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Revision as of 00:57, 13 February 2011
Doctor Who aired in these cities, on these channels:
Rochester
WXXI
Channel 21 (PBS)
- 1977: Circa February 1977, WXXI screened the Jon Pertwee stories.
- 1978: WXXI screened the Tom Baker stories from 1978.
- 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors airs.
- 1985: Channel 21 recycles stories from Robot to The Caves of Androzani daily at least twice.
- 1989: As part of a pledge drive, WXXI-TV showed the documentary Doctor Who's Who's Who as a lead-in to the season premiere Remembrance of the Daleks.
- 1989: The station aired the 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories, five Patrick Troughton stories and 24 Jon Pertwee stories, followed by the other Doctors.
- 1989-1992: It took three years to play all the surviving installments of the entire series. This would be WXXI's last-ever complete run of the entire series...
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Buffalo
WNED
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Channel 17 (PBS)
- 25 October 1977: WNED screened Doctor Who, weeknights at 6.30pm in tandem with WXXI (from 1977 through until 1987). It was during screenings of the Jon Pertwee stories in 1977/78 that off-air recordings were made by Tom Lundy, which were later instrumental in the reconstruction from black and white back into colour.
- 1979: The series aired weeknights at 6.00pm.
- 1982: Starting with the Peter Davison stories, the series moved to Saturdays.
- 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors airs.
- 1987: Part-way through the run of William Hartnell stories, WNED screens The Trial of a Time Lord.
- 1987 WNED completes its screening of the William Hartnell stories and Patrick Troughton stories by September 1987.
- 1990: In the 1990s, Doctor Who aired in omnibus movie form, Saturdays at 4.00pm. The 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories were played for the second time during this run.
- 1991: By February 1991, Doctor Who had been dropped.
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- 1988 promo
- Commercial with John Nathan-Turner and Janet Fielding
- Various clips including The Ambassadors of Death in color
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New York City
Note: airdates for channels in the New York City area are incomplete due to spotty coverage in the New York Times. Your help is needed: BroaDWcast@hotmail.com
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Channel 9 (Independent)
- 7 October 1978: At 6.30pm, Tom Baker makes his debut in New York State. WOR-TV (aka WWOR) was one of the earliest stations in the United States to broadcast the Tom Baker stories.
- Stories aired in production order, so The Sontaran Experiment preceded The Ark in Space.
- From 6 January 1979, the series shifted to the earlier time of 5.00pm, but was often pre-empted by baseball.
- From August 1982, to October 1983, two episodes aired back to back, Saturdays between 10.00am and 11.00am.
- 1983: The series aired in one-hour slots, from 10.00am on Saturday mornings.
- By February 1991, Doctor Who had been dropped.
WNYC
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Channel 31 (PBS)
- 2 September 1985: Began airing Doctor Who daily at 10:30pm.
- 1986: WNYC screened the 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories, five Patrick Troughton stories and 24 Jon Pertwee stories, on Fridays, in omnibus editions, usually from 9.00 to 10.30pm.
- When Resurrection of the Daleks aired in its omnibus "movie" version on WNYC, it was complete: most editions of this story seen elsewhere in the US had sections of music and special effects missing.
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Garden City / Long Island
WLIW
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Channel 21 (PBS) (networked with WLIU))
- 6 February 1984: The Tom Baker stories commence, weekdays at 7.00pm.
- Genesis of the Daleks aired the week of 20 February 1984.
- Image of the Fendahl aired from 4 June 1984.
- The Sun Makers aired from 8 June 1984.
- 1986: The series screened episodically weekdays, at 6.30pm, with a late night omnibus edition on Sundays. By December the weekly screenings had ended, leaving only the Sunday omnibus editions, at 7.00 to 9.00pm.
- 1987: The 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories, five Patrick Troughton stories and 24 Jon Pertwee stories aired.
- 15 August 1987 The War Games is broadcast in its entirety, 6-11pm. The pledge break between episodes 1 and 2 is here.
- PLEDGE / PROMO: 1987 PLEDGE DRIVE (This promo aired after The War Games.)
- 1992: WLIW drops the series.
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Schenectady
WMHT
Channel 17 (Educational Telecommunications)
- 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors airs.
- 1987: The 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories and five Patrick Troughton stories aired.
- 1987: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories aired, with a repeat in 1989.
- 1992: The recently recovered The Tomb of the Cybermen screened.
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Binghamton
WSKG
Channel 46 (PBS)
- 1988: Screened the 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories in 1988.
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Syracuse
WCNY
Channel 24 (PBS)
- 1978: The Tom Baker stories screen.
- 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors airs.
- 1989: Screened the 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories circa 1989.
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Plattsburgh
WCFE
Channel 57 (PBS) (Mountain Lake PBS)
- 1989: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories aired circa 1989.
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Champion Hill / Norwood
WNPE / WNPI
Channel 16 (PBS)
- 1980s: Screened episodes in the late 1980s.
- 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors airs.
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