Iowa

Iowa Public Television

IEBN promotes Doctor Who, and a special with Jon Pertwee's ex-wife

Tom Baker premiere, Oct. 2, 1978

• 6 April 1974: Begins airing, Saturdays at 7:00pm on the Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network.

• summer 1976: Aired Jon Pertwee stories Thursdays at 6pm.

• 29 July 1976: The stations are renamed Iowa Public Broadcasting Network.

• 1978: IPBN was the last US market to purchase the initial package of 13 Jon Pertwee stories, which was circa July 1978.

• 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.

• 1 August 1987: The travelling Doctor Who USA Tour with Janet Fielding visits Iowa Public Television.
  • USA TOUR IN IOWA REPORT

• 1987: From late 1987, it aired the repackaged 17 William Hartnell stories and the 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories.
• 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...
• 11 March 2006: The Five Doctors airs.
• 2009: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy airs.

Iowa Public Television Catalogue

This is IPTV's online resource for Classic Doctor Who:

• DOCTOR WHO CLASSIC

Conventions

• 8-9 November 1980: ICON 5 featured a video room with Doctor Who episodes.