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[[File:X212.jpg|thumb|250px|WPT Program Guide, Nov. 1984]]
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{{cuttings|WETN|Program Guide (Wisconsin)}}{{meta
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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:DW Airwaves Wisconsin.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Airwaves, date unknown]]
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[[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]]
  
<table>
 
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  <td>
 
*'''Channel 21 (WHA, Madison)'''
 
*'''Channel 28 (WHWC, Menomonie)'''
 
*'''Channel 38 (WPNE, Green Bay)'''
 
  </td>
 
  <td>
 
*'''Channel 20 (WHRM, Wausau)'''
 
*'''Channel 36 (WLEF, Park Falls)'''
 
*'''Channel 31 (WHLA, La Crosse)'''
 
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</tr>
 
</table>
 
  
*'''18 March 1983''': '''Doctor Who''' begins on WPT with two episodes and [[Once Upon a Time Lord]].
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*'''2 April 1983''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] begin, Saturday nights at 10:30 with repeats on Sundays at 9:00am.
*'''25 March 1983''': The series begins its regular timeslot, Friday nights at 10:30.
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*'''1 October 1983''': The Saturday airings stop.
*'''4 September 1983''': The series moves to Sunday afternoons at 5:00.
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*'''13 November 1983''': The series moves to noon.
*'''23 November 1983''': [[The Five Doctors]] airs.  
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*'''23 November 1983''': [[The Five Doctors]] airs.  It would be repeated at least eight times in the next nine years.
*'''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 near 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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*'''11 November 1984''': [[Peter Davison]] premieres.
*'''May 1987''': The series moves from its regular 4pm Sunday afternoon slot to Saturdays at 10am.
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*'''17 March 1985''': [[The Caves of Androzani]], [[Genesis of the Daleks]], and [[The Five Doctors]] air by viewers' choice.
*'''10 October 1987''': All 14 episdoes of [[The Trial of a Time Lord]] air back to back, from 10am to 6pm, with pledge breaks in between the episodes.  
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*'''24 March 1985''': [[Spearhead from Space]] and the viewers' #1 choice, [[The Invasion of Time]] air.
*'''3 September 1989''': The series moves to Sundays at 11pm with yet another recycling of the [[Tom Baker stories]] starting with [[Robot]]. (Incidentally, the series was preceded by '''Blakes's 7''' at 10pm.) It stays in this 11pm slot for the next three years.  
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*'''December 1985:''' The network disbands.  The stations are part of [[Wisconsin Public Television]], but continue their airings separate from [[WHA]].
*'''19 August 1990''': The package of 24 reissued [[Jon Pertwee stories]] commence.  
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*'''2 November 1986''': The [[Colin Baker]] stories begin.
*'''17 March 1991''': After the Pertwees, a run of [[Peter Davison stories]] commence, followed by [[Colin Baker]] from '''28 July 1991''', and [[Sylvester McCoy]] from '''13 October 1991'''.
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*'''1 November 1987''': The [[William Hartnell]] stories begin, followed by [[Patrick Troughton]].
*'''2 February 1992''': A repeat of the [[Peter Davison stories]] begins.
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*'''20 March 1988''': [[Doctor Who's Who's Who]] airs.
*'''5 July 1992''': [[Colin Baker]] repeats start.
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*'''3 September 1989''': The series moves to Sundays at 10pm.
*'''27 September 1992''': [[Sylvester McCoy]] repeats.  
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*'''27 December 1992''': The series ends.
*'''20 December 1992''': [[Survival]], airs on WPTV. This appears to have been the final ever screening of '''Doctor Who''' on WPTV...
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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]]
  <td>[[File:WHA 5 Docs.JPG|thumb|170px|alt=The Five Doctors ad|Madison Capital Times]]</td>
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  <td>[[File:TJsComics-small.jpg|150px|thumb|alt=TJ's Comics flier|Chicago flier noting Pertwee marathon in Madison]]</td>
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|[[File:1989-03 Program Guide (Wisconsin) p20.jpg|thumb|150px|Program Guide, Mar. 1989]]
  <td>[[File:Wisconsin State Journal 19850314.JPG|thumb|250px|Wisconsin State Journal, Mar. 14, 1985]]</td>
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|[[File:1989-12 Program Guide (Wisconsin) p13.jpg|thumb|150px|Program Guide, Dec. 1989]]
  <td>[[File:Wisconsin State Journal 19860530.JPG|thumb|200px|Wisconsin State Journal, May 30, 1986]]</td>
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|[[File:1992-01 Airwaves.jpg|thumb|left|210px|Airwaves, Jan. 1992]]
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}}
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==Media==
 
<table id="YouTube">
 
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<td width="280px">'''CLIP: Whovent 86 commercial, PBS Pledges for WHA 1986 and 1987 (C Baker, Troughton, Davison, Strickson, JNT, McCoy)'''<br />
 
{{YouTube|float=left|id=j4NDsvci-Mc}}</td>
 
<td align="center">'''WPT ident, Jan. 14?, 1991'''<br />
 
{{YouTube|float=|id=4b8eQIz7fTo}}</td>
 
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</table>
 
[[Category:Wisconsin]]
 
[[Category:Illinois]]
 
[[Category:Iowa]]
 
[[Category:Michigan]]
 
[[Category:Minnesota]]
 
[[Category:Channel 20]]
 
[[Category:Channel 21]]
 
[[Category:Channel 28]]
 
[[Category:Channel 31]]
 
[[Category:Channel 36]]
 
[[Category:Channel 38]]
 
[[Category:PBS stations]]
 

Revision as of 03:37, 27 June 2020

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

== AIRDATES ==
Airwaves, date unknown
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