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Revision as of 14:58, 17 April 2012

Doctor Who aired in these cities, on these channels:


Rochester

WXXI

Airdates in Rochester (WXXI)
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Channel 21 (PBS)


  • 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...




Buffalo

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WNED

Airdates in Buffalo (WNED)
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Channel 17 (PBS)


  • 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 which were later instrumental in the reconstruction from black and white back into colour.
  • 1979: The series airs weeknights at 6.00pm.
  • 1982: Peter Davison stories commence in movie format on Saturday afternoons. Repeats of older serial continue screening weekdays.
  • 1983: The Monday to Thursday weekday slot moves to 11.00pm.
  • 1984: The Monday to Thursday weekday slot moves back to 6.00pm.
  • May 1984: The Tom Baker stories air: the run reaches Pyramids of Mars by May.
  • 1984: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories air.
  • 10 October 1986: The weekday episodic re-runs come to an end in the fall of 1986 with part six of The Invasion of Time.
  • From Saturday, 11 October 1986, only "movie" format editions screen (starting with The Ribos Operation).
  • March 1988: During the "FESTIVAL 88", on 8 March at 8.00pm and 12 March at 3.15pm, WNED aired Time and the Rani, plus an interview with Sylvester McCoy.
  • Summer 1988 In the summer of 1988, the first season of Sylvester McCoy stories air.
  • 30 December 1989: The final edition of Doctor Who to screen on WNED airs - The Space Museum.



Media




New York City

Note: airdates for channels in the New York City area are incomplete due to spotty coverage in the New York Times. Your help is needed: BroaDWcast@hotmail.com


WOR

Variety, 16 August 1978 Variety1978.JPG WOR was one of the first stations to purchase the Tom Baker stories


Airdates in New York (WOR)
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Channel 9 (Independent)


  • June 1978: WOR was selected by Time Life Television to be one of its guinea-pigs to test a new series that Time Life had on offer from the BBC... In June 1978, WOR aired an omnibus edition of The Hand of Fear...
  • 7 October 1978: At 6.30pm, Tom Baker makes his debut in New York State.
  • Stories aired in production order, so The Sontaran Experiment preceded 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 with commercial breaks, Saturdays between 10:00am and 11:00am.
  • 5 February 1983: Revenge of the Cybermen episodes 2 and 3 aired. The Howard Da Silva prints were still being used at this point.
  • 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
Ad for WOR-TV from Broadcasting magazine, 5 February 1979 - The Doctor and Leela are at the 8 o'clock position...
Ad for WOR-TV, TV Guide, 7 October 1978



WNYC

Airdates in New York (WNYC)
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Channel 31 (PBS)

  • 2 September 1985: Began airing Doctor Who daily at 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.




Garden City / Long Island

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WLIW

Airdates in New York (WLIW)
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Channel 21 (PBS) (networked with WLIU)


  • 15 August 1987 The War Games is broadcast in its entirety, 6-11pm. The pledge break between episodes 1 and 2 is here.
  • 29 February 1992: WLIW drops the series.



Schenectady

WMHT

Channel 17 (Educational Telecommunications)





Binghamton

WSKG

Channel 46 (PBS)





Syracuse

WCNY

Channel 24 (PBS)





Plattsburgh

WCFE

Channel 57 (PBS) (Mountain Lake PBS)





Champion Hill / Norwood

WNPE / WNPI

Channel 16 (PBS)


  • 1980s: Screened episodes in the late 1980s.
  • 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors airs.