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[[File:1984-04 Program Guide (Wisconsin) ETV map.jpg|275px|right|frameless]]
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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]][[File:1984-12-07 Manitowoc Herald Times.jpg|thumb|200px|Manitowoc Herald Times, Dec. 7, 1984]]
  
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*'''Channel 21 (WHA, Madison)'''
 
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*'''Channel 28 (WHWC, Menomonie)'''
 
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*'''Channel 38 (WPNE, Green Bay)'''
 
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*'''Channel 20 (WHRM, Wausau)'''
 
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*'''Channel 36 (WLEF, Park Falls)'''
 
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*'''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.
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*'''1 October 1983''': The Saturday airings stop.
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*'''13 November 1983''': The series moves to noon.
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*'''23 November 1983''': [[The Five Doctors]] airs.  It would be repeated at least eight times in the next nine years.
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*'''11 November 1984''': [[Peter Davison]] premieres.
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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.
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*'''1 November 1987''': The [[William Hartnell]] stories begin, followed by [[Patrick Troughton]].
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*'''20 March 1988''': [[Doctor Who's Who's Who]] airs.
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*'''3 September 1989''': The series moves to Sundays at 10pm.
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*'''27 December 1992''': The series ends.
  
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*'''18 March 1983''': '''Doctor Who''' begins on WPT with two episodes and [[Once Upon a Time Lord]].
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*'''25 March 1983''': The series begins its regular timeslot, Friday nights at 10:30. 
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|[[File:1984-03 Program Guide (Wisconsin) p18.jpg|thumb|150px|Program Guide, Mar. 1984]]
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*'''4 September 1983''': The series moves to Sunday afternoons at 5:00.
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|[[File:1984-12 Program Guide (Wisconsin) p3.jpg|thumb|185px|Program Guide, Dec. 1984]]
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*'''23 November 1983''': [[The Five Doctors]] airs.
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*'''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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|[[File:1989-03 Program Guide (Wisconsin) p20.jpg|thumb|150px|Program Guide, Mar. 1989]]
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*'''May 1987''': The series moves from its regular 4pm Sunday afternoon slot to Saturdays at 10am.
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|[[File:1989-12 Program Guide (Wisconsin) p13.jpg|thumb|150px|Program Guide, Dec. 1989]]
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*'''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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|[[File:1992-01 Airwaves.jpg|thumb|left|210px|Airwaves, Jan. 1992]]
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*'''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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*'''19 August 1990''': The package of 24 reissued [[Jon Pertwee stories]] commence.
 
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*'''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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*'''2 February 1992''': A repeat of the [[Peter Davison stories]] begins.
 
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*'''5 July 1992''': [[Colin Baker]] repeats start.
 
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*'''27 September 1992''': [[Sylvester McCoy]] repeats.
 
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*'''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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  <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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  <td>[[File:Wisconsin State Journal 19850314.JPG|thumb|250px|Wisconsin State Journal, Mar. 14, 1985]]</td>
 
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  <td>[[File:Wisconsin State Journal 19860530.JPG|thumb|200px|Wisconsin State Journal, May 30, 1986]]</td>
 
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==Media==
 
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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 />
 
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{{YouTube|float=left|id=j4NDsvci-Mc}}</td>
 
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<td align="center">'''WPT ident, Jan. 14?, 1991'''<br />
 
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[[Category:Wisconsin]]
 
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[[Category:Illinois]]
 
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[[Category:Iowa]]
 
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[[Category:Michigan]]
 
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[[Category:Minnesota]]
 

Latest revision as of 19:14, 3 June 2022

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More information about WETN can be found at the Doctor Who Cuttings Archive
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
Manitowoc Herald Times, Dec. 7, 1984


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


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