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*'''1 July 1975''': '''Doctor Who''' begins screening Tuesdays at 7.30pm with the [[Jon Pertwee stories]].  
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*'''1 July 1975''': KCET is the '''first''' '''''solo''''' mainland US PBS station to screen '''Doctor Who''' (the actual first PBS station was KGTF on [[Guam]], where the series debuted in November 1972; the first mainland PBS screenings were on the networked group of [[Iowa Public Television]] stations in 1974); it begins screening Tuesdays at 7.30pm with the [[Jon Pertwee stories]].  
 
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File:USCA290675.JPG|Bakersfield TV Week, 29 June 1975
 
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File:LA Times 19750819.JPG|Los Angeles Times, Aug. 19, 1975
 
File:LA Times 19750819.JPG|Los Angeles Times, Aug. 19, 1975
 
File:LA Times 19750904.JPG|Los Angeles Times, Sept. 4, 1975
 
File:LA Times 19750904.JPG|Los Angeles Times, Sept. 4, 1975
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File:LA Times Jul 75.JPG|Los Angeles loves Doctor Who! (Los Angeles Times, 1 July 1975)
 
File:LA Times Jul 75.JPG|Los Angeles loves Doctor Who! (Los Angeles Times, 1 July 1975)
 
File:LA 19750701.JPG|An opposing viewpoint (Long Beach Press-Telegram, 1 July 1975)
 
File:LA 19750701.JPG|An opposing viewpoint (Long Beach Press-Telegram, 1 July 1975)
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File:1976-01-02 Chino Champion.jpg|Chino Champion, Jan. 2, 1976
 
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==Media==
 
==Media==
 
{{YouTube table  
 
{{YouTube table  
|whHsNbnr58I| Tom Baker pledge break commercial
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|whHsNbnr58I| Tom Baker pledge break commercial<br /><br /><br />
 
|8u8_dWS_TD0|July 1989: KCET explains why it didn't air<br />[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]<br />(it should have aired March 4)
 
|8u8_dWS_TD0|July 1989: KCET explains why it didn't air<br />[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]<br />(it should have aired March 4)
 
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[[Category:Los Angeles]]
 

Revision as of 23:40, 11 March 2020

KCETident.jpg
KCET
Los Angeles
Network: PBS Channel(s): 28
First airing: 1975 Last airing: 1993

== AIRDATES ==


Independent Press-Telegram, Oct. 5, 1975
  • KCET was also available on Channel 8 in Palm Springs


  • 1 July 1975: KCET is the first solo mainland US PBS station to screen Doctor Who (the actual first PBS station was KGTF on Guam, where the series debuted in November 1972; the first mainland PBS screenings were on the networked group of Iowa Public Television stations in 1974); it begins screening Tuesdays at 7.30pm with the Jon Pertwee stories.
  • 6 June 1976: The series moves to Sunday nights.
  • 9 October 1976: The series moves to Saturday evenings.
  • 29 January 1977: The 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. 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. It doesn't air during Tom Baker's three other runs.
  • December 1985: The full package of the 24 reissued Jon Pertwee stories commences.
  • 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.
  • 28 November 1987: The broadcast of Revelation of the Daleks was interrupted mid-way due to a transmission fault. The story was "repeated" the following Friday, around 11.30pm.
  • 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



Tom Baker pledge break commercial




July 1989: KCET explains why it didn't air
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
(it should have aired March 4)