OETA - Revision history

John Lavalie at 20:43, 12 May 2024

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John Lavalie at 13:44, 13 November 2021

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John Lavalie at 02:59, 28 October 2019

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John Lavalie at 19:30, 4 November 2018

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John Lavalie at 02:53, 7 August 2018

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John Lavalie at 02:38, 7 August 2018

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John Lavalie at 14:47, 24 December 2014

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John Lavalie at 14:01, 30 August 2014

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 *'''28 June 1986''': The weekday airings end.  The series moves back to Saturday nights.  Eventually entire stories are aired each week.
 *'''11 April 1987''': The [[Colin Baker stories]] begin.
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 |[[File:1978-10-01 Daily Oklahoman p120.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Daily Oklahoman, Oct. 1, 1978]]
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 *'''13 November 1982''': After a repeat of the new package, [[Robot]] returns.
 *'''5 September 1983''': The weekday airings (5pm, start date unknown), move to 10pm to make way for the debut of the hour-long '''MacNeil Lehrer Newshour'''.  The story is picked up by the [http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Children_upset_by_OETA_action Associated Press] when kids complain about the later timeslot.  The Saturday airings continue.
 *'''22 October 1985''': The complete [[Jon Pertwee]] package, minus [[Planet of the Daleks]] 3 and [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] 1 begins.
 *'''3 February 1986''': Weekday airings move from 10pm to 5:30pm (see promo below) to make room for '''The Tripods''' and eventually '''Blakes 7'''.  ''TV Guide'' lists the first week at 5:00pm.

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 *'''7 October 1978''': The standard package of 23 [[Tom Baker stories]] begins screening in production order, in a 9.00pm timeslot, with two episodes airing back to back.
 *'''29 November 1980''': After two runs, the series goes off the air.
-*'''30 May 1981''': [[The Ribos Operation]] part 1 airs, Saturday, 10.00pm. OETA is one of the first US stations to screen [[Tom Baker stories]] other than the original package of his first 23 stories (98 episodes) that had been on offer since 1978.  This new package comprised seasons 16 to 18 ([[The Ribos Operation]] to [[Logopolis]]; 18 stories, 74 episodes) which had been released by the BBC in early-1981, just prior to Time Life's contract expiring and Lionheart taking over the distribution in the States.
+*'''30 May 1981''': [[The Ribos Operation]] part 1 airs, Saturday, 10.00pm. OETA is one of the first US stations to screen [[Tom Baker stories]] other than the original package of his first 23 stories (98 episodes) that had been on offer since 1978.  This new package comprised seasons 16 to 18 ([[The Ribos Operation]] to [[Logopolis]]; 18 stories, 74 episodes) which had been released by the BBC in early-1981, just prior to Time-Life's contract expiring and Lionheart taking over the distribution in the States.
 *'''14-16 August 1981''': John Nathan-Turner and [[Peter Davison]] make their '''first-ever''' [[List of Conventions in the United States|US convention appearances]], in Tulsa. Davison had just finished recording [[Kinda]].
 *'''13 November 1982''': After a repeat of the new package, [[Robot]] returns.

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 *'''13 November 1982''': After a repeat of the new package, [[Robot]] returns.
 *'''5 September 1983''': The weekday airings (5pm, start date unknown), move to 10pm to make way for the debut of the hour-long '''MacNeil Lehrer Newshour'''.  The story is picked up by the [http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Children_upset_by_OETA_action Associated Press] when kids complain about the later timeslot.  The Saturday airings continue.
 *'''22 October 1985''': The complete [[Jon Pertwee]] package, minus [[Planet of the Daleks]] 3 and [[Invasion of the Dinosaurs]] 1 begins.
 *'''3 February 1986''': Weekday airings move from 10pm to 5:30pm (see promo below) to make room for '''The Tripods''' and eventually '''Blakes 7'''.  ''TV Guide'' lists the first week at 5:00pm.

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 |[[File:Panopticon Tulsa 1981.jpg|thumb|250px|Panopticon West, 1981]]
 |[[File:OETA ID 1985.JPG|thumb|right|300px|ID, 1985]]
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 | channel = various
 | firstAir = 1978
-| lastAir = 1987
+| lastAir = 1988
 | state = OK
 | wikipedia = Oklahoma Educational Television Authority

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-'''Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (PBS)'''
+{{Variety|station=OETA|align=right}}{{meta
-{{Variety|station=OETA|align=right}}
+| name = Oklahoma Educational Television Authority
-[[File:KOED.jpg|right|160px|thumb|The Ribos Operation, part 1, 30 May 1981]]
+| float =
-{{airdates-left|Oklahoma}}
+| network = PBS
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 |7yLNerNPgdI|OETA ID and Cosmic Quest ad, December 1986
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