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*'''16 October 1986''': '''Doctor Who''' premieres with [[The Five Doctors]].  It is '''WQEX''''s first day of broadcasting in color.
*'''16 October 1986''': '''Doctor Who''' premieres with [[The Five Doctors]].
 
 
*'''17 October 1986''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] begin, weeknights at 7:30 and compilations Sunday nights at 5:30.
 
*'''17 October 1986''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] begin, weeknights at 7:30 and compilations Sunday nights at 5:30.
 
*'''1987''': Screened the 17 repackaged [[William Hartnell stories]].  
 
*'''1987''': Screened the 17 repackaged [[William Hartnell stories]].  
 
*'''1987''': Screened the 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]].  
 
*'''1987''': Screened the 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]].  
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*'''1988''': [[Tom Baker]] stories repeated again. Some of these episodes had on-camera introductions by Pip Theodor or other station personalities. Around that time, Baker was interviewed for a pledge drive. 
 
*'''17 May 1988''': [[Sylvester McCoy stories]] debuts.   
 
*'''17 May 1988''': [[Sylvester McCoy stories]] debuts.   
 
*'''18 July 1998''': [[WQED]] begins simulcasting WQEX's broadcasts.
 
*'''18 July 1998''': [[WQED]] begins simulcasting WQEX's broadcasts.
 
*'''21 October 2000''': A special pledge drive night with Sylvester McCoy in studio.  The event was taped for later rebroadcast in other PBS markets.
 
*'''21 October 2000''': A special pledge drive night with Sylvester McCoy in studio.  The event was taped for later rebroadcast in other PBS markets.
 
*'''22 February 2003''': '''Doctor Who''' ends in Pittsburgh.
 
*'''22 February 2003''': '''Doctor Who''' ends in Pittsburgh.
[[File:1986-10-16 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct. 16, 1986]]
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|[[File:1986-10-16 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.jpg|250px|thumb|Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct. 16, 1986]]
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|[[File:1986-10 Pittsburgh.jpg|150px|thumb|Pittsburgh Magazine, Oct. 1986]]}}
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==Media==
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Latest revision as of 10:10, 18 September 2024

TV Guide, Oct. 11, 1986
WQEX
Pittsburgh
Network: PBS Channel(s): 16
First airing: 1986 Last airing: 2003

== AIRDATES ==


  • 16 October 1986: Doctor Who premieres with The Five Doctors. It is WQEX's first day of broadcasting in color.
  • 17 October 1986: The Tom Baker stories begin, weeknights at 7:30 and compilations Sunday nights at 5:30.
  • 1987: Screened the 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories.
  • 1987: Screened the 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories.
  • 1988: Tom Baker stories repeated again. Some of these episodes had on-camera introductions by Pip Theodor or other station personalities. Around that time, Baker was interviewed for a pledge drive.
  • 17 May 1988: Sylvester McCoy stories debuts.
  • 18 July 1998: WQED begins simulcasting WQEX's broadcasts.
  • 21 October 2000: A special pledge drive night with Sylvester McCoy in studio. The event was taped for later rebroadcast in other PBS markets.
  • 22 February 2003: Doctor Who ends in Pittsburgh.


Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct. 16, 1986
Pittsburgh Magazine, Oct. 1986


Media



Oct. 1986



Oct. 1986




2001 pledge break, part 1



2001 pledge break, part 2