New Jersey
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Doctor Who aired in these cities, on these channels:
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New Jersey Network
Camden / Montclair / Trenton / New Brunswick
WNJS (23) / WNJM (50) / WNJT (52) / WNJB (58)
Channels 23 / 50 / 52 / 58 (PBS)
A network of four channels covering the New Jersey state.
- 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors aired, 9.00 to 9.30pm.
- 1984: The Tom Baker stories screened from 1984.
- 1985: By the middle of the year, they screened the 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories, five Patrick Troughton stories and 24 Jon Pertwee stories, followed by the Colin Baker stories.
- 28 September 1985: The Colin Baker stories make their US debut on NJN.
- 1986: The series aired on Saturdays, at 9.00pm.
- PROMO / PLEDGE (1987): 1987 Commercial with John Nathan-Turner and Sylvester McCoy
- 1988: On Saturday, 19 November 1988, after playing Dragonfire, the NJN screened "The Making of Silver Nemesis", one of several specially-commissioned behind the scenes / interview specials produced by the Network.
- Other documentaries produced were "Doctor Who's Who's Who" (1985) and "Doctor Who Then & Now" (1987).
- The New Jersey Network's Pledge phone number was 1-800-624-0454.
- 13 August 1994: After over ten years of almost uninterrupted screenings of Doctor Who, the New Jersey Network drops the series; the final story to be broadcast is The Deadly Assassin. The reasons cited for this are declining viewers, dwindling donations and increased residual payment demands made by Lionheart.
Between 1983 and 1994, NJN enjoyed runs of every surviving full story at least twice, with the Tom Baker stories played as many as six times.
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