WHA

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WHA
Network: PBS	Channel(s): 21
First airing: 1982	Last airing: 1993
== AIRDATES ==

Airwaves, March 1983

Airwaves, December 1984

Airwaves, March 1985

The Ultimate Foe, Airwaves, Oct. 1991

• For other stations in WPT, see Wisconsin Public Television.
• WHA aired in Madison, and on cable in the Milwaukee area.

• 2 October 1982: The Tom Baker stories begin. The series regular slot begins the next day, Sundays nights at 11:30.
• 4 September 1983: The series moves to Sunday afternoons at 5:00.
• 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors airs.
• 3 December 1983: Both Peter Cushing movies air as part of the channel's "Holiday with Friends" 11 day-long membership-drive, from 2 to 12 December. Bizarrely, Daleks' Invasion of Earth [sic] is shown first (at 7pm), followed by Dr Who and the Daleks at 8.45pm.
• 11 December 1983: Once Upon a Time Lord airs. The special would air three more times.
• 11 March 1984: Five episodes, including Castrovalva air as part of The Transformation of Dr. Who Special.
• 16 September 1984: The incomplete Jon Pertwee package begins.
• 2 December 1984: Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD airs following Death to the Daleks.
• 9-10 March 1985: A 26-hour marathon of ten Jon Pertwee stories, including four "new" ones that had not been previously released for the US market. The four "new" stories were: Spearhead from Space, Frontier in Space, Planet of the Daleks, Invasion of the Dinosaurs (in five parts only), which had recently been released by the BBC as part of a complete re-package of all 24 Pertwee adventures. The Illinois/Wisconsin area TV Guide previewed the marathon with a half-page ad. This ad was subsequently used in a flyer at TJ's Comics near Chicago urging local fans to contact the programming department at channel 11. (It wasn't until 1986/87 that WTTW aired these four new stories.)
• 11 January 1986: The Twin Dilemma through Revelation of the Daleks air.
• 7 September 1986: William Hartnell premieres.
• 15 February 1987: Patrick Troughton premieres.
• 16 May 1987: The series moves from its regular 4pm Sunday afternoon slot to Saturdays at 10am.
• 10 October 1987: All 14 episodes of The Trial of a Time Lord air back to back, from 10am to 6pm, with pledge breaks in between the episodes.
• 19 March 1988: The Sylvester McCoy episodes begin, followed by An Interview with Sylvester McCoy.
• 3 September 1989: The series moves to Sundays at 11pm with yet another recycling of the Tom Baker stories starting with Robot. (Incidentally, the series was preceded by Blake's 7 at 10pm.) It stays in this 11pm slot for the next three years.
• 19 August 1990: The package of 24 reissued Jon Pertwee stories commence.
• 17 March 1991: After the Pertwees, a run of Peter Davison stories commence, followed by Colin Baker from 28 July 1991, and Sylvester McCoy from 13 October 1991.
• 2 February 1992: A repeat of the Peter Davison stories begins.
• 5 July 1992: Colin Baker repeats start.
• 27 September 1992: Sylvester McCoy repeats.
• 20 December 1992: Survival ends the run on WHA.
• 2016: The Tom Baker stories air.

Madison Capital Times

Wisconsin State Journal, Nov. 25, 1984

Airwaves, Feb. 1985

TV Guide, Mar. 9, 1985

Chicago flier noting Pertwee marathon in Madison

The Daily Register, Dec. 2, 1983

Airwaves, March 1985

Wisconsin State Journal, Mar. 14, 1985

various listings, Airwaves 1985-1986

Wisconsin State Journal, Feb. 2, 1986

Airwaves, May 1986

Wisconsin State Journal, May 10, 1987

Wisconsin State Journal, Dec. 4, 1988

Airwaves, Jan. 1993

Media

Whovent 86 commercial, PBS Pledges for WHA 1986 and 1987

WPT ident, Jan. 14, 1991