All I ever heard it called was the graveyard shift. I did a LOT of graveyards on WYBC in New Haven back in the day.

You are correct about the music licensing issue. Les Nessman trying on the rug he bought from one of the station's sponsors just isn't the same without Foreigner's "Hot Blooded". Jennifer gently lifting it off his head, however, is still classic.

I worked midnight to 6am six days a week as a 16 year old. It kind of put a damper on my social life that summer.

I watch it on YOUtUBE every year with fond, if poignant memories.

Too bad the two remaining living actors didn't join in...

Gordon Jump (Mr. Carlson) died over a decade ago.

I knowza guy who once sold a washer/dryer set to the Big Guy (Gordon Jump).

When I was a young radio announcer at the same time as WKRP, most of the annoucers started calling our GM 'big guy'.

but my first thought was "Crap. Bailey did NOT age well."

"Morrison, Morrison,
He's a man with a jack
A man with a spare...
...bye bye!"

Here are a couple of my favorite clips.

Bailey Quarters can have all my stuff. It wouldn't take much more than a small U-Haul trailer to get all of it.