Merry Christmas from New York’s holiday station, PIX11! The original WPIX Yule Log , the one that started it all on Dec. 24, 1966, will live stream on PIX11.com Christmas Eve from 8 p.m. to midnight, ...
NEW YORK — It will be an extra special holiday at New York’s Christmas station. For the first time in decades, WPIX will present the “Magic Garden Christmas” special. And there’s more good news: For ...
When WPIX-TV began broadcasting from The News Building on Tuesday, June 15, 1948, it made a simple promise to New Yorkers, the overwhelming majority of whom did not yet own one of those new-fangled ...
Gather ’round, children, and I will tell you a holiday story, the story of the WPIX Yule Log. The yule log, the ceremonial incineration of a whole tree, has been a Christmas tradition for centuries.
Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: November 1966: local New York TV station WPIX had nothing to broadcast for 1.5 hours. There wasn't much on TV during the holidays, so viewers were ...