Holiday Special > Versions

Versions of the Holiday Special

The Holiday Special was broadcast from different TV stations all over the US when it first aired, and then all over the world after that. Very few copies were preserved on tape, however, because very few people had VCRs in 1978. Here are some of the various copies of the Holiday Special, with station IDs on some showing how to tell them apart...

USA
November 17, 1978

KCCI-TV 8 - Des Moines, Iowa

KCMO-TV 5 - Kansas City, Missouri

KIRO-TV 7 - Seattle, Washington

KMGH-TV 7 - Denver, Colorado

KNXT-TV 2 - Los Angeles, California

WBBM-TV 2 - Chicago, Illinois

WBNS-TV 10 - Columbus, Ohio

WCAU-TV 10 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

WCBS-TV 2 - New York City, New York

WHIO-TV 7 - Dayton, Ohio

WMAR-TV 2 - Baltimore, Maryland

Australia
(unknown air date, 1980-83)

Network Ten - Australia

August 25, 1984

ATV-10 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

France
January 1, 1980(?)

TF1(?) - French title screen

Sweden
May 31, 1979

SVT-TV 2 - Swedish subtitled title screen

Broadcast Master

Vidtronics title card at beginning of master copy