Someone tracked all the songs played on "WKRP in Cincinnati"

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@WimBonner

As great as that sounds, I’ve heard that WKRP was one of those shows that originally aired with one set of music, but didn’t have perpetual rights on the music and so different music was plugged in for syndication.

Does anyone have definitive answer to this?

You’re likely correct. Seems like it was either re-edit once the rights were up or be barred from syndication and home video like “The Wonder Years” was. Here’s some background:

The weird legal reason many of your favorite shows aren’t on DVD

WKRP In Perpetuity