News for Thursday, December 22nd, 2016

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WPMI-TV during the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. this Thursday ("Local 15 Today") had an announcement about this Thursday being the birthday of one the children of one of its news presenters (Kelly Foster) for this Thursday (the announcement was part of a regular feature of the program dedicated to announcing birthdays).

• A national cable TV and satellite TV programming service (the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN)) was set to have special programming about a football game expected to occur (under the name "Dollar General Bowl") in the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama this Friday on the twenty-third day of this December between the hour of 7:00 p.m. and the beginning of the second half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. 

• The main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV had what appeared to be live promotional videos for one of the sponsors of a plan to hold a certain type of parade in the city of Mobile this Thursday during one of its breaks from local news programming during the first half of the hour of 5:00 p.m. ("WKRG News 5 at 5") and both halves of the hour of 6:00 p.m. ("WKRG News 5 at 6" and "WKRG News 5 at 6:30") this Thursday (the name of this particular sponsor Greer's Market and Catering; as for how they were promoted through the videos, it was done through interviews (conducted by a radio announcer for WMXC-FM (Mary Booth) from somewhere in the down-town area of Mobile with a member of their company who usually promoted their services through various means of communication (Lucy Greer).