{"id":2357433,"date":"2026-04-03T19:45:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2357433"},"modified":"2026-04-03T19:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:45:22","slug":"wkrp-call-letters-are-coming-to-cincinnati-radio-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wkrp-call-letters-are-coming-to-cincinnati-radio-report\/","title":{"rendered":"WKRP call letters are coming to Cincinnati radio: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"76565334007\" title=\"Video: Is the 'WKRP in Cincinnati' Thanksgiving episode still good?\" poster=\"http:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/7c3491c9185ac51914985625aab4e00f1d6385e9\/c=0-254-591-589\/local\/-\/media\/Cincinnati\/Cincinnati\/2014\/02\/27\/\/1393521433010-AB-20120916-ENT11-209130803-11.jpg?crop=591,335,x0,y403\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Video: Is the &#8216;WKRP in Cincinnati&#8217; Thanksgiving episode still good?<\/p>\n<p>These Enquirer staffers had never watched the famous &#8220;WKRP in Cincinnati&#8221; Thanksgiving episode. Here&#8217;s what they thought of the 46-year-old episode.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>Cincinnatians, get ready to turn the radio dial to &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/entertainment\/2022\/04\/21\/10-things-you-didnt-know-wkrp-cincinnati\/7382256001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WKRP<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>D.P. McIntire, owner of Oak City Media, a North Carolina-based nonprofit that is auctioning the call letters from the celebrated sitcom &#8220;WKRP in Cincinnati,&#8221; told the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wkrp-cincinnati-radio-station-902d9b9b59481b18fb1aad4da47bb1ff\">Associated Press<\/a> that the fictional radio station may soon become real.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I cannot, by contract, tell you when. I cannot tell you who. But I can tell you, direct to the camera, WKRP, after 48 years, is coming to Cincinnati,\u201d McIntire said. \u201cBook it! It\u2019s done!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"5864453\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>McIntire said that Oak City Media was &#8220;all set to hand off the television-related suffixes \u2013 WKRP-TV and WKRP-DT \u2013 when another group defaulted on the agreement,&#8221; the AP writes. He explains that the Cincinnati deal will likely come to fruition, he just can\u2019t &#8220;legally discuss it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be radio,\u201d he said. \u201cBut that\u2019s all I can tell you at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/oakcitymedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">101.9 WKRP<\/a>, a Raleigh, North Carolina, community radio station that operated with the famous call letters for a decade, announced\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/17Ewx2gkA7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">its plan to cease broadcast operations<\/a>\u00a0in August 2025.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>In the announcement, the station said intellectual property such as logos and slogans associated with the letters may be for sale. The call letters would be transferred for free with the sale of the intellectual property.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">What is &#8216;WKRP in Cincinnati&#8217;?<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;WKRP in Cincinnati&#8221; was a sitcom that ran on CBS for four seasons from 1978 to 1982. The show followed a cast of wacky characters at a struggling radio station. Some people might be familiar with the show from one line alone: &#8220;<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/entertainment\/2017\/11\/21\/cincinnati-thanksgiving-time-wkrp-thought-turkeys-could-fly\/883643001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>No Cincinnati broadcaster has ever used the WKRP call letters before, according to the Museum of Broadcast Communications.<\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-04-03 17:48:27.649236202 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-04-03 18:37:44.282142564 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.cincinnati.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video: Is the &#8216;WKRP in Cincinnati&#8217; Thanksgiving episode still good? These Enquirer staffers had never watched the famous &#8220;WKRP in Cincinnati&#8221; Thanksgiving episode. Here&#8217;s what they thought of the 46-year-old episode. Cincinnatians, get ready to turn the radio dial to &#8220;WKRP.&#8221; D.P. 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