I have done the same,  over the air to my family room TV.  Only problem is that my regular tv comes from Satellite.  With the  over the air TV I have no good way of recording anymore.  Since on Antenna TV here,  the Yule log is broadcast very early in the morning on Christmas Morning,  by the time we are up we only catch the last hour or so "live".    I am still trying to figure out a way to record it so we can have it playing during regular Christmas festivities in the late morning and afternoon.   I dont want to invest in an overtheair unique DVR and since over the air is now digital even an old VCR wont work without an old converter box.  So I still struggle with getting the first few hours.

The Antenna TV affiliates across the country are independent entities and as such they have the ability to make their own programming decisions. The affiliates are not mandated by Tribune Broadcasting as to how to air the Yule Log telecast; therefore, unfortunately, they have the leeway to insert commercials into the broadcast, or air only a portion of the program -- or even preempt the program entirely and air something completely different if they so choose. Thankfully, however, I have not heard of a case where that has happened -- at least not as of yet.

Hopefully, for your sake, your local affiliate out of Buffalo will air the entire broadcast commercial-free, as it should be.

Yikes! I hadn't thought about that! I don't know if Antenna TV in Buffalo broadcast the Yule Log. I think there is someone else that writes on this message board from the Buffalo area. It seems to me that they did get it.

Any suggestions on recording from Antenna TV. I was assuming that I could record from the DVD/VHS combo unit I have there. Guess I have to start thinking more about that!

Thank you Chip! I guess the old saying goes. You pay your money, you take your chances! 

For at least the last 3 years, maybe 4, Antenna TV did air the full broadcast of The WPIX Yule Log.,, but at Chip mentioned there isn't really any guarantee that they will continue to do so, and you risk them putting in their local bumpers.

I know that in the Buffalo area, if you want to get Dish Network, they can give you WPIX from NYC as an Superstation, but it isn't in HD.  Still better to get WPIX in SD rather than not get it at all.

Spectrum, (Time Warner Cable), Verizon FIOS, and DirecTV do not offer WPIX at all, and they say it is because they "don't want to waste bandwidth"  But I have been a previous customer of DirecTV, and Cable TV, and they give you your local channels on their respective channel number, but then again in the 2000's or 3000's or 4000's etc.  How many places do you need to receive your local channels?.  In addition to duplication the local channels, they give you several infomercial channels too and at any given time, you can see the same infomercial on several channels.  There are other networks that are duplicated too, QVC for one.  If this isn't wasting bandwidth, I don't know what is.