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| − | '''Doctor Who''' aired in these cities, on these channels. (The [[Tom Baker stories]] made their '''US debut''' in this state (along with [[Massachusetts]]) in 1978.)
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| − | ==[[wikipedia:Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]]==
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| − | ===[[wikipedia:WLNE-TV|WTEV]]===
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| − | [[File:WGBH Baker.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Dr Who billing 28 August 1978]]
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| − | '''Channel 6 (CBS)''' (see also [[Massachusetts]])
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| − | *The '''16 August 1978''' issue of ''Variety'' magazine (see [[United States--1978]]) lists "PROVIDENCE" as one of 17 cities to which the [[Tom Baker stories]] of '''Doctor Who''' had been sold. Presumably, this is Providence, Rhode Island. The only station serving that state known to have screened the series in 1978, was WTEV, a CBS-affiliated television station for Rhode Island and the South Coast of [[Massachusetts]], licensed to [[Massachusetts#New_Bedford|New Bedford, Massachusetts]], but headquartered in and operated from studios in downtown Providence, Rhode Island.
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| − | *The [[Tom Baker stories]] had their US debut on WTEV on '''28 August 1978'''.
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| − | *In the '''March 1979''' issue of '''Starlog''' magazine (issue 21; cover dated April), a reader from East Providence, Rhode Island, wrote to say she had become hooked on '''Doctor Who''' with the [[Tom Baker stories]]. Presumably she was viewing the series from one of the [[Massachusetts]] stations.
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