News for Saturday, Feburary 28th, 2015

• WKRG-TV recently had a promotional advertisement about some changes in their local morning programming plans mentioned* on this past Friday's (February 27th) edition of their local morning news program ("WKRG News 5 This Morning").

• The Game Show Network's TV programming for this past Friday, February 27th, included a certain edition of a TV game show titled "Match Game 78" (its 1264th edition) in which one of its players (an actor and author named Fannie Flagg) said she knew and loved a person from Foley, Alabama (southeast of Mobile) with the same first name ("Major") as one of the competitive players for this edition before playfully saying she had hoped this person from Foley had "gone bald" since the last time they had seen each other before sending a greeting out to him (the last name of the person from Foley was "Jones"; the one for the player with the same first name was "Frost").

*see "News for Friday, February 27th, 2015: for more details 

News for Friday, February 27th, 2015

• Today's edition of WALA-TV's local entertainment and lifestyle program ("Studio 10") had a live interview with a cartoonist for various animated TV programs and books at a convention in Pensacola, Florida (southeast of Mobile) dedicated to various forms of art and entertainment (the name of the cartoonist was Scott Shaw; the name of the convention was Pensacon).

• One of the news presenters on today's edition of WKRG-TV's local morning news program (the name of the news presenter was Devon Walsh; the name of the program was "WKRG News 5 This Morning") said today would be her last day as one of its regular news presenters, that she would be a regular (Monday through Friday) news presenter for their local 5:00 p.m. news program ("WKRG News 5 at 5"), that she would be part of a "brand-new 9:00 a.m. show" for WKRG-TV ("in the next several weeks"), and that the regular weekend news presenter for WKRG-TV (Avery Cotton was the name of the weekend news presenter) would be taking her place on the morning news program (next Monday, March 2nd).

Commentary: An inaccurate description

• I wish some of the presenters for WALA-TV's local TV programming had not referred to two new animated TV series based on earlier TV series titled "Inspector Gadget" and "Danger Mouse" as series for children or kids while presenting reports about plans to make the new series available through the video service Netflix since they should appeal to any person of any age. Their appearances should not give anyone the idea that they were only made for children.

News for Thursday, February 26th, 2015

• Today's edition of WALA-TV's local entertainment and lifestyle program ("Studio 10") had a new interview with a resident of Mobile who was a contestant for the most recent series of editions of the national TV program titled "American Idol" and a new musical performance by her (her name was Erica Washington).

News for Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

• WFNA-TV recently had a new promotional advertisement for their selves with the main announcer for WKRG-TV's local news programming (Jay Gardner) saying, "You're watching the CW55. TV now".

• WALA-TV had a former director of public safety for Prichard, Alabama be their "crime consultant" for a report broadcast as part of today's edition of their local 5:00 p.m. news program ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.").

• WALA-TV had problems broadcasting video recordings for the first half of today's edition of their local 9:00 p.m. news program ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") and shortened segments for its first half due to those problems (one of the news presenters on the program said the problems were the result of a server crash). 

News for Tuesday, February 24th, 2015

• Today's edition of WPMI-TV's local morning news program ("Local 15 Today") had a birthday celebration for one of its regular news presenters and news reporters (the name of the news presenter and news reporter was Darwin Singleton). 

• This past Monday's (February 23rd) edition of WPMI-TV's local 5:00 p.m. news program ("Local 15 News at 5 p.m.") had a report about a person from Mobile auditioning for a new series of editions of the national TV program titled "The Voice" while in Atlanta, Georgia between last Friday (February 20th) and this past Monday.

• This past Monday's edition of WPMI-TV's local 10:00 p.m. news program ("Local 15 News at 10 p.m.") had a report about a person from Orange Beach, Alabama (southeast of Mobile) being a contestant on the first edition of the new series of editions of "The Voice" (the edition was broadcast locally by WPMI-TV that day).

