OETA
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Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (PBS)
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OETA was one of the first stations to purchase the Tom Baker stories |
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- 7 October 1978: The standard package of 23 Tom Baker stories begins screening, 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.
- 14-16 August 1981: John Nathan-Turner and Peter Davison make their first-ever US convention appearances, in Tulsa. Davison had just finished recording Kinda.
- 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 Saturday airings continue.
- 23 November 1983: The Five Doctors does not air, even though it was scheduled to according to The Whovian Times.
- 3 February 1986: Weekday airings move from 10pm to 5:30pm - see promo below.
- In early 1987, airings shift from daily to Saturdays. The 24 repackaged Jon Pertwee stories were airing around this time.
- Fall 1987: The Caves of Androzani is the last episode aired by OETA. The network never purchased the McCoy, Hartnell or Troughton packages, opting instead only to run Baker and Pertwees.
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