WKRP in CINCINNATI

 

By Doug Boilesen, 2020

The WKRP in CINCINNATI phonograph made by Vanity Fair was designed to be the Disc Jockey Control Center for radio station WKRP. "WKRP in Cincinnati" was an American television sitcom was about "the misadventures of the staff of a struggling fictional AM radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio." The first episode of this television series was on September 18, 1978. The fourth and final season ended on April 21, 1982.

For more details about the television show see Wikipedia's WKRP in Cincinnati.

 

WKRP in Cincinnati Disc Jockey Control Center, Vanity Fair, 1982 (FP0388)

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See Phonographia's VANITY FAIR PHONOGRAPHS for other record players and ads.

See The Dictionary of Phonographia for "disc jockey."

 

Archie's Joke Book, August 1966 (PM-0034)

 

Postcard, printed in Great Britain, c. 1960 (PM-1181)

 

"Johnny puts a disc jockey on the beam!" Newspaper ad, c. 1940's.

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