New York

Doctor Who aired in these cities, on these channels:

Rochester

WXXI

Channel 21 (PBS)

1977: Circa February 1977, WXXI screened the Jon Pertwee stories.

1978: WXXI screened the Tom Baker stories from 1978.

1985: Channel 21 recycles stories from Robot to The Caves of Androzani daily at least twice.

1989: As part of a pledge drive, WXXI-TV showed the documentary Doctor Who's Who's Who as a lead-in to the season premiere Remembrance of the Daleks.

1989: The station aired the 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories, five Patrick Troughton stories and 24 Jon Pertwee stories, followed by the other Doctors.

1989-1992: It took three years to play all the surviving installments of the entire series. This would be WXXI's last-ever complete run of the entire series...

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Buffalo

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WNED

Channel 17 (PBS)

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25 October 1977: WNED screened Doctor Who, weeknights at 6.30pm in tandem with WXXI (from 1977 through until 1987). It was during screenings of the Jon Pertwee stories in 1977/78 that off-air recordings were made by Tom Lundy, which were later instrumental in the reconstruction from black and white back into colour.

1979: The series aired weeknights at 6.00pm.

1982: Starting with the Peter Davison stories, the series moved to Saturdays.

1987: Part-way through the run of William Hartnell stories, WNED screens The Trial of a Time Lord.

1987 WNED completes its screening of the William Hartnell stories and Patrick Troughton stories by September 1987.

1990: In the 1990s, Doctor Who aired in omnibus movie form, Saturdays at 4.00pm. The 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories were played for the second time during this run.

1991: By February 1991, Doctor Who had been dropped.

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New York City

Ad for WOR-TV, TV Guide, 7 October 1978

Ad for WOR-TV from Broadcasting magazine, 5 February 1979 - The Doctor and Leela are at the 8 o'clock position...

WOR

Channel 9 (PBS)

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7 October 1978: At 6.30pm, Tom Baker makes his debut in New York State. WOR-TV (aka WWOR) was one of the earliest stations in the United States to broadcast the Tom Baker stories.

Stories aired in production order, so The Sontaran Experiment proceeded The Ark in Space.

From 6 January 1979, the series shifted to the earlier time of 5.00pm, but was often pre-empted by baseball.

From August 1982, to October 1983, two episodes aired back to back, Saturdays between 10.00am and 11.00am.

1983: The series aired in one-hour slots, from 10.00am on Saturday mornings.

By February 1991, Doctor Who had been dropped.

TV Guide, listing for "Robot", part 1; 7 October 1978 18 November 1978, The Ark in Space Part 1; New York Post	Review of Doctor Who, from Variety Magazine, 25 October 1978

WNYC

Channel 31 (PBS)

2 September 1985: Began airing Doctor Who daily at 10:30pm.

1986: WNYC screened the 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories, five Patrick Troughton stories and 24 Jon Pertwee stories, on Fridays, in omnibus editions, usually from 9.00 to 10.30pm.

When Resurrection of the Daleks aired in its omnibus "movie" version on WNYC, it was complete: most editions of this story seen elsewhere in the US had sections of music and special effects missing.

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Garden City / Long Island

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WLIW

Channel 21 (PBS) (networked with WLIU))

6 February 1984: The Tom Baker stories commence, weekdays at 7.00pm.

Genesis of the Daleks aired the week of 20 February 1984.
Image of the Fendahl aired from 4 June 1984.
The Sun Makers aired from 8 June 1984.

1986: The series screened episodically weekdays, at 6.30pm, with a late night omnibus edition on Sundays. By December the weekly screenings had ended, leaving only the Sunday omnibus editions, at 7.00 to 9.00pm.