This article originally ran on Dec. 25, 2008. From a TV perspective, Christmas Eve 1966 looked grim. The regular Saturday night college basketball broadcast was suspended due to the holiday, and while ...
Only in New York would watching a Yule log burn on TV be a cherished Christmas tradition. A station there has broadcast the log since 1966, and gotten surprisingly high ratings. But this year it's ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK — It’s a classic Christmas ...
Viacom-owned KCAL-TV is bringing the Yule Log to Los Angeles, airing three hours of a flaming fireplace Christmas morning. KCAL borrowed the idea from New York’s WPIX-TV, which made the Yule Log an ...
Half a century ago, Fred M. Thrower, president of New York's WPIX-TV had an idea. Film a few minutes of a log burning in a fireplace, loop it, and broadcast it for hours on Christmas morning. The Yule ...
There's a yule duel brewing this Christmas Day. Not one, but two versions of "The Yule Log," one of TV's oddest yet most heartwarming holiday habits, will beckon families as they open their gifts.
Each Christmas day from 1966 to 1989, New York TV station WPIX aired a tradition: videotape of a log burning. The Yule Log returns this year, and Scott speaks with Joe Malzone, who started a web ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) — It’s the return of a ...
It's not just Norwegian television that runs riveting programs about firewood (including both stacking practices and images of cracking flames). New York City's WPIX has been running a Yule Log ...