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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
← AIRDATES ...... (CLICK ICON TO GO TO TABLE SHOWING EPISODE BREAKDOWN AND AIRDATES - N/S = story title is Not Stated)
  • 6 April 1974: Begins airing, Saturdays at 7:00pm on the Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network.
  • 29 July 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.
  • 1 August 1987: The travelling Doctor Who USA Tour with Janet Fielding visits Iowa Public Television.
  • 1987: From late 1987, it aired the repackaged 17 William Hartnell stories and the 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories.
  • 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...


Conventions

  • 8-9 November 1980: ICON 5 featured a video room with Doctor Who episodes.


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