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Channel 27 (PBS) (KTPS, 1961-1992)
Channel 62 (PBS) (KBTC, 1992- )
- May 1987: Aired Robot as part of a pledge break.
- September 1987: The Tom Baker episodes began properly.
- 1993: The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories aired.
- 9 October 1995: The first instalment (i.e. "The Mysterious Planet" segment) of The Trial of a Time Lord airs from 9pm to 11pm. This is followed by a further but unidentified omnibus running for only 90 minutes.
- 1995 onwards: KBTC is one of the only (if not THE only?) PBS stations to still be screening the pre-2005 episodes on a regular basis, seven days a week.
- 24 January 1998: The station holds a "marathon" starting at 7pm during which it aired The Tomb of the Cybermen and The Curse of Fenric.
- From May 1999 episodes air on Saturdays and Sundays only. By 2021 they have reached the Colin Baker era.
- 16 October 2021: The run cycles back to William Hartnell and An Unearthly Child...
- As 2022 arrives, the repeat run has cycled around, and is once again back to the early William Hartnell stories...
- Jon Pertwee stories air as 2023 begins; by the end of October his final series (Season 11) is underway...
- ... and the new year sees Tom Baker yet again in January 2024... and by the middle of the year is still going ...