Yule Log (TV program)
| Yule Log | |
|---|---|
Still frame from the first airing in 1966. | |
| Created by | Fred M. Thrower |
| Theme music composer | Lowell Mason, attr. Georg Friedrich Handel |
| Opening theme | "Joy to the World" by Percy Faith and His Orchestra |
| Composer | Various |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 41 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 1 hour (1966-1969) 3 hours (2001-2008) 4 hours (2009-2018) 5 hours (2019) |
| Original release | |
| Network | WPIX |
| Release | December 24, 1966 – December 25, 1989 |
| Release | December 25, 2001 – present |
| External videos | |
|---|---|
| First hour of 1970 version on YouTube | |
| 1966 version in its entirety on YouTube |
The Yule Log is a television show originating in the United States, which is broadcast traditionally on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. It originally aired from 1966 to 1989 on New York City television station WPIX (channel 11), which revived the broadcast in 2001. A radio simulcast of the musical portion was broadcast by WPIX-TV's former sister station, WPIX-FM (101.9 FM, now WFAN-FM), until 1988.
The show, which has run between two and four hours in duration, is a film loop of a yule log burning in a fireplace, with a soundtrack of Christmas music playing in the background; it is broadcast without commercial interruption.