Television
KCPQ-TV to air Yule Log

By Pamela Sitt
Seattle Times staff reporter

	PAUL SCHMID / THE SEATTLE TIMES
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A little piece of Christmas in New York debuts in Seattle this year — the televised Yule Log.

KCPQ-TV will broadcast a blazing fireplace backed by holiday music from KRWM-FM on Christmas morning, a concept borrowed from Tribune-owned sister station WPIX-TV in New York. The first televised Yule Log, in 1966, was a shot of the fireplace at Gracie Mansion, home of New York's mayor.

Skeptical of the warmth from television's glow? Viewers in Denver, Atlanta and Washington D.C. bought it — the Yule Log topped ratings in those markets for its time period.

The Yule Log has been re-shot and re-mastered in a high-definition TV version, though the HDTV option won't be available in the Seattle market this year.

The Yule Log will air commercial-free from 6 to 10 a.m.

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