Phoenix

KPHO

Doctor Who premieres, followed by Hee Haw

Channel 5 (CBS)

During the 1970s, KPHO was a regional superstation that was available on cable television in much of Arizona and New Mexico, as well as parts of California, Utah and Nevada.

• 23 September 1972: Doctor Who makes its Arizona debut (potentially also its first western-most airing): The Jon Pertwee stories (13 stories / 72 episodes package) begin, Saturday afternoons at 5:30.
• 20 January 1973: After just 18 weeks, Doctor Who goes off the air for twenty months.
• 14 September 1974: The series returns, now Saturdays at 7am.
• 23 August 1975: Doctor Who ends. With the broken airings and no story titles in the TV listings, it is not known whether KPHO aired all 13 stories.

KAET

Arizona Republic, Mar. 13, 1988

Channel 8 (PBS)

• 6 September 1982: Channel 8 starts Doctor Who, Monday-Friday at 4:30 with a repeat later in the evening, usually 10:00pm.
• 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors doesn't air, perhaps because the Peter Davison episodes hadn't yet aired.
• 22 January 1984: A run of complete stories begins, Sunday nights at 10:30.
• 18 August 1984: The Five Doctors airs. Still no sign of Peter Davison.
• July 1985: The Peter Davison stories air, Sunday nights at 10pm.
• November 1985: The Jon Pertwee stories begin.
• July 1987: The Colin Baker stories air.
• October 1987: William Hartnell begins.
• March 1988: Patrick Troughton premieres.
• 13 March 1988: Doctor Who Then and Now airs.
• February 1990: The Sylvester McCoy stories air.
• 1995?: The series ends.