gary sandy played andy travis on wkrp in cincinnati.
who played andy travis on wkrp in cincinnati?
gary sandy
bullet::::- andy travis (gary sandy). for the most part, vice president and program director andy travis serves as the straight man for the eccentric staff of the station he has been hired to run. before coming to wkrp, he had an unblemished record of turning around failing radio stations, but meets his match in his wacky staff members, of whom he becomes reluctantly fond. the show's opening theme song is about andy and his decision to settle down in cincinnati. in the season 4 episode "the creation of venus," andy echoes the opening theme lyrics in talking about his past ("got kinda tired of packing and unpacking, town to town, up and down the dial"). andy usually wears very tight jeans, something to which jennifer marlowe alludes, much to andy's surprise, in the season 2 episode "most improved station".
wkrp in cincinnati
between the end of "wkrp in cincinnati" in 1982 and the start of "the new wkrp in cincinnati" in 1991, he leaves the station. the station's fortunes fall dramatically after his departure, to the point that by the time of "the new wkrp in cincinnati", the station is back in the same position as it was before he arrived. his (apparently) first replacement, steve demarco (an unseen character), is fired for using foul language on air. by the time of the later series, the program director's chair is filled by donovan aderhold (played by mykelti williamson), who disappears in the penultimate episode when he leaves the station, attempts to return, but has his plane disappear. the position is empty in the series finale. andy travis was one of two main cast members from the original series, along with bailey quarters, that never appeared in the new series.
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