News for Monday, February 9th, 2015

• This past Sunday's (February 8th) edition of WALA-TV's local 9:00 p.m. news program ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had a report in which the phrase "African-American History Month" was used in place of "Black History Month" in reference to a national annual observance for celebrating the histories of various folks with dark complexions and African ancestors that was originally called "Black History Month".

• Several advertisements for new positions at WKRG-TV and WFNA-TV were posted onto the official World Wide Web site for the Alabama Broadcasters Association recently (including positions in reporting and gathering news with digital equipment, producing local news programs, directing local news programming on weekend mornings, operating video cameras, managing promotions and marketing efforts, and reporting weather for local news programming on weekend mornings).

• Today's edition of WKRG-TV's local 6:00 p.m. news program ("WKRG News 5 at 6") had video of today's edition of WAVH-FM's (106.5) local midday news and discussion program ("Midday Mobile") for a report about how some folks (including some of the callers for the program and its host named Sean Sullivan) publicly reacted to news about probate court judges in Alabama being allowed to marry folks of the same gender from this day forward and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Alabama issuing an order against their being allowed to do so.