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.

• Circa 1987: The station aired the 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories, five Patrick Troughton stories and 24 Jon Pertwee stories.

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Buffalo

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WNED

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 by Tom Lundie, 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.

• 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.

Media

• 1988 promo
• Commercial with John Nathan-Turner and Janet Fielding
• Various clips including The Ambassadors of Death in color

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New York City

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WOR

Channel 9 (PBS)

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• 1978: 7 October 1978, 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.

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

• 1982: 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, at 10.00pm on Saturdays.

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Entertainment Channel

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• 1982: This cable channel was one of the first to screen the Peter Davison stories from 1982.

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WNYC

Channel 31 (Ion Television Network)

• 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.

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Sci-Fi Channel

Cable

• 24 September 1992: The SCI-FI Channel launches, Thursday, 24 September, at 8.00pm (EST). Included in its regular schedules is Doctor Who: screening from 12.00 to 1.00pm weekdays, the hour-long timeslot allows for the episodes to screen uncut, but with ads and short programming filling the rest of the hour. That episode was then repeated at 1.00am.

• To give one example of the extreme scheduling of Doctor Who on the Sci-Fi Channel, The Ambassadors of Death was purchased for ten screenings!

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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.

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Schenectady

WMHT

Channel 17 (Educational Telecommunications)

• 1987: The 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories and five Patrick Troughton stories aired.

• 1987: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories aired, with a repeat in 1989.

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Binghamton

WSKG

Channel 46 (PBS)

• 1988: Screened the 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories in 1988.

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Syracuse

WCNY

Channel 24 (PBS)

• 1978: The Tom Baker stories screen.

• 1989: screened the 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories circa 1989.

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Plattsburgh

WCFE

Channel 57 (PBS) (Mountain Lake PB)

• 1989: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories aired circa 1989.

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Champion Hill / Norwood

WNPE / WNPI

Channel 16 (PBS)

• 1980s: screened episodes in the late 1980s.

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