You may remember last year that I wrote how WKRP in Cincinnati was an unlikely DVD release. Well, it looks like WKRP in Cincinnati will be available on DVD this week on Tuesday. However, as I reported last year, it is unlikely that much of the original music will make it to the DVD release intact. Roughly ten years ago, the replacement music was already well entrenched on the show. I’m not sure what else will be changed in the newest releases, but you can be pretty sure little will remain from the original show.  Expect cut or changed scenes and dialog to even remove references to popular music that was originally in the show.
I got a copy of the first season of WKRP in Cincinnati and the news is not good. Which is disappointing to say, because I was lobbying for this release and believed – and still believe – that it would have been possible to reduce music costs without damaging the integrity of the show. That’s not what’s happened here.
So someone has already taken the time to put together the changes list. Check it out and see if you are interested in the changed version on DVD or will just remember the show as it was 30 years ago.
[tags]WKRP in Cincinnati on DVD Tuesday 2007-04-24, WKRP now on DVD but with much changed music, Recording Industry continuously working to make consumers less and less interested in their product[/tags]