Episode
WKRP in Cincinnati: Secrets of Dayton Heights
Overview
The Secret Service refuses to grant Les credentials for a Presidential press conference, suspecting him of having radical affiliations. It turns out that the man who raised Les wasn't his father, and that his real father was a card-carrying Communist.
Details
- Series
- WKRP in Cincinnati
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1981-02-28
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Secrets of Dayton Heights is Episode 17 in Season 3 of WKRP in Cincinnati. It aired on 1981-02-28. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 16: I Am Woman
When it is announced that the Flimm Building is to be torn down, Bailey starts a campaign to have the building declared a Cincinnati landmark. Everyone pitches in to help, until Mr. Carlson gets his mother's permission to build a new and better building.
Episode 18: Out to Lunch
Herb's three-martini business lunches with an ad agency representative are causing him to mess up even more than usual, and it begins to seem that his use of alcohol as a sales tool is turning into a drinking problem.
More episodes from this season
Episode 15: Ask Jennifer
When Herb's choice as host of a new call-in advice show proves unable to go on the air, Jennifer takes over and becomes an instant success.
Episode 19: A Simple Little Wedding
In honor of their 25th anniversary, Arthur and Carmen Carlson plan to get married again. They want a small, private ceremony, but Mama Carlson has other ideas.
Episode 14: Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 2
Johnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco.
Episode 20: Nothing to Fear But...
Everyone is in the grip of urban paranoia after the station is robbed.
Episode 13: Dr. Fever and Mr. Tide: Part 1
Johnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco.
Episode 21: Til Debt Do Us Part
When Johnny learns that his first ex-wife is planning to remarry, he is overjoyed at the thought of not having to pay alimony, and celebrates by inviting Bailey to take a trip with him. But he feels less happy about the situation when he meets the obnoxious womanizer his ex-wife is going to marry.
Episode 12: Venus and the Man
The station's cleaning woman asks Venus to convince her big, tough teenage son not to drop out of school.
Episode 22: Clean Up Radio Everywhere
Dr. Bob Halyers, head of the organization Clean Up Radio Broadcasting (CURB), visits Mr. Carlson with a list of obscene songs that he wants the station to stop playing.
Episode 11: Frog Story
Herb has accidentally spray-painted his daughter's pet frog Greenpeace pink, and brings the frog to the station trying to find a way to save its life. Meanwhile, Les convinces Johnny that he is suffering from the dreaded ""schistosomiasis.""
Episode 10: Daydreams
When Mr. Carlson rehearses a dull speech in front of the WKRP staff, all the staffers drift off into daydreams about what they would most like to be: Herb as a Latin-American dictator, Jennifer as a '30s movie star, Les as a reporter covering the Blitz in 1940, Bailey as the President of the United States, Andy as a radio Mafioso, Venus as a standup comedian, and Johnny as a rock star.