Cincinnati FM station ‘The Oasis’ acquired the WKRP call letters from a North Carolina nonprofit via auction, launching with six hours of the sitcom’s theme song.
Key Takeaways
The Oasis purchased WKRP call letters from a Raleigh-based nonprofit that auctioned them as a fundraiser.
Launch programming: theme song looped for six hours; ongoing format is classic rock from the ‘60s through ‘80s, matching the 1978-82 sitcom’s era.
Gary Sandy, who played program director Andy Travis on the original show, recorded station promos for the revived WKRP.
The original WKRP sitcom ran 1978-82; episodes are available on YouTube.
Hacker News Comment Review
Commenters flagged that WKRP on streaming remains blocked by music licensing issues, a problem also noted with Rocky and Bullwinkle where replacement music degraded the product significantly.
The Thanksgiving turkey-drop episode was cited unprompted by multiple commenters as a cultural memory that spread with no social media, illustrating pre-internet meme persistence.
Notable Comments
@wishfish: Radio Retrofit project reconstructed ~6 hours of WKRP radio by combining actual show station breaks with full-length songs; MP3 downloads available for both Johnny Fever and Venus Flytrap sets.
