commentary for the first season's DVD set that this was simply not true.

A full-length version of the original theme song was released in 1979 on a 45 rpm vinyl single on the MCA Records label. It peaked at 65 on the Pop Singles chart in 1981 and at 29 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1982. The lyrics refer to the life of character Andy Travis.

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• Covington
• bridges
• zoo
• driving

[SPIKENOTRE]

how many people knew that Les Nessman sang this song ? (dont believe me ? listen to it !! )

[rwoolf]

From Wikipedia:

WKRP had two musical themes, one opening and the other closing the show. 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. An urban legend had circulated at the time that Richard Sanders (who had comparable vocal characteristics to Carlisle) had actually recorded the song. Wilson stated in the commentary for the first season's DVD set that this was simply not true.

[roberthickerson]

Half of that comes from my aunt's state of Kentucky. The Basilica of the Assumption is wonderful, but it's in Covington. Cincinnati has a better cathedral with St. Peter in Chains. However, it's great.

[rwoolf]

You are correct about the many pictures being of Newport and Covington, Kentucky. While not technically Cincinnati proper, Northern Kentucky makes up the southern half of the greater Cincinnati area.

I created this video to showcase the area for international travelers to a business conference being held at my company's Covington, KY office. The "WKRP in Cincinnati" theme song worked well for background music as most have heard it before and it is related to the area.

[MrBlueRuin]

Bailey over Jennifer hands down!!

[runnersareus]

Oh, how I loved all these oldies shows ... I could listen to their themes over & over. And this video is very well done, too! Nice!

[wondertrashable]

perhaps the greatest tv sitcom ever

[manga12]

@JeffK1980 there is an internet radio and entertainment station called wkrp.

[larrydh57]

NICE!

[darkwhitedirewolf]

Theme music for TV shows was even better than todays popular stuff.

[discolives79ify]

I'm 13 and I love this song!

[geoffbruno]

@JeffK1980 The CBS station in Cincinnati is WKRC, which is pretty close...

[Apsu72]

Great vid!

[JeffK1980]

I remember watching this show long time ago. I was wondering if there's a real radio station WKRP in Cincinnati. My guess would be "no".

[lookout5610]

@edt Yeah!

[Bexly]

@edt558 network tv sucks today....we had it great 70s and 80s sitcoms.....no comp! you can add mash, the jeffersons, maude, braney miller..lol thank god for dvds