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. The Mind of Evil also around this time. 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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