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[[File:1983-05 Airwaves.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Airwaves, March 1983]][[File:1984-12 Airwaves.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Airwaves, December 1984]][[File:1991-10 Airwaves.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[The Ultimate Foe]], Airwaves, Oct. 1991]]
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[[File:1983-05 Airwaves.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Airwaves, March 1983]][[File:1984-12 Airwaves.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Airwaves, December 1984]][[File:1985-03 Airwaves.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Airwaves, March 1985]][[File:1991-10 Airwaves.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[The Ultimate Foe]], Airwaves, Oct. 1991]]
 
*For other stations in '''WPT''', see [[Wisconsin Public Television]].
 
*For other stations in '''WPT''', see [[Wisconsin Public Television]].
 
*'''WHA''' aired in Madison, and on cable in the [[Milwaukee]] area.
 
*'''WHA''' aired in Madison, and on cable in the [[Milwaukee]] area.
  
  
*'''2 October 1982''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] begin.  The series regular slot begins the next day, Sundays nights at 11:30. The six-part stories are shown over two weeks.  [[WTTW]] is the only other station that we know of that aired episodes this way.  Did [[WHA]] get their tapes from Chicago?
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*'''2 October 1982''': The [[Tom Baker stories]] begin.  The series regular slot begins the next day, Sundays nights at 11:30.
 
*'''4 September 1983''': The series moves to Sunday afternoons at 5:00.
 
*'''4 September 1983''': The series moves to Sunday afternoons at 5:00.
 
*'''23 November 1983''': [[The Five Doctors]] airs.  
 
*'''23 November 1983''': [[The Five Doctors]] airs.  
*'''3 December 1983''': Both [[:Peter Cushing|Peter Cushing]] movies air as part of '''Saturday Night Friends'''.
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*'''3 December 1983''': Both [[:Peter Cushing|Peter Cushing]] movies air as part of the channel's '''"Holiday with Friends"''' 11 day-long membership-drive, from 2 to 12 December. Bizarrely, '''Daleks' Invasion of Earth''' [sic] is shown first (at 7pm), followed by '''Dr Who and the Daleks''' at 8.45pm.  
*'''11 December 1983''': [[Once Upon a Time Lord]] airs. The special would air three more times.
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*'''11 December 1983''': [[Once Upon a Time Lord]] airs. The special would air three more times.
 
*'''11 March 1984''': Five episodes, including [[Castrovalva]] air as part of '''The Transformation of Dr. Who Special'''.
 
*'''11 March 1984''': Five episodes, including [[Castrovalva]] air as part of '''The Transformation of Dr. Who Special'''.
 
*'''16 September 1984''': The incomplete [[Jon Pertwee]] package begins.
 
*'''16 September 1984''': The incomplete [[Jon Pertwee]] package begins.
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*'''16 May 1987''': The series moves from its regular 4pm Sunday afternoon slot to Saturdays at 10am.  
 
*'''16 May 1987''': The series moves from its regular 4pm Sunday afternoon slot to Saturdays at 10am.  
 
*'''10 October 1987''': All 14 episodes of [[The Trial of a Time Lord]] air back to back, from 10am to 6pm, with pledge breaks in between the episodes.  
 
*'''10 October 1987''': All 14 episodes of [[The Trial of a Time Lord]] air back to back, from 10am to 6pm, with pledge breaks in between the episodes.  
*'''19 March 1988''': The [[Sylvester McCoy]] episodes begin, followed by [[An Evening with Sylvester McCoy]].
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*'''19 March 1988''': The [[Sylvester McCoy]] episodes begin, followed by [[An Interview with Sylvester McCoy]].
 
*'''3 September 1989''': The series moves to Sundays at 11pm with yet another recycling of the [[Tom Baker stories]] starting with [[Robot]]. (Incidentally, the series was preceded by '''Blake's 7''' at 10pm.) It stays in this 11pm slot for the next three years.  
 
