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| Episode 1 - [The Airplane Show] |
| Details : Trying to compete with WPIG's traffic helicopter Les starts doing traffic reports from a World War I biplane piloted by a crazy war veteran. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Michael Fairman as Shoe Store Owner | Director : Rod Daniel | |
| Air Date : Nov. 01, 1980 |
| Episode 2 - [Jennifer Moves] |
| Details : The staff helps Jennifer move into her new $125000 house in the quiet suburb of Landersville. But she soon finds out that life in Landersville isn't as pleasant as she thought it would be. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Georgia Schmidt | Kenneth Kimmins | Terry Wills | Director : Linda Day | Writer : Hugh Wilson | |
| Air Date : Nov. 08, 1980 |
| Episode 3 - [Real Families] |
| Details : When Herb's family is featured in the show Real Families he is sure that they can serve as an example of a clean living family. Unfortunately the image Herb wants to convey is different from the reality shown on screen. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Edie McClurg as Lucille Tarlek | Peter Marshall | Stacy Heather Tolkin | Director : Rod Daniel | |
| Air Date : Nov. 15, 1980 |
| Episode 4 - [The Baby] |
| Details : Mr. Carlson's wife goes into labor and the WKRP staffers all visit the hospital to be there when she gives birth. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Allyn Ann McLerie | Darian Mathias as Candy Striper | Director : Rod Daniel | Writer : Blake Hunter | |
| Air Date : Nov. 22, 1980 |
| Episode 5 - [Hotel Oceanview] |
| Details : Andy Mr. Carlson and Herb visit Dayton to try and land the advertising account for Vicky Von Vickey jeans. While Mr. Carlson worries about the notorious Dayton poisoner Herb romances an old high school acquaintance and Andy has trouble with his slide projector. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Joyce Brothers as Vicky Von Vickey | Larry Hankin as Mickey Broadhead | Linda Carlson as Nikki Sinckler | Director : Rod Daniel | |
| Air Date : Nov. 29, 1980 |
| Episode 6 - [A Mile In My Shoes] |
| Details : When Herb is called for jury duty Andy takes over as sales manager and soon discovers just how tough it is trying to sell advertising time or collect from deadbeat clients. Meanwhile Venus becomes acting program director and has to deal with Les's plan to disguise himself as a black man so that he can do a series of reports based on the book Black Like Me. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Noble Willingham | Director : Rod Daniel | |
| Air Date : Dec. 06, 1980 |
| Episode 7 - [Bah Humbug] |
| Details : Once again Mr. Carlson plans to give the staffers almost no Christmas bonuses. But in a dream brought on by eating one of Johnny Fever's brownies the ghosts of Christmas past present and future visit him to show him the error of his ways. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Parley Baer | Don Diamond as Delivery Man # 1 | Writer : Lissa Levin | Director : Rod Daniel | |
| Air Date : Dec. 20, 1980 |
| Episode 8 - [Baby It's Cold Inside] |
| Details : On a day when the furnace has broken down Mama Carlson pays a surprise visit to the station and catches Johnny drinking in the broadcast booth. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Carol Bruce | Director : Rod Daniel | Writer : Blake Hunter | |
| Air Date : Jan. 03, 1981 |
| Episode 9 - [The Painting] |
| Details : At Mr. Carlson's church auction Herb buys a painting that Bailey loves. He tries to get Mr. Carlson or Bailey to buy it from him...until he learns that it might be valuable. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Rod Daniel | |
| Air Date : Jan. 10, 1981 |
| Episode 10 - [Daydreams] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Rod Daniel | |
| Air Date : Jan. 17, 1981 |
| Episode 11 - [Frog Story] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Stacy Heather Tolkin | Kenneth Tigar | Director : Rod Daniel | |
| Air Date : Jan. 24, 1981 |
| Episode 12 - [Venus And The Man] |
| Details : The station's cleaning woman asks Venus to convince her big tough teenage son not to drop out of school. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Veronica Redd | Director : Rod Daniel | Writer : Hugh Wilson | |
| Air Date : Jan. 31, 1981 |
| Episode 13 - [Dr Fever And Mr Tide Part 1] |
| Details : Johnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mary Frann | Director : Rod Daniel | Writer : Steve Marshall | |
| Air Date : Feb. 07, 1981 |
| WKRP in Cincinnati Season 3 Episode 14 |
| Episode 14 - [Dr Fever And Mr Tide Part 2] |
| Details : Johnny signs a contract to host a music TV program unaware that the songs will be disco. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mary Frann | Director : Rod Daniel | Writer : Steve Marshall | |
| Air Date : Feb. 07, 1981 |
| Episode 15 - [Ask Jennifer] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Linda Day | |
| Air Date : Feb. 14, 1981 |
| Episode 16 - [I AM Woman] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Lissa Levin | Director : Linda Day | |
| Air Date : Feb. 21, 1981 |
| Episode 17 - [Secrets Of Dayton Heights] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Sam Anderson as Agent Berwick | Director : Frank Bonner | |
| Air Date : Feb. 28, 1981 |
| Episode 18 - [Out To Lunch] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Craig T. Nelson | |
| Air Date : Mar. 14, 1981 |
| Episode 19 - [A Simple Little Wedding] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Allyn Ann McLerie | Carol Bruce | Ian Wolfe | Writer : Blake Hunter | |
| Air Date : Mar. 21, 1981 |
| Episode 20 - [Nothing To Fear But] |
| Details : Everyone is in the grip of urban paranoia after the station is robbed. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Asaad Kelada | |
| Air Date : Mar. 28, 1981 |
| Episode 21 - [Til Debt Do US Part] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Hamilton Camp as Buddy Gravers | Director : Frank Bonner | |
| Air Date : Apr. 05, 1981 |
| Episode 22 - [Clean Up Radio Everywhere] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ralph Manza | Richard Paul | Director : Linda Day | Writer : Hugh Wilson | |
| Air Date : Apr. 12, 1981 |