News for Monday, February 23rd, 2015

• One of the news presenters on this past Sunday's (February 22nd) edition of WALA-TV's local 9:00 p.m. news program ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") referred to the bridge over the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta by a nickname commonly used in reference to it by broadcasters such as he while enticing his audience about a report about the bridge he would present after a commercial break for the program in which the bridge was referenced by both its formal name (the "General W. K. Wilson Jr. Bridge") and the nickname (the "Dolly Parton Bridge").

• WFNA-TV's main broadcast channel (radio frequency channel 25-1/virtual channel 55-1) recently had advertisements that were usually part of WKRG-TV's programming and not any other TV station's programming in southwest Alabama back when they were not affiliated with WKRG-TV. For example, it had promotional advertisements for "The CBS Evening News" and "CBS This Morning", two network TV programs that were usually part of WKRG-TV's programming and not any other TV station's programming in southwest Alabama (WFNA-TV became affiliated with WKRG-TV as a result of the former parent company for WFNA-TV and their former companion station WALA-TV (LIN Media) merging with the parent company of WKRG-TV (Media General) and WALA-TV becoming part of a separate company (the Meredith Corporation) in order for that merger to be completed last December).

Commentary: Some suggestions for Alabama Public Television

• I had noticed some messages on the official Facebook page for Alabama Public Television attributed to visitors of the page objecting to Alabama Public Television having the interview program titled "Charlie Rose" take the places of two programs specialized in physical fitness titled "Sit and Be Fit" and "Wai Lana Yoga" in the their regular programming plans for Monday through Friday recently before thinking of a way in which all of these programs could be kept in their regular programming plans for those days; by having the start time for their "PBS Kids" programming block moved up by one hour (from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m) and by limiting two or more of the programs for the block to one broadcast per day. By then they could use the old timeslots for the first two programs of the block for broadcasting the fitness programs from Monday through Friday and continue to have the interview program broadcast in the old timeslots for the fitness programs (6:00 a.m. for "Sit and Be Fit" and 7:00 a.m. for "Wai Lana Yoga") from Monday through Friday.

News for Saturday, February 21st, 2015

• One of the regular news presenters for WKRG-TV's local morning news program ("WKRG News 5 This Morning") was part of a basketball exhibition at the Mitchell Center in Mobile this past Friday, February 20th, with two professional basketball teams called the Harlem Globetrotters and the Washington Generals (the name of the news presenter was Devon Walsh).

• This past Friday's edition of WKRG-TV's local 10:00 p.m. news program ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had video of the aforementioned news presenter throwing a basketball into a basketball goal at the aforementioned exhibition as part of a report about her and the exhibition (the news presenter was said to have been playing for both the Harlem Globetrotters and the Washington Generals, according to the report). 

• The regular news presenter for Saturday and Sunday editions of WALA-TV's local 9:00 p.m. news program (the name of the news presenter was Renee Dials; the name of the program was "FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") substituted for its regular news presenters for Monday through Friday (Bob Grip and Lenise Ligon) this past Tuesday, February 17th (the regular news presenter for Saturday and Sunday editions of the program said the regular news presenters for its Monday through Friday editions had "earned some time off" during this past Tuesday's edition of it since they had hosted some special TV programming about local Carnival parades earlier that day for WALA-TV).

News for Friday, February 20th, 2015

• The news presenter on this past Wednesday's (February 18th) edition of WJTC-TV's local 6:30 p.m. news program ("Local 15 News at 6:30 on UTV44") said a poem during its preview of a report about plans to publish a story by a late author named Theodor Seuss (Dr. Seuss) Geisel that was discovered by the wife of the author recently (the preview was broadcast seconds before a commercial break).

• According to the official World Wide Web site for Alabama Public Television, a new documentary about Bayou La Batre, Alabama (southwest of Mobile) was set to be part of their TV network's main broadcast channels this Sunday between 6:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. and next Monday, February 23rd, between 9:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. (note: the main broadcast channel for the Alabama Public Television station in southwest Alabama (WEIQ-TV) is radio frequency channel 41-1/virtual channel 42-1). 

