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[[File:X212.jpg|thumb|250px|WPT Program Guide, Nov. 1984]]
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| name = Wisconsin Educational Television Network
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| float =
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| network = PBS
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| channel = various
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| firstAir = 1983
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| lastAir = 1992
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| state = WI
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| wikipedia = Wisconsin Public Television
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| list = Wisconsin (WETN)
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| notes =
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}}[[File:1984-04 Program Guide (Wisconsin) ETV map.jpg|275px|frameless|right]][[File:1983-04 Program Guide (Wisconsin) p14.jpg|thumb|350px|Program Guide, Apr. 1983]][[File:1985-03 Program Guide (Wisconsin) p17.jpg|thumb|350px|Program Guide, Mar. 1985]]
  
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*'''Channel 21 (WHA, Madison)'''
 
*'''Channel 28 (WHWC, Menomonie)'''
 
*'''Channel 38 (WPNE, Green Bay)'''
 
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*'''Channel 20 (WHRM, Wausau)'''
 
*'''Channel 36 (WLEF, Park Falls)'''
 
*'''Channel 31 (WHLA, La Crosse)'''
 
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*'''2 April 1983''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] begin, Saturday nights at 10:30 with repeats on Sundays at 9:00am.
*'''18 March 1983''': '''Doctor Who''' begins on WPT with two episodes and [[Once Upon a Time Lord]].
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*'''1 October 1983''': The Saturday airings stop.
*'''25 March 1983''': The series begins its regular timeslot, Friday nights at 10:30.
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*'''13 November 1983''': The series moves to noon.
*'''4 September 1983''': The series moves to Sunday afternoons at 5:00.
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*'''23 November 1983''': [[The Five Doctors]] airs.  It would be repeated at least eight times in the next nine years.
*'''23 November 1983''': [[The Five Doctors]] airs.  
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*'''11 November 1984''': [[Peter Davison]] premieres.
*'''9-10 March 1985''': A 26-hour Marathon of ten [[Jon Pertwee stories]], including four "new" ones that had not been previously released for the US market, aired on WHA-TV on 9 and 10 March 1985.  The four "new" stories were: [[Spearhead from Space]], [[Frontier in Space]], [[Planet of the Daleks]], [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] (in five parts only), which had recently been released by the BBC as part of a complete re-package of all 24 Pertwee adventures. The Illinois/Wisconsin area TV Guide previewed the Marathon with a half-page 'ad'.  This 'ad' was subsequently used in a flyer at TJ's Comics in Chicago urging local fans to contact the programming department at channel 11. (It wasn't until 1986/87 that [[WTTW]] aired these four new stories.
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*'''17 March 1985''': [[The Caves of Androzani]], [[Genesis of the Daleks]], and [[The Five Doctors]] air by viewers' choice.
 
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*'''24 March 1985''': [[Spearhead from Space]] and the viewers' #1 choice, [[The Invasion of Time]] air.
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*'''December 1985:''' The network disbands.  The stations are part of [[Wisconsin Public Television]], but continue their airings separate from [[WHA]].
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*'''2 November 1986''': The [[Colin Baker]] stories begin.
  <td>[[File:WHA 5 Docs.JPG|thumb|170px|alt=The Five Doctors ad|Madison Capital Times]]</td>
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*'''1 November 1987''': The [[William Hartnell]] stories begin, followed by [[Patrick Troughton]].
  <td>[[File:TJsComics-small.jpg|150px|thumb|alt=TJ's Comics flier|Chicago flier noting Pertwee marathon in Madison]]</td>
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*'''20 March 1988''': [[Doctor Who's Who's Who]] airs.
  <td>[[File:Wisconsin State Journal 19850314.JPG|thumb|250px|Wisconsin State Journal, Mar. 14, 1985]]</td>
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*'''3 September 1989''': The series moves to Sundays at 10pm.
  <td>[[File:Wisconsin State Journal 19860530.JPG|thumb|200px|Wisconsin State Journal, May 30, 1986]]</td>
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*'''27 December 1992''': The series ends.
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|[[File:1984-03 Program Guide (Wisconsin) p18.jpg|thumb|150px|Program Guide, Mar. 1984]]
 
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|[[File:1984-12 Program Guide (Wisconsin) p3.jpg|thumb|185px|Program Guide, Dec. 1984]]
 
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==Media==
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|[[File:1989-03 Program Guide (Wisconsin) p20.jpg|thumb|150px|Program Guide, Mar. 1989]]
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|[[File:1989-12 Program Guide (Wisconsin) p13.jpg|thumb|150px|Program Guide, Dec. 1989]]
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|[[File:1992-01 Airwaves.jpg|thumb|left|210px|Airwaves, Jan. 1992]]
<td>{{YouTube|float=left|id=j4NDsvci-Mc}}<br />'''CLIP: Whovent 86 commercial, PBS Pledges for WHA 1986 and 1987 (C Baker, Troughton, Davison, Strickson, JNT, McCoy)'''</td>
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[[Category:Wisconsin]]
 

Revision as of 01:13, 12 August 2019

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Wisconsin Educational Television Network
Network: PBS Channel(s): various
First airing: 1983 Last airing: 1992

== AIRDATES ==
1984-04 Program Guide (Wisconsin) ETV map.jpg
Program Guide, Apr. 1983
Program Guide, Mar. 1985


Program Guide, Mar. 1984
Program Guide, Dec. 1984
Program Guide, Mar. 1989
Program Guide, Dec. 1989
Airwaves, Jan. 1992