At the point when a Cincinnati radio station changes from quiet music to main 40 shake "n" move, its staff of crackpot characters needs to switch outfits rapidly. New program chief Andy Travis gets a DJ named Venus Flytrap to work with the station's wore out veteran, Dr. Johnny Fever. Masochist newsman Les Nessman, anxious beaver Bailey Quarters, shabby salesperson Herb Tarlek, light stunner Jennifer Marlowe - who serves as the station's ultracapable secretary - and station director Arthur Carlson, whose tyrannical mother possesses WKRP, round out the unusual pack.