News for Thursday, February 19th, 2015

• On this Thursday, an administrator for the official Facebook page for WKRG-TV posted a message there (along with an image) proclaiming their affiliation with their new companion station WFNA-TV (the station was referenced by the nickname "CW-55" in the message).  

• Today's editions of WKRG-TV's local 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. news programs ("WKRG News 5 at 6" and "WKRG News 5 at 10" respectively) each had a report about members of the video production company Major League Baseball (MLB) Productions being in Mobile today to record footage for a documentary about a former professional baseball player originally from Mobile named Henry (Hank) Aaron that was expected to be broadcast later in the current calendar year (the former player was said to have been in Mobile to be recorded for the documentary on this day).   

• One of the hosts for WALA-TV's local entertainment and lifestyle program (the name of the host was Chasity Byrd; the name of the program was "Studio 10") had a guest help her present a weather segment for today's edition of the program (the guest was identified as a student six years of age and given the title of "guest meteorologist" on the program) since she remembered the guest telling her that she wanted to be a meteorologist like her when they first met sometime between November and December (the host said she was collecting money for the Salvation Army by the time she met the guest. 

News for Wednesday, February 18th, 2015

• On Tuesday, February 17th, a TV documentary about a Carnival society in Mobile called the Knights of Revelry was broadcast by the cable TV and satellite TV programming service Animal Planet (coincidentally the Knights of Revelry had a Carnival parade in Mobile's downtown area that day since it was the last day of the Carnival season for the current calendar year).

• The news presenter for this past Monday's (February 16th) edition of WPMI-TV's local 12:00 p.m. news program ("Local 15 News at Noon") used her appearance in one of its recorded segments to suggest that some children not hear the segment due to her finding the subject of the segment more appropriate for adults (the subject was about medical problems involving reproductive organs).

News for Tuesday, February 17th, 2015

• WKRG-TV's special local programming about some of the Carnival parades that occurred in their local broadcast area today (the last day of the Carnival season for the current calendar year) included a live report about a fire causing damage to an apartment complex in Mobile.

• WJTC-TV's special local programming about the Carnival parade that occurred between 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. in Mobile's downtown area today did not end between 4:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. in accordance with Zap2it, TV Guide, TitanTV's guides to their TV programming.

• WJTC-TV's special local programming about the last Carnival parade to occur in Mobile's downtown area today began earlier than originally indicated by the aforementioned guides to their TV programming (the programming began between 6:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. rather than between 6:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. before ending shortly after 6:30 p.m.). 

• WJTC-TV had an episode of the animated TV program titled "The Simpsons" proceed their special programming about the last Carnival parade in Mobile's downtown area since the special programming began during their regular time period for broadcasting "The Simpsons" from Monday through Friday (6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.).

News for Monday, February 16th, 2015

• WALA-TV, WPMI-TV, WKRG-TV, and WJTC-TV were set to have special local programming about Carnival parades expected to take place in their local broadcast areas this Tuesday, February 17th (the last day of the Carnival season for the current calendar year). 

• WALA-TV would have their special programming broadcast between 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.

• WJTC-TV would have their special programming broadcast between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. and between 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. through their main broadcast channel (radio frequency channel 45-1/virtual channel 44-1).

• WPMI-TV would have their special programming broadcast between 10:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. through their main channel broadcast (radio frequency channel/virtual channel 15-1) and have some of the programs that usually appeared on that channel between those times from Monday through Friday broadcast early the next day between 1:07 a.m. and 3:07 a.m. ("Days of Our Lives" and "Live! With Kelly and Michael" respectively) in addition to their regular time periods.

