WPIX Announcement Of New Fourth Hour

The video posted above is the WPIX-TV station ID break from the 2009 presentation of the Yule Log. In the clip, station news anchors Jim Watkins and Kaity Tong announce the premiere of the new fourth hour of the Yule Log and pay homage to yours truly, Chip Arcuri. Thanks Jim and Kaity for the nice shout-out and for your support and enthusiasm for our great Christmas tradition, The WPIX Yule Log! I also included in this clip the first 5 songs of the new fourth hour, leading off with Mantovani's classic, legendary and sweeping interpretation of "Adeste Fideles." Monty's impeccable arrangement of this song is extremely poignant, reverent and wistful and is a heart-wrenchingly quintessential example of his signature sound of cascading, soaring and tumbling violins. It brilliantly reflects something his father taught him when he was quite young: "Put feeling into your music, my boy -- music without feeling is little more than a noise." The other 4 songs included are "Deck The Halls" by the incomparable Ray Conniff Singers, "Holiday For Bells" by the magnificent Bert Kaempfert, "Must Be Santa" by the wonderful Mitch Miller and "Good King Wenceslas" by the King of the Yule Log (and of all Christmas music for that matter), the great maestro, Percy Faith. Enjoy this preview of the Yule Log's new fourth hour! FYI: The addition of this new hour was the first substantive change to the program in 36 years and the biggest single change in its 43-year-old history, as it was the first time that an entirely new hour of classic Christmas music had been added to the broadcast. Please visit my YouTube channel homepage and Yule Log website.

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• Yule Log
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• Chip Arcuri
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• Kaity Tong