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Iowa Public Television

IEBN promotes Doctor Who, and a special with Jon Pertwee's ex-wife
Tom Baker premiere, Oct. 2, 1978
Airdates in Iowa
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  • 6 April 1974: Begins airing, Saturdays at 7:00pm on the Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network.
  • 1976: The stations are renamed Iowa Public Broadcasting Network.
  • 1978: IPBN was the last US market to purchase the initial package of 13 Jon Pertwee stories, which was circa July 1978.
  • 1980s: The network cycled Doctor Who regularly during the mid-to-late 1980s.
  • 1982: The network is renamed Iowa Public Television.
  • September 1994: The network discontinued its cycle of re-runs, with the last story to air being Survival in September. Fans were, however, able to get a reprieve by raising funds through a pledge drive.
  • At the time, IPTV was one of the few markets in the US still screening non-stop re-runs of the omnibus editions, from An Unearthly Child onwards.
  • By 1998, IPTV was one of only five markets in the US still screening the series...

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