Talk:Yule Log (TV program)
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This plays in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area as well, and has for at least the past few years. It was mentioned December 17th in a small bit in our local paper, here:[1]--Zalansho 03:48, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fred M. Thrower
This has to do with the position Fred M. Thrower occupied at the time of The Yule Log's creation in 1966, given the current sentence: "The Yule Log was created in 1966 by the station's General Manager at that time, Fred Thrower. . . . " While he did serve as general manager of WPIX, that was in his early years at the station, from his hiring in 1953. In 1961 he was promoted to executive vice president (The New York Times article, May 17, 1961), and in 1965 became president and chief executive officer of WPIX, Inc. (The New York Times article, June 18, 1965), serving in that capacity at the time of his creating the show (articles of the time of "The Yule Log's" debut referred to him as "president of the WPIX stations" {including the FM station that's now WQCD} and Variety called him "WPIX prexy"), and up to 1975 when he was named chairman of the board (and Leavitt J. Pope succeeded him as station president/CEO). Should a separate page on Thrower be created to set this all straight? –Wbwn 22:43, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
