KCET

Radio Times, 14-20 November 1992, promoting the colourised repeat

first airing, July 1, 1975

Note the quotation from the Philadelphia Inquirer describing the first-ever airing in the US

KCET

Channel 28 (PBS)

Dr Who Debuts! 1 July 1975	The Ambassadors of Death, August 1975	Inferno, Part 7, 18 November 1975	Los Angeles loves Doctor Who! (Los Angeles Times, 1 July 1975) An opposing viewpoint (Long Beach Press-Telegram, 1 July 1975)
The Mind of Evil, Part 1, 23 December 1975	The Mind of Evil, Part 6, 3 February 1976	The Claws of Axos, Part 1, 17 February 1976
The Claws of Axos, Part 4, 9 March 1976	The Daemons, Part 1, 23 March 1976	The Daemons, April 1976

Bakersfield TV Week, 29 June 1975

• 1 July 1975: Doctor Who begins screening Tuesdays at 7.30pm with the Jon Pertwee stories.
• 6 June 1976: The series moves to Sunday nights.
• 9 October 1976: Now Saturday evenings.
• 29 January 1977: Saturday night airings end.
• 10 September 1977: A surprise run of Saturday afternoon airings begins.
• 15 October 1977: An airing watched by no one as it aired opposite game 4 of the Dodgers/Yankees World Series.
• 19 November 1977: The Daemons airs as a compilation with one intermission. A recording of this broadcast is used to colorize telerecordings for eventual VHS and DVD releases. Does this run feature the first American compilation broadcasts?
• 31 December 1977: The series is dropped until 1983. During the hiatus, KBSC screens the Tom Baker series.

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• 3 December 1983: After a six year break, KCET picks up Doctor Who again with The Five Doctors, but passes on the nationwide broadcast.
• 7 January 1984: The Tom Baker stories commence their run, and air for several years on a repeat cycle.
• 1984: The reissued 14 colour Jon Pertwee stories air.
• 9 March 1985: The Talons of Weng-Chiang airs for the second and last time. KCET pulls the episode after complaints from the Asian-American community. It doesn't air during Tom Baker's three other runs.
• December 1985: The full package of the 24 reissued Jon Pertwee stories commences.
• 1986-1987: Omnibus editions air, Saturdays, usually 1.00 to 2.30pm.
• 13 June 1987: The Peter Davison stories begin airing.
• 9 October 1987: Sylvester McCoy visits with the Doctor Who Tour (parked at Plummer Park, on Santa Monica Boulevard).
• 31 October 1987: The Colin Baker stories commence. During 1987, the series screened Saturdays, at 1.00pm.
• 28 November 1987: The broadcast of Revelation of the Daleks was interrupted mid-way due to a transmission fault. The story was "repeated" the following Friday, around 11.30pm.
• January 1988: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories aired, with a repeat in 1991.
• 17 March 1990: The first run of Sylvester McCoy stories airs.
• 1990: Compilation editions air Saturday mornings, sometimes from 10.50am.
• 1992: During 1992, the series airs in omnibus editions from 9.00am to 10.30am on Saturday mornings.
• 1993: During 1993, the series airs in 90 minute omnibus editions from 8.00am to 9.30am on Saturday mornings, although in November and December, the timeslot is reduced to only one hour.
• 18 December 1993: KCET drops Doctor Who.

Media

• CLIP: TOM BAKER KCET Pledge