Think Hollywood has run out of good ideas? They have, and so has everyone else.
An off the beaten grid TV station in Cincinnati has followed the trend by pilfering the dead 70's sitcom archive and changing its call letters from WBQC to WKRP – as in "WKRP" in Cincinnati – get it? Now will you watch their damn shows?
No word if the program directors will be changing their names to Johnny Fever and Venus Fly Trap.
Filed under: TV, Wacky & Weird
1. Lawsuit to follow.
Posted at 11:46AM on Nov 29th 2008 by kan
2. I live in Cincinnati and I've never heard of this station...ever! It just goes to show you how desperate they are. And I wont be watching now that they've changed their name either!
Posted at 11:53AM on Nov 29th 2008 by Ashley
3. LONG LIVE WKRP.
Posted at 12:16PM on Nov 29th 2008 by DOUCHE
4. I dont get it.
Posted at 12:21PM on Nov 29th 2008 by Glueybluey
5. Will they be tossing live turkeys out of helocopters for the holidays?
Posted at 12:38PM on Nov 29th 2008 by hello, it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s me
6. WKRAP.
Posted at 1:30PM on Nov 29th 2008 by Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeaah!
7. Andy Travis was the Program Director. Fever and Flytrap were DJ's. Remember: WKRP with more music and Les Nessman? Funny stuff. Loved the remote braodcast episode with livewire Hamilton Camp.
Posted at 1:54PM on Nov 29th 2008 by Luke Warmwater
8. I used to live in Cincinnati - there was (maybe still is) a WKRC TV station and WKRQ (was - maybe still is - a FM station)....my ex worked for WKRQ
Posted at 3:43PM on Nov 29th 2008 by Tall Blonde
9. #7 - *LOL* - "tossin' live turkeys" was actually a radio stunt done by WQXI in Atlanta, GA - supposedly gave the inspiration of the story to the WKRP writers
Posted at 3:47PM on Nov 29th 2008 by Tall Blonde
10. krp is my fave. shame we no longer have a good comady to watch .im willing to tri it though . i quess it will be a hip hop station sigh.people cant make good shows any more they fail. no one younger 40 has an imagination
Posted at 4:34PM on Nov 29th 2008 by ms.r
11. As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
Posted at 4:38PM on Nov 29th 2008 by Arthur Carlson
12. I live in Cincinnati...what station is WBQC, never heard of it! If it's public access then it will match the garbage they call talent that they put on our public access channel. The idea of having a station in Cincinnati as WKRP is not so bad, but most of us have never heard of the channel to begin with, SO its not going to make much of a difference!
Posted at 10:47PM on Nov 29th 2008 by Erica
13. This station is in Lebanon Tennessee on channel 6. It is a low power station and they show a lot of cool 70's shows. They are not trying to recreate wkrp radio but just the feeling of that era. I watch it and its a very cool station with alot of shows i watched growing up.
Posted at 7:51PM on Nov 30th 2008 by The5thHorseman
14. You can check them out at wkrptv.com
Posted at 7:53PM on Nov 30th 2008 by The5thHorseman
15. I'm from the Kentucky side of Greater Cincinnati. I have never heard of WBQC, but according to the local paper, it's apparently the former WB affiliate. While I'm sure they think this is a clever marketing ploy, it just sounds ridiculous to me. And for what? It's a station that broadcasts in a 10-15 mile radius.
And, for Tall Blonde, WKRC is the CBS affiliate and WKRQ is the popular top 40 radio station.
Posted at 1:57AM on Dec 1st 2008 by Loni
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