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We are uncertain as to whether or not '''Doctor Who''' aired on a Rhode Island station:
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'''Doctor Who''' aired in these cities, on these channels. (The [[Tom Baker stories]] made their '''US debut''' in this state (along with [[Massachusetts]]) in 1978.)
  
==[[wikipedia:East Providence, Rhode Island|East Providence]]==
 
  
*In the '''March 1979''' issue of '''Starlog''' (issue 21; cover dated April), a reader from East Providence, Rhode Island, wrote to say she had become hooked on '''Doctor Who''' with the [[Tom Baker stories]]. It is not known if this was on a local Rhode Island station, or whether she had been watching broadcasts from Boston, [[Massachusetts]], which Rhode Islanders could receive. ('''September 1984''' editions of the ''Providence Journal'' contain only TV listings for WGBH ('''Doctor Who''' was airing weekdays, 7.00pm to 7.30pm), which suggests it was indeed Boston transmissions that she had been viewing in 1979.)
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==[[wikipedai:Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]]--
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===[[wikipedia:WLNE-TV|WTEV]]===
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'''Channel 6 (CBS)''' (see also [[Massachusetts]])
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*The '''16 August 1978''' issue of ''Variety'' magazine (see [[United States--1978]]) lists "PROVIDENCE" as one of 17 cities to which the [[Tom Baker stories]] of '''Doctor Who''' had been sold. Presumably, this is Providence, Rhode Island. The only station serving that state known to have screened the series in 1978, was WTEV, a CBS-affiliated television station for Rhode Island and the South Coast of [[Massachusetts]], licensed to [[Massachusetts#New_Bedford|New Bedford, Massachusetts]], but headquartered in and operated from studios in downtown Providence, Rhode Island.
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*The [[Tom Baker stories]] had their US debut on WTEV on '''28 August 1978'''.
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*In the '''March 1979''' issue of '''Starlog''' magazine (issue 21; cover dated April), a reader from East Providence, Rhode Island, wrote to say she had become hooked on '''Doctor Who''' with the [[Tom Baker stories]]. Presumably she was viewing the series from one of the [[Massachusetts]] stations.  
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Revision as of 22:27, 2 March 2012

Doctor Who aired in these cities, on these channels. (The Tom Baker stories made their US debut in this state (along with Massachusetts) in 1978.)


==Providence--

WTEV

Channel 6 (CBS) (see also Massachusetts)

  • The 16 August 1978 issue of Variety magazine (see United States--1978) lists "PROVIDENCE" as one of 17 cities to which the Tom Baker stories of Doctor Who had been sold. Presumably, this is Providence, Rhode Island. The only station serving that state known to have screened the series in 1978, was WTEV, a CBS-affiliated television station for Rhode Island and the South Coast of Massachusetts, licensed to New Bedford, Massachusetts, but headquartered in and operated from studios in downtown Providence, Rhode Island.
  • The Tom Baker stories had their US debut on WTEV on 28 August 1978.
  • In the March 1979 issue of Starlog magazine (issue 21; cover dated April), a reader from East Providence, Rhode Island, wrote to say she had become hooked on Doctor Who with the Tom Baker stories. Presumably she was viewing the series from one of the Massachusetts stations.