Tacoma

KBTC

Channel 27 (PBS) (KTPS, 1961-1992)

Channel 62 (PBS) (KBTC, 1992- )

May 1987: Aired Robot as part of a pledge break.
September 1987: The Tom Baker episodes began properly.
1993: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories aired.
9 October 1995: The first instalment (i.e. "The Mysterious Planet" segment) of The Trial of a Time Lord airs from 9pm to 11pm. This is followed by a further but unidentified omnibus running for only 90 minutes.
1995 onwards: KBTC is one of the only (if not THE only?) PBS stations to still be screening the pre-2005 episodes on a regular basis, seven days a week.
24 January 1998: The station holds a "marathon" starting at 7pm during which it aired The Tomb of the Cybermen and The Curse of Fenric.
From May 1999 episodes air on Saturdays and Sundays only. By 2021 they have reached the Colin Baker era.
16 October 2021: The run cycles back to William Hartnell and An Unearthly Child...
As 2022 arrives, the repeat run has cycled around, and is once again back to the early William Hartnell stories...
Jon Pertwee stories air as 2023 begins; by the end of October his final series (Season 11) is underway...
... and the new year sees Tom Baker yet again in January 2024... and by the middle of the year is still going ...