Thanks again Chip,

I thought that all Tribune owned CW stations were supposed to broadcast The Yule Log so that most areas across the States would get a chance to see the program.  Being we didn't have Antenna TV.

I remember something from "A Log's Life" about how the program started on WPIX and then over the years expanded across the country and they had lines showing which states carried the program.  But I knew that non-Tribune owned CW stations were not allowed to carry the program.  It's a shame that these other stations are doing their own version, but hopefully, Antenna TV will be available in those areas so most people will get a chance to see the program.

I hope that is some areas that Antenna TV has the capability of broadcasting in HD but ours is only SD or 4:3 screen ratio being the programming they show was made for SD Analog TV's.

On my station with the Digital to Analog converter box, I can change the ratio to 16:9, but all that does is make the SD image fit the HD screen so it really isn't HD.  But even that is better than not watching The Yule Log at all.

One little Question,Chip,will WGN America be including the 4th Hour this year? I'm real glad I bought that new DVD Recorder!

Chip,

I may be misinterpreting your response to Michael, but I think he might be under the impression that "WGN America" will be broadcasting The Yule Log because of the way he worded his question.  Michael, if I'm wrong, I ask your forgiveness and yours too Chip.

I Know above at the beginning of this thread, that you did a list of all the stations and then also Antenna TV.  I don't know if Michael is thinking that WGN America is going to broadcast it or not, being he said in his message "One little Question,Chip,will WGN America be including the 4th Hour this year?" or if he realizes that he will need to be receiving Antenna TV in order to watch the broadcast this year.

I'm not trying to imply that anyone is, I don't want to use any word, but they might be thinking what WGN America will indeed be broadcasting The Yule Log.  Also, I don't know if a lot of members realize it or not but if their Cable, Satellite or Fiber Optic Television Provider carries WGN, that it is actually WGN-America.  And only people in the Chicago area actually receive WGN regardless whom is their TV provider, but everyone else gets WGN America.

I have Dish Network and in the guide it shows WGN, but it is definitely WGN America because of the Station Logo, and also if I were to go to WGN Channel 9 in Chicago and click on their Schedule, it's completely different programming than what I am getting except for when they do their local news.  Then both channels/networks are broadcasting the same thing.

You're welcome Chip,

It's really weird, that being ill, I can't remember things of that I own and then I will type something and it comes out all wrong, but I was able to notice Michael specifically mentioning WGN America.  Go figure huh?.  The mind does strange things when one is ill.

It would be nice if Antenna TV would have the equipment to broadcast The Yule Log in HD.  I know our Cable company gave us an SD and HD of MeTV, but what they did was show the program in 4:3 ratio, then have the call letters going sideways in the area on both sides of the 4:3 image and also HD was sideways.

For Antenna TV, I have to pick up over the air being it's a sub-channel of our local station and though I've seen commercials in Letterbox, the screen ratio is still 4:3 instead of 16:9.  But as I mentnioned earlier, I can stretch the screen to 16:9 ratio, but it's still only 4:3 ratio, technically.

Dish Nework doesn't give us the secondary channels either but I can still DVR it using the OTA Module and I actually get 100% on the signal strength.  Being the transmitter is only about 7 -10 miles from where I live, but our other local are well over 25 miles away and I have a hard time receiving them.

Another good thing is even though Antenna TV, WPIX and KWGN are all SD, they do at least have Stereo Audio.

Micheal,

I know before the "Digital Transition" you probably could have picked up WPIX from NYC as it is only 114 miles from NYC to Hudson but Antenna TV has an affiliate in Albany which is 149 miles from Hudson.  So I doubt you would be able to pick up ether WPIX or WNYA even with an outdoor directional antenna because Digital TV transmits at a much lower wattage than Analog TV did and their antenna towers are much shorter.

Digital TV at maximum only transmits at 1000KW and when they were Analog, they were transmitting in the 300,000KW range to the 400,000KW range so it was a lot easier to pick them up.

But WNYA in Albany is on channels 15 and 51-2 and on Verizon FIOS, Channel 482

It's such a shame that more local TV stations won't carry Antenna TV on one of their sub-channels.  I am fortunate to get it on the sub-channel of our NBC affiliate, and though I get the Superstation Package,WPIX, WWOR, KWGN, KTLA and WSBK from Dish Network, they don't give us any sub-channels of our local channels.  So I have to pick it up over the air with a Digital to Analog converter box and connect that to my VCR.

I have a Digital to Analog Tuner Module in my DVR that will pick up our local Digital channels, but if I try to DVR both WPIX and Antenna TV, or WPIX and KWGN, I might get a message "Duplicate Event" and it won't record one of them.  So though I have 3 channels for watching The Yule Log, I will be watching WPIX and DVR'ing it and also have KWGN on the other tuner and then Antenna TV on my VCR so I should have at least one good broadcast to watch.

Unfortunately, they are all in SD, because I do not live in NYC or even close, Dish Network can only give us the SD feeds of these networks and then our Antenna TV affiliate shows programs that were done in 4:3 ratio, so there is no need to broadcast is HD being there would be black bars on the sides of the image.

Chip,

I have my DVR set to record WPIX, KWGN and Antenna TV being the time difference between here and Denver, but the way The Yule Log is showing in my guide, is showing at 11:00 am to 12:00PM on the 23rd.  Which I understand is because of the time difference, but on the 25th, it's on at 7:00 am to 8:00 AM and then 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM.  I have selected both of the times, but I'm wondering if the if the 7 am is a repeat of the Christmas Eve Day morning broadcast.  Also, if I DVR a program that is on the same channel right after another, it usually cuts off part of the beginning of the second program because it was at the end of the previous program.

Do you think I should just go with the 8:00 am to 12:00 pm broadcast and forget about the previous hour?

Thanks Chip

So, it will be out of order on KWGN.  I do hope to burn it to a DVD but don't necessarily need KWGN's version since I will be DVR'ing WPIX and Antenna TV's versions, so as long as there aren't any glitches, I will have a good copy of this years broadcast too.  I wish I had the foresight to Video Tape all the episode from when I first got a VCR WPIX did the last broadcast in 1989.  But I only have maybe 2 - 4 of them if they didn't get destroyed.  I might even have a couple of cassettes where I taped the music from WPIX-FM, but not sure because I didn't get into taping radio broadcasts until the middle 1970's.

Thanks again.  I will also set up my VCR for Antenna TV also just in case my DVR messes up the Antenna TV Broadcast because other programs I DVR from Antenna TV sometimes play back choppy with a pause for a second and then continues.