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− | ==[[wikipedia:Iowa Public Television|Iowa Public Television]]==
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− | [[File:IA 19760701.JPG|thumb|right|250px|IEBN promotes Doctor Who, and a special with Jon Pertwee's ex-wife]]
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− | [[File:IA 19781002.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Tom Baker premiere, Oct. 2, 1978]]
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− | [[File:Waterloo 19820730.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Waterloo Courier, July 30, 1982]]
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− | {{airdates-left|Iowa}}
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− | *'''6 April 1974''': Begins airing, Saturdays at 7:00pm on the '''Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network'''.
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− | *'''Summer 1976''': Aired [[Jon Pertwee stories]] Thursdays at 6pm.
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− | *'''29 July 1976''': The stations are renamed '''Iowa Public Broadcasting Network'''.
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− | *'''1978''': '''IPBN''' was the last US market to purchase the initial package of 13 [[Jon Pertwee stories]], which was circa '''July 1978'''. (BBC documentation records this sale as being to "[[wikipedia:KDIN|KDIN]]".)
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− | * In the '''16 August 1978''' issue of ''Variety'' magazine (see [[United States--1978]]), "DES MOINES / AMES" is named as one of 17 cities to have bought the [[Tom Baker stories]]. The Des Moines' station, [[wikipedia:KDIN|KDIN]], is part of the Iowa Public Television network, making it one of the very first US stations to screen the [[Tom Baker stories]].
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− | *'''2 October 1978''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] commence at 10pm.
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− | *'''1980s''': The network cycled '''Doctor Who''' regularly during the mid-to-late 1980s.
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− | *'''1982''': The network is renamed '''Iowa Public Television'''.
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− | *'''1 August 1987''': The travelling [[Doctor Who USA Tour]] with Janet Fielding visits Iowa Public Television.
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− | **[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYRN5EFc_ZA&feature=related USA TOUR IN IOWA REPORT]
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− | *'''1987''': From late 1987, it aired the repackaged 17 [[William Hartnell stories]] and the 24 repackaged [[Jon Pertwee stories]].
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− | *'''September 1994''': The network discontinued its cycle of re-runs, with the last story to air being [[Survival]] in September. Fans were, however, able to get a reprieve by raising funds through a pledge drive.
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− | * At the time, '''IPTV''' was one of the few markets in the US still screening non-stop re-runs of the omnibus editions, from [[An Unearthly Child]] onwards.
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− | * By '''1998''', '''IPTV''' was one of only five markets in the US still screening the series...
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− | *During its broadcast history, IPTV would show often one episode multiple nights a week, one episode per week, omnibus versions every Friday night, then back to one episode per week, etc.
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− | *'''11 March 2006''': [[The Five Doctors]] airs.
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− | *'''2009''': [[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]] airs.
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− | ==Iowa Public Television Catalogue==
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− | This is IPTV's online resource for Classic '''Doctor Who''':
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− | *'''[http://www.iptv.org/series.cfm/14753/doctor_who_classic/episodes DOCTOR WHO CLASSIC]'''
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− | ==Conventions==
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− | * '''8-9 November 1980''': [[wikipedia:Icon_(Iowa_science_fiction_convention)|ICON 5]] featured a video room with '''Doctor Who''' episodes.
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