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[[File:19720821.jpg|thumb|250px|alt=The Philadelphia Inquirer, 21 August 1972|The Philadelphia Inquirer, 21 August 1972]]
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===[[wikipedia:WPHL-TV|WPHL]]===
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| name = WPHL
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| network = independent
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| channel = 17
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| firstAir = 1972
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| lastAir = 1973
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| state = Philadelphia
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* '''21 August 1972''': '''Doctor Who''' makes its television '''DEBUT''' in the United States. The first serial to air was [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]].  
'''Channel 17 (Independent)'''
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**This was only two months after the completion of season nine in the UK (with part six of [[The Time Monster]] on '''24 June 1972''').
 
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**WPHL did not purchase the full package, instead only taking the first nine stories (50 episodes), up to and including [[Day of the Daleks]]. (Time-Life's initial package offer was of the first 50 episodes only -- see [[United States--1972]]. The other stations to buy the series bought the full 72 episode package; WPHL was the only station that did not.)
 
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*'''30 October 1972''': The first run of the 50 episodes concludes.
* '''21 August 1972''': '''Doctor Who''' made its television '''DEBUT''' in the United States on '''21 August 1972''' on this independent channel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  
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*'''31 October 1972 - 26 May 1973''': The series is repeated.
 
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*BBC paperwork indicates that WPHL bought '''four''' screening rights to the series, although  it appears that it only used '''two''' of these. (It may have on-sold the unused rights to another station.)
This was only two months after the completion of season nine in the UK (with part six of [[The Time Monster]] on '''24 June 1972'''), which suggests that the offer, sale and conversion to NTSC of the 13 [[Jon Pertwee stories]] sold to the US market was finalised much earlier in the year.
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|[[File:WPHLAug72.JPG|thumb|250px|Philadelphia Inquirer billing, 21 August 1972]]
*WPHL did not purchase the full package, instead only taking the first nine stories (50 episodes), up to and including [[Day of the Daleks]]. Some of the stories were repeated. (WPHL's decision to take only part of the package might have been down to them simply wanting to only purchase 50 episodes, which played weekly allowed for a full years worth of screenings, although they ultimately aired the episodes on a daily basis.)
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|[[File:WPHLPremiere.JPG|thumb|250px|Philadelphia Inquirer billing, Dr Who (Premiere), 21 August 1972]]
 
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|[[File:1972-08-19 Pottstown Mercury.jpg|thumb|250px|The Pottstown Mercury, 19 August 1972]]
 
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|[[File:WPHL Monday.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Philadelphia Inquirer billing, TV Highlights, 21 August 1972]]
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[[Category: Channel 17]]
 

Latest revision as of 15:29, 26 December 2023

WPHL
Network: independent Channel(s): 17
First airing: 1972 Last airing: 1973

== AIRDATES ==


  • 21 August 1972: Doctor Who makes its television DEBUT in the United States. The first serial to air was Doctor Who and the Silurians.
    • This was only two months after the completion of season nine in the UK (with part six of The Time Monster on 24 June 1972).
    • WPHL did not purchase the full package, instead only taking the first nine stories (50 episodes), up to and including Day of the Daleks. (Time-Life's initial package offer was of the first 50 episodes only -- see United States--1972. The other stations to buy the series bought the full 72 episode package; WPHL was the only station that did not.)
  • 30 October 1972: The first run of the 50 episodes concludes.
  • 31 October 1972 - 26 May 1973: The series is repeated.
  • BBC paperwork indicates that WPHL bought four screening rights to the series, although it appears that it only used two of these. (It may have on-sold the unused rights to another station.)
Philadelphia Inquirer billing, 21 August 1972
Philadelphia Inquirer billing, Dr Who (Premiere), 21 August 1972
The Pottstown Mercury, 19 August 1972


Philadelphia Inquirer billing
Philadelphia Inquirer billing, TV Highlights, 21 August 1972