News for Thursday, February 22nd, 2018

(note: one of the commentaries for this weblog ("Commentary: A profile of a passionate reporter and a comparison of reports related to sports for a certain TV station") was amended for clarity)

• A Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had a hyperlink attributed to its administration dated for the Monday of the nineteenth day of this February to an article on a World Wide Web site attributed to WKRG-TV also dated for that Monday concerning an interview for a type of segment of programming they occasionally had on their main broadcast channel during the last five minutes of the first half of the hour of 8:00 a.m. from Monday through Friday in recent times along with a recording of the interview itself  (note: the page usually did not appeared to have had such hyperlinks to such articles and/or recordings by then in recent times). 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 5:00 p.m. on the Monday of the nineteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 5") appeared to have had one of its reporters (a news reporter named Joseph Blake (J. B.) Biunno) saying, "Pete, Devon, I know that the two of you have tablets right there on the anchor desk -- you know that gets a lot of hands-on time, you might want to get some wipes after the show" and one of its news presenters (Peter Albrecht) saying, "Yeah, we've got them right now" immediately afterwards before appearing to point a thumb toward its other news presenter (Devon Walsh) while saying, "Germaphobe" immediately afterwards (the one named Devon Walsh appeared to laugh immediately afterwards). 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 6:00 p.m. on the Monday of the nineteenth day of this February appeared to have had its weather reporter (Alan Sealls) saying, "Our evening skies brought in the clouds and if you look closely on radar a few showers are showing up mainly toward our west in Jackson County: one of them on Allen Road; good name for a road" and a certain video of a certain report involving a certain type of ending not normally used in the endings of other reports like it in some of the local news programming it had in recent times (it had involved a certain location being described as secure than than just the name of the location itself in accordance with the other reports) "Reporting from a secure location in Mobile, I'm Christina Andress".

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. on the Sunday of the eighteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had audio of its news presenter (Ashley Knight) saying, "Well it's been a picture-perfect weekend across the gulf coast; warm, sunny, great weather to be outside; here's a live look at current conditions over at USS Alabama; a little bit of a fog rolling in, but some enjoyed themselves today by jumping in the pool. Check out this video taken in Spanish Fort earlier today of kids splashing around; lots of fun to have there. Meteorologist Thomas Geboy joins us now for a look at our workweek forecast" and video of its weather reporter (Thomas Geboy) saying, "A lot of folks will have the day off from work tomorrow for Washington's birthday" without explaining the "Washington's birthday" part of what he appeared to had been saying (note: the program appeared to have had some graphics involving text of "Get Outside and Enjoy This Weather" and "KIDS ENJOY A SUNDAY DIP IN SPANISH FORT" while having the part of the aforementioned audio involving the words "Spanish Fort"). 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 5:00 p.m. on the Monday of the nineteenth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") appeared to have had a video of a report in which a certain subject named "Bobby Love" was described as someone "not showing love" whereas the local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 6:00 p.m. that Monday ("WKRG News 5 at 6:00 p.m." appeared to have one of its news presenters (Rose Ann Haven) saying, "First on Five, a fire over love. A man is now in custody for an arson last night at the pathways apartment complex in midtown Mobile. Investigators took Bobby Walsh Love the Second into custody this afternoon. As News 5's Katarina Luketich reports, investigators say a fight over a woman could be to blame (note: the opening for the second program appeared to have had audio of its other news presenter (Mel Showers) saying, "A fire over love: a suspect is now in custody for an arson at a local apartment complex; why investigators say a woman could be behind it all" while having graphics involving text of "A Fire Over Love?").