Here you will find many of the articles that have been written about the Yule Log. Most of them when it premiered in 1966 and when it made its return in 2001.

You can also view press releases and program logs directly from WPIX.

Finally, you can view TV Guide ads which WPIX ran through the duration of the Yule Log's 24 year history.

Keep in mind, when viewing these items, you are viewing actual scans. Without a high speed connection, downloads may be a little lengthy.

 

Newspaper & Magazine Articles On The Yule Log
(All 1960s clips courtesy of Mitch Thrower)

Long Island Newsday (1) (no date available)

Long Island Newsday (2) (no date available)

Unidentified newspaper in Little Rock, Arkansas (no date available)

Unidentified newspaper (no date available)

UPI News Service (no date available)

The Courier Journal (no date available)

The World Journal Tribune (1) (December 9, 1966)

The World Journal Tribune (2) (no date available)

The Newark Evening News (December 9, 1966)

The New York Times (December 9, 1966)

Chicago's American (December 9, 1966)

TV & Radio Today (December 9, 1966)

The New York Post (December 9, 1966)

The Daily News (December 9, 1966)

The Daily Mirror (December 10, 1966)

The Plain Dealer (December 10, 1966)

The Minneapolis Star (December 12, 1966)

Television Digest (December 12, 1966)

The Minneapolis Tribune (December 13, 1966)

The Boston Herald - a rare comic strip! (December 13, 1966)

Newsweek (December 19, 1966)

Unidentified newspaper in Suffern, NY (December 22, 1966)

A Daily News ad for The Yule Log (December 23, 1966)

A Daily News ad for WPIX-FM (December 23, 1966)

The Lutheran (January 18, 1967)

The New York Times (December 9, 2001)

The New York Post (December 24, 2001)

Entertainment Tonight Online (December 27, 2001)

Broadcasting & Cable (December 27, 2001)

Electronic Media (December 27, 2001)

CNN.com (December 28, 2001)

Variety.com (December 28, 2004)

Reuters News Service (December 13, 2004)

A New York Times ad for The Yule Log (1967)

A New York Times ad for The Yule Log (1971)

TV Party.com (2001)

 

WPIX Press Releases, Station Info & Nostalgia
(All material courtesy of Mitch Thrower)

Fred Thrower's original memo proposing his idea of the Yule Log (November 2, 1966)

WPIX original press release announcing the Yule Log (December 9, 1966)

WPIX press release announcing positive press reaction (December 19, 1966)

WPIX press release announcing Gracie Mansion's all systems go! (December 20, 1966)

WPIX press release announcing Yule Log ratings success (January 17, 1967)

WPIX press release - Column notes: London Daily Mirror headline (December 21, 1966)

Voiceover copy sheet for the start of the Yule Log

Voiceover copy sheet for the half-hour breakpoints

Voiceover copy sheet for the program's conclusion

WPIX Yule Log program log (December 19, 1974)

WPIX ad promoting its advertising power in Variety Magazine (January 6, 1960)

WPIX ad promoting its program "New York Close-Up" in Time Magazine (November 7, 1969)

Rare WPIX matchbook cover (circa late 1940s)

 

TV Guide Ads
Special thanks to Henry at Jay-Bee Magazines for the TV Guide back issues.

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