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 ...

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 ...

The Yule duel is heating up again. Two separate versions of “The Yule Log” will beckon families as they open their gifts: The traditional log, burning brightly since filmed by New York’s WPIX in 1970, ...

The Yule Log, one of New York's most loved holiday traditions, will be seen Christmas Day (Wednesday, December 25) from 9 am to 11 am on WPIX Channel 11 (The WB11). The Yule Log, the Tribune ...

If you're a kid of a ... certain age ... and you grew up in the Tri-State area, then you know all about the Yule Log on WPIX-TV, Channel 11 in New York City. If you didn't, welcome back to another ...

NEW YORK -- -- NEW YORK -- There's a Yule duel brewing this Christmas. Not one, but two separate versions of "The Yule Log," one of television's oddest yet most heartwarming holiday habits, will ...

In 1966, Fred Thrower — president of the independent New York City television station WPIX — had a pesky three-hour hole to fill in his Christmas Eve programming. Then, one night ahead of the holidays ...

Fred Thrower came up with the idea for the TV fire in 1966. "There's something very special about the fact that you're watching the same burning... Gather 'Round The Screen To Enjoy The Warmth Of The ...