My Q2 Seattle to Broadcast the Famous Yule Log on Christmas Morning.SEATTLE -- In celebration of New York's Yule Log's 40th anniversary this year, My Q2, (KMYQ-TV Seattle) will air the famous film loop of a burning log in a hearth that has mesmerized viewers since it first premiered on WPIX-TV in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of in 1966. In addition, My Q2 will air the digitally re-mastered Yule Log's music soundtrack which will play with the burning log on Christmas morning from 9:00am to 11:00am. "The Yule Log yule log log burned at Christmas. [Western Tradition: NCE, 552] See : Christmas is a great way for Seattle viewers to share in this New York tradition and we're delighted to bring this to Seattle," said Pam Pearson, V.P./General Manager of Q13 FOX and My Q2. "Our viewers can enjoy this in the background while they are opening their presents and beginning the day's festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. ." The history of the log has been traced to the first filming at New York's Mayoral Residence, Gracie Mansion Gracie Mansion is the official residence of the Mayor of New York City. Built in 1799, it is located in Carl Schulz Park, at East End Avenue and Eighty-eighth Street in Manhattan. It overlooks Hell Gate. Architecture Archibald Gracie built Gracie Mansion in 1799. in 1966. As a result of its many years of broadcast on TV, the quality of the video and audio of the Yule Log had begun to degrade TO DEGRADE, DEGRADING. To, sink or lower a person in the estimation of the public. 2. As a man's character is of great importance to him, and it is his interest to retain the good opinion of all mankind, when he is a witness, he cannot be compelled to disclose so WPIX restored the Yule Log. In 2001, the original 35mm Yule Log film was found in the station's New Jersey archives where it was misfiled in a "Honeymooners" film can titled "A Dog's Life dog's life n. Slang A miserably unhappy existence. ." At that time, the original film was color corrected and cleaned of scratches. In 2003, the log was up-converted to High Definition. In 2006, Lawrence "Chip" Arcuri and Joe Malzone, the creator of www.theyulelog.com, restored the audio of the Yule Log for WPIX, a process that took several months. The restoration involved extensive research to correctly establish the original sequence of the music tracks. This also required the digital remastering A conversion of music from its original analog master recordings to digital format. In the early days of audio CDs (mid-1980s), many music albums were converted from tapes that were equalized for the smaller dynamic audio range of the LP vinyl record and phonograph player. of a number of songs to be pulled from their original vinyl records, since many of the songs in the Yule Log have never been released on CD (out of 70 selections on the program, 34 are currently out-of-print, and of that 34, 12 have never been in print on CD). In addition, a vast amount of production work was required to exactly duplicate the timing and pace of the original program. With the Log now digitally re-mastered, the Yule Log has been fully restored in time to celebrate its 40th birthday. The Yule Log can be seen on My Q2, (KMYQ-TV, Broadcast 22/Cable 10) on Monday, December 25 from 9 am-11 am and is also available as a downloadable podcast and via flash video on www.cw11.com. For more information, visit www.q13fox.com. |
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