*'''3 September 1989''': The series moves to Sundays at 11pm with yet another recycling of the [[Tom Baker stories]] starting with [[Robot]]. (Incidentally, the series was preceded by '''Blake's 7''' at 10pm.) It stays in this 11pm slot for the next three years.  
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**Several stories shown during this run (1989 to 1990) are synchronised with those airing on the [[Wisconsin Educational Television Network]], so the same set of episodes screened on both stations at the same time.
 
*'''19 August 1990''': The package of 24 reissued [[Jon Pertwee stories]] commence.  
 
*'''19 August 1990''': The package of 24 reissued [[Jon Pertwee stories]] commence.  
 
*'''17 March 1991''': After the Pertwees, a run of [[Peter Davison stories]] commence, followed by [[Colin Baker]] from '''28 July 1991''', and [[Sylvester McCoy]] from '''13 October 1991'''.
 
*'''17 March 1991''': After the Pertwees, a run of [[Peter Davison stories]] commence, followed by [[Colin Baker]] from '''28 July 1991''', and [[Sylvester McCoy]] from '''13 October 1991'''.
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|[[File:WHA 5 Docs.JPG|thumb|170px|alt=The Five Doctors ad|Madison Capital Times]]
 
|[[File:WHA 5 Docs.JPG|thumb|170px|alt=The Five Doctors ad|Madison Capital Times]]
 
|[[File:1984-11-25 Wisconsin State Journal.jpg|thumb|150px|Wisconsin State Journal, Nov. 25, 1984]]
 
|[[File:1984-11-25 Wisconsin State Journal.jpg|thumb|150px|Wisconsin State Journal, Nov. 25, 1984]]
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|[[File:1985-02 Airwaves.jpg|200px|thumb|Airwaves, Feb. 1985]]
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|[[File:1985-03-09 TV Guide IL-WI.jpg|thumb|150px|TV Guide, Mar. 9, 1985]]
 
|[[File:TJsComics-small.jpg|150px|thumb|alt=TJ's Comics flier|Chicago flier noting Pertwee marathon in Madison]]
 
|[[File:TJsComics-small.jpg|150px|thumb|alt=TJ's Comics flier|Chicago flier noting Pertwee marathon in Madison]]
|[[File:1985-02 Airwaves.jpg|200px|thumb|Airwaves, Feb. 1985]]
 
 
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|[[File:1983-12-02 Daily Register.jpg|right|thumb|90px|The Daily Register, Dec. 2, 1983]]
 
|[[File:1985-03 Airwaves p49.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Airwaves, March 1985]]  
 
|[[File:1985-03 Airwaves p49.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Airwaves, March 1985]]  
 
|[[File:Wisconsin State Journal 19850314.JPG|thumb|250px|Wisconsin State Journal, Mar. 14, 1985]]
 
|[[File:Wisconsin State Journal 19850314.JPG|thumb|250px|Wisconsin State Journal, Mar. 14, 1985]]

Latest revision as of 21:15, 24 February 2026

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WHA
Network: PBS Channel(s): 21
First airing: 1982 Last airing: 1993

== AIRDATES ==


Airwaves, March 1983
Airwaves, December 1984
Airwaves, March 1985
The Ultimate Foe, Airwaves, Oct. 1991


The Five Doctors ad
Madison Capital Times
Wisconsin State Journal, Nov. 25, 1984
Airwaves, Feb. 1985
TV Guide, Mar. 9, 1985
TJ's Comics flier
Chicago flier noting Pertwee marathon in Madison


The Daily Register, Dec. 2, 1983
Airwaves, March 1985
Wisconsin State Journal, Mar. 14, 1985
various listings, Airwaves 1985-1986


Wisconsin State Journal, Feb. 2, 1986
Airwaves, May 1986
Wisconsin State Journal, May 10, 1987
Wisconsin State Journal, Dec. 4, 1988
Airwaves, Jan. 1993


Media



Whovent 86 commercial,
PBS Pledges for WHA 1986 and 1987



WPT ident, Jan. 14, 1991