• WKRG-TV would have their special programming broadcast between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. through their main broadcast channel (radio frequency channel 47-1/virtual channel 5-1) and have some of the programs that usually appeared on that channel between those times from Monday through Friday broadcast early the next day between 12:37 a.m. and 4:07 a.m. ("The Young and the Restless", "The Bold and the Beautiful", "The Talk", and two episodes of "The Big Bang Theory" respectively) in addition to their regular time periods.  

(note: the stations may have their special programs broadcast through their live video streams in addition to their main broadcast channels. You may see and/or hear if any one of them does by selecting the links to their live video streams in this article)

News for Sunday, February 15th, 2015

• WALA-TV had a graphic with the slogan for their news department and the name of one the counties in their local broadcast area appear in the top-left corners of news reports about that country during their broadcasts this calendar week (the slogan was "Committed to You"; the name of the county was Baldwin).

• WJTC-TV had the theatrical movie titled "The Princess Bride" broadcast without much of its first quarter this past Saturday (between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.) due to their broadcast of a Carnival parade taking place in Mobile's downtown area during the time period in which the first quarter was meant to be broadcast (7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.).

• This past Friday's (February 13th) edition of WPMI-TV's local 10:00 p.m. news program ("Local 15 News at 10:00") had a local segment in which some folks expressed their personal feelings about a news presenter for the National Broadcasting Company being suspended from the position of news presenter and managing editor for their network TV news program titled "NBC Nightly News" for having publicly and repeatedly broadcast an untruthful version of a news report he did for them back in the year 2003 and for being suspected of having broadcast other untruthful stories while in his position (the name of the news presenter was Brian Williams).

News for Saturday, February 14th, 2015

• According to WJTC-TV and WPMI-TV, the news presenter and news reporter for WPMI-TV who was one of the hosts for WJTC-TV's recent broadcasts of live Carnival parades in Mobile's downtown area was set to take a break from hosting such a broadcast expected to occur today between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m (the name of the host set to take a break was Darwin Singleton) while a radio announcer for WRGV-FM (107.3) and WKSJ-FM (94.9) takes his place alongside the other host, another radio announcer for WKSJ-FM (the name of the host set to take the place of Darwin Singleton was Matt McCoy; as for the name of the other host, it was Colton Bradford). 

Commentary: A frivolous word in a local TV news presentation

• I was surprised to hear one of the regular news presenters for WKRG-TV's local 10:00 p.m. news program ("WKRG News 5 at 10") for Monday through Friday use the word "googled" as a synonym for having used the Internet search engine from the company Google while presenting a report about crimes involving the World Wide Web site Craigslist on this past Wednesday's (February 11th) edition of the program. I would have not used it that way I were him since I believe the name Google should not be used as a verb for using the company's search engine or any other company's Internet search engine.

News for Wednesday, February 11th, 2015

• One of the regular news presenters for WKRG-TV's local morning news program ("WKRG News 5 This Morning"*) took the place of one of the regular news presenters for their local 5:00 p.m. news program ("WKRG News 5 at 5") today (the name of the news presenter for the morning news program was Devon Walsh*; the name of the news presenter for the 5:00 p.m. news program was Rose Ann Haven).

• WALA-TV had an interview with one of the contestants for the current series of editions of the network TV program "American Idol" on their local 4:00 p.m. news program ("FOX 10 News at 4:00 p.m.") and a report about her on their local 5:00 p.m. news program ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") today since she was a resident of their local broadcast area (she was identified as being a resident of Foley, Alabama named Glennellen Anderson, even though she was identified as being from Gulf Shores, Alabama in an earlier report about her).

• Today's edition of WPMI-TV's local morning news program ("Local 15 Today") had one of its regular news presenters (named Darwin Singleton) telling a colleague of his (named Stephen Quinn) a series of numbers to use for him in a lottery game based in Florida called "Powerball" since the colleague had just finished doing a live report about it outside of a service station in Florida while he, the news presenter, was at the news