‘Up and Down the Dial’ airs as series finale on ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ 30 years ago this hour (1982)

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(Wednesday, April 21, 1982, 8:30 p.m. EST) — Just as WKRP hits #6 in the ratings, Mama Carlson announces that she plans to switch the format of the station to 24 hours a day of news on tonight’s final episode of the CBS-TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.