DrCrowTStarwars said:

My PBS station stopped airing it around the time the new series started airing on Sci-Fi. I think that deal tied up the rights to the classic series or something like that because I don't think anyone has aired the classic series in the US since the new series started airing on cable.

SciFi actually aired DW in their early days. Even though some Hartnell clips figured prominently in promos when they launched, they started with Tom Baker. (Running five days a week.) The commercial breaks were crude, and the episode recaps added were annoying. I don't think it lasted more than a year before they pulled it, although they did do Who themed weekends later on.