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[[File:19740406.jpg|thumb|right|300px|First Iowa listing for Dr Who, channel 12, 7:00pm, 6 April 1974]] | [[File:19740406.jpg|thumb|right|300px|First Iowa listing for Dr Who, channel 12, 7:00pm, 6 April 1974]] | ||
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*'''6 April 1974''': Begins airing, Saturdays at 7:00pm on the '''Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network'''. After 26 weeks, the series goes off the air for a year and a half. | *'''6 April 1974''': Begins airing, Saturdays at 7:00pm on the '''Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network'''. After 26 weeks, the series goes off the air for a year and a half. | ||
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*'''11 April 1978''': Both runs end. | *'''11 April 1978''': Both runs end. | ||
*'''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]]".) | *'''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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*'''2 October 1978''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] commence at 10pm. | *'''2 October 1978''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] commence at 10pm. | ||
*'''1980s''': The network cycled '''Doctor Who''' regularly during the mid-to-late 1980s. | *'''1980s''': The network cycled '''Doctor Who''' regularly during the mid-to-late 1980s. | ||
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- 6 April 1974: Begins airing, Saturdays at 7:00pm on the Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network. After 26 weeks, the series goes off the air for a year and a half.
- 10 June 1976: Jon Pertwee reutrns, now Thursdays at 6pm. After moving to 5pm, the series takes another long break.
- 29 July 1976: The stations are renamed Iowa Public Broadcasting Network.
- 2 November 1977: Doctor Who returns, now Wednesdays at 5pm.
- 2 January 1978: One run of Jon Pertwee is stripped at 10pm.
- 11 April 1978: Both runs end.
- 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 "KDIN".)
- 2 October 1978: The Tom Baker stories commence at 10pm.
- 1980s: The network cycled Doctor Who regularly during the mid-to-late 1980s.
- 1982: The network is renamed Iowa Public Television.
- 5 October 1984: IPT airs Doctor Who in the unique Friday-Sunday slot.
- late 1985: Tom Baker returns with two episodes each Friday night.
- 10 June 1986: The timeslot changes to Sundays through Friday nights. Several stories are skipped.
- 10 October 1986: IPT switches to compilations, Friday nights at 11:00.
- 14 April 1987: William Hartnell premieres.
- 1 August 1987: The travelling Doctor Who USA Tour with Janet Fielding visits Iowa Public Television.
- 13 October 1989: Episodes now air out of order.
- 24 November 1989: Dalek stories air for eleven weeks.
- 12 March 1993: The Tomb of the Cybermen airs.
- 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. 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.
- By 1998, IPTV was one of only five markets in the US still screening the series. 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.
- 11 March 2006: The Five Doctors airs.
- 2009: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy airs.
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Iowa Public Television Catalogue
This is IPTV's online resource for Classic Doctor Who:
