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.

• 1985: Channel 21 recycles stories from Robot to The Caves of Androzani daily at least twice.

• 1989: As part of a pledge drive, WXXI-TV showed the documentary Doctor Who's Who's Who as a lead-in to the season premiere Remembrance of the Daleks.

• 1989: The station aired the 17 repackaged William Hartnell stories, five Patrick Troughton stories and 24 Jon Pertwee stories, followed by the other Doctors.

• 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...

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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.

• 1987: Part-way through the run of William Hartnell stories, WNED screens The Trial of a Time Lord; it is the first station in the US to screen this story.

• 1987 WNED completes its screening of the William Hartnell stories and Patrick Troughton stories by September 1987.

• 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.

• 1991: By February 1991, Doctor Who had been dropped.

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

Ad for WOR-TV, TV Guide, 7 October 1978

Ad for WOR-TV from Broadcasting magazine, 5 February 1979

WOR

Channel 9 (PBS)

• 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, from 10.00am on Saturday mornings.

• 1991: By February 1991, Doctor Who had been dropped.

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WNYC

Channel 31 (PBS)

• 2 September 1985: Began airing Doctor Who daily at 10:30pm.

• 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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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.

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

• PLEDGE / PROMO: 1987 PLEDGE DRIVE (This promo aired after The War Games.)

• 1992: WLIW drops the series.

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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.

• 1992: The recently recovered The Tomb of the Cybermen screens.

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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 PBS)

• 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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