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. (BBC documentation records this sale as being to "KDIN".)

• 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, KDIN, is part of the Iowa Public Television network, making it one of the very first US stations to screen the Tom Baker stories.

• 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...

• 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.

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.