News for Friday, July 6th, 2018

• 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. this Friday ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had  one of its reporters (a sports reporter named Randy Patrick Setterstrom), saying, "Thank you, the sportscaster. The BayBears played another home game tonight against the Jumbo Shrimp of Jacksonville and the BayBears win seven to three. They won three in a row -- they ate a lot of cocktail sauce this week" immediately after appearing to have a certain animated sequence with audio of a certain announcer saying, "Now Randy Patrick with your WKRG News 5 sports" immediately one of its breaks from appearing on the channel in that period of time this Friday.

• 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 Tuesday of the nineteenth day of this June ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Rose Ann Haven) saying phrases such as, "More tragedy in the gulf" and, "News 5 first broke this story on our digital media: we sent out a push alert around one o'clock this afternoon letting our viewers know of the huge economic project. So to make sure you know about news that matters to you, shortly after it breaks, be sure to download our WKRG app. It's free for both Apple and Android devices" for some of its presentations (note: the program appeared to have had digital graphics with texts of "NEW $85 MILLION HOTEL COMING TO GULF SHORES", "1PM" and "WKRG" and audio of a certain musical tone during the part of the presentation involving the words "push alert"). 

• A certain World Wide Web site related to WPMI-TV appeared to have an article dated for the Thursday of the fifth day of this July concerning a certain building often used by other broadcasters in southwest Alabama in recent times along with a video with details similar to those of the article (note #1: the names of those other broadcasters were WKRG-TV, WFNA-TV WNTM-AM, WKSJ-FM, WMXC-FM, WRKH-FM, WRGV-FM, and WTKX-FM (note #2: one of the presenters of the details in the video appeared to had been a former member of the news operation for WKRG-TV named Darwin Singleton (note #3: the names of the broadcasters were not mentioned in the article or the video (the names of some companies connected to them (the Nexstar Media Group for the TV stations; iHeart Radio for the radio stations) were mentioned though (note #4: the name of one of those companies (Nexstar) appeared to had been spelled differently for the article ("NexStar")). 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 12:00 p.m. this Friday ("WKRG News 5 at Noon") appeared to have had one of its reporters (a weather reporter named Taylor Sarallo) saying, "In our area we are worried about the chance of some isolated showers and thunderstorms -- just your typical summertime weather", its news presenter (Devon Walsh) saying, "No word on the color choice" with emphasis for ones of its reports ("A traffic alert that drivers in Mobile need to be aware of: The Bankhead Tunnel in downtown Mobile is shutting down next week for several hours over night. You see the tunnel is getting a vibrant makeover. A Twitter post from the Alabama Department of Transportation says the tunnel is closing from Monday through Thursday from nine p.m. until four p.m. -- no word on the color choice, all though they said it will be vibrant"), and audio of the same news presenter saying, "Well coming up: It's a national holiday that'll make you hungry. We'll tell you the history behind National Fried Chicken Day when we come back" (while appearing to have had some video with digital graphics and texts of "COMING UP" and "FRIED CHICKEN IS THE BEST") before one of its breaks from appearing on the channel in that period of time this Friday.  

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. this Thursday ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Byron Day) wearing eye glasses and removing them immediately after one of its breaks from appearing on the channel in that period of time that day; one of its reporters (Matt Barrentine) saying, "Just make sure you wear plenty of sunscreen -- that UV index thing -- or you'd turn into a lobster pretty quickly" for a report related to weather; its other news presenter (Lenise Ligon) saying, "Get ready: the Navy's precision flying team, the Blue Angels, gearing up for a big show next weekend" and, "How about that? The annual Pensacola Beach Air Show is next Saturday. A host of world-glass aerobatic and flying-stunt performers as well as interactive exhibits -- oh my goodness -- military recruitment stations and all kind of vendors  You can check out their first dress rehearsal as well for the show next Friday or a practice show next Thursday. If you plan to go to any of those events,  get there early because as you know, like the Blues you see here, they always draw a crowd", and the news presenter mentioned earlier saying, "That guy's a winner" immediately after appearing to have had a certain video involving digital graphics and text of "FOCUSING ON THE TARGET" and "LOCAL ARCHER WINS 4TH IN THE WORLD".

• The local news programs that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first halves of the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. this Friday ("WKRG News 5 at 6" and "WKRG News 5 at 10" respectively) appeared to have had of its reporters (the Randy Patrick Setterstrom mentioned in the first paragraph from the top of this report) presenting a report related to one of the radio stations in their local broadcast area (report for the first program: "Mobile's Phil Savage announcing yesterday he's leaving the Tide radio booth as color analyst after nine seasons and five national title calls; play by play announcer Eli Gold appeared on WNSP radio this morning; said he's enjoyed his time with Phil; he said he would be submitting some names as possible candidates to partner up with him next season; he said A-D Greg Burn, coach Nick Saban, and the president of the Crimson Tide network will add their input for their final decision; and now Phil taking on the new general manager's job at the new Phoenix team in the new Alliance of American Football League (report for the second program mentioned: "Mobile's Phil Savage announced yesterday he's leaving the Crimson Tide radio booth as color analyst after nine seasons and five national championship calls. Play-by-play announcer Eli Gold appeared on WNSP radio this morning and said he's enjoyed his time working with Phil and says he would be submitting some names as possible candidates to partner up with him this season. He said athletic director Greg Burn, coach Nick Saban, and the president of the Crimson Tide radio network will add their input before a final decision is made on who will replace Phil. Phil is taking a new job in Phoenix, Arizona in the new Alliance of American Football League).