Texas
Doctor Who aired in these cities, on these channels:
Houston
KPRC
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KPRC was one of the first stations to purchase the Tom Baker stories |
Channel 2 (NBC)
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KPRC receives the BroaDWcast award for most inept scheduling:
- 18 September-3 November 1978: Aired Monday-Friday at 3pm.
- 8 March 1980: The series returns, now at 12:30am.
- 26 April 1980: The timeslot is now pushed back to 1am.
- 6 September 1980: The Deadly Assassin part 1 airs at the scheduled time of 2am.
- 25 October 1980: With the end of the baseball season, Doctor Who now also airs Saturday afternoons at various times. These airings are considered to be the same run, so stories begun in the afternoon are finished in the middle of the night.
Doctor Who Monthly issue 71 (Dec. 1982) published a letter from a KPRC viewer:
For several months our local TV station personnel began making fun of it-- adding their own sound effects and laughter. Can you imagine the Skarasen (Terror of the Zygons) burping? I have it on videotape! Also, whenever shown on Sunday (i.e. Saturday?) afternoons, it was cut to 90 minutes (including commercials) so with The Masque of Mandragora we had the whole last ten minutes chopped out.
- 4 April 1981: Baseball returns, Doctor Who leaves the afternoon schedule. But the late night slot gets a second (and sometimes third and fourth) episode.
- 10 October 1981: Doctor Who returns to Saturday afternoons in various slots, often preempted.
- 20 November 1982: Genesis of the Daleks is the last story to air.
KUHT
Channel 8 (PBS)
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- 13 October 1984: Begins with Doctor Who in America, followed by an episode in its regular timeslot, Saturdays at 9pm.
- 15 August 1987: Moves to 10pm.
- 8 July 1989: Sylvester McCoy premieres.
- 20 May 1989: Moves to 2pm.
- 2 January 1993: The series ends.
Austin / San Antonio
KLRU / KLRN
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Channel 18 (PBS) / Channel 9 (PBS)
- 9 December 1982: On this date at 7.00pm, Channel 9 began a 3 and a half hour Doctor Who Festival, airing The Android Invasion and The Brain of Morbius back to back.
- 24 August 1983: As part of Summerfest '83, all of Revenge of the Cybermen is shown.
- 1985: The series aired Fridays and Saturdays.
- 1986: Screened the repackaged Jon Pertwee stories at 10.30pm, including The Ambassadors of Death.
- 1986-87: Screened the 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories and 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories.
- 20 December 1986: A special Saturday morning marathon features Genesis of the Daleks, Revenge of the Cybermen and Terror of the Zygons.
- 14 November 1987: Pertwee visited the city while touring with the Doctor Who USA Tour travelling exhibition. At 8.00pm that night, in honour of his visit, The Five Doctors aired, followed by the regular scheduled episode at 10.00pm.
Media
CLIP: 1986 KLRU Trailer with Anthony Ainley
Dallas
KERA
Channel 13 (PBS)
- 1986: Screened the 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories.
- 2003: Jon Pertwee stories continue to air episodically into the early 2000s.
KTVT
Channel 11 (Independent)
- 1980: Aired Tom Baker stories episodically.
- 1981: The series is dropped, and no further episodes air on KTVT after 1981.
Corpus Christi
KEDT
Channel 16 (PBS)
- 1988: Screened the 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories.
