# The WPIX Yule Log (a tri-state area thing) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wpix-yule-log-a-tri-state-area-thing/607364 "2011-12-25T16:30:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wpix-yule-log-a-tri-state-area-thing/607364/1 "2011-12-25T16:30:46Z")
Its a Christmas memory that I still remember… the [WPIX Yule Log](http://bit.ly/giC1Qh). It was first broadcast before you were born; it was for people with full, flush and Happy Holidays as well as those just off shift, alone & eating dinner from a can with a spoon. It can be considered cheesy (beat some of you to the punch) but it was real, once. It was back when a small TV station, unaffiliated with major networks, took one night off / out to try to give people something …more. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wpix-yule-log-a-tri-state-area-thing/607364/2 "2011-12-25T17:16:40Z")
There was a yule log burning on the beach for two hours on my local Fox affiliate this morning instead of what would have been, I think, the local news. ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wpix-yule-log-a-tri-state-area-thing/607364/3 "2011-12-25T17:34:02Z")
COX 11, which is just a local access cable cannel here in Hampton Roads is showing a Yule Log today, and it looks like it is an old tape. Being from NY originally its real nostalgic for me to switch to Channel 11 and see a log burning. The tape looks really old, so it may be a copy of WPIX’s old tape. ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wpix-yule-log-a-tri-state-area-thing/607364/4 "2011-12-25T17:36:38Z")
Actually, I just checked the website, and Cox’s version was taped in Williamsburg, but it was inspired by WPIX which began it in 1966. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wpix-yule-log-a-tri-state-area-thing/607364/5 "2011-12-25T17:42:29Z")
Here in the DC area, they’re showing it on WDCW, the local CW affiliate. It does look like an old tape, but it’s not horrible. Probably the same thing, though. I would hope people have this on in the background because they don’t have a stash of Xmas music on hand, and this is for the ambiance. Because the other option makes me sad. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wpix-yule-log-a-tri-state-area-thing/607364/6 "2011-12-25T17:45:44Z")
I only flipped by ours but it can’t have been that old because it was in high def. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wpix-yule-log-a-tri-state-area-thing/607364/7 "2011-12-25T19:54:04Z")
Got this e-mail the other day. CITV is the local school district channel. Based upon the two-minute rewind every three hours, it sounds like an old tape. _ **Virtual fireplace on CITV** Enjoy the holidays with CITV’s virtual fireplace. The fireplace will air for 48 hours, with a two-minute break every three hours to rewind, on December 24 and 25 and December 31 and January 1. Happy Holidays from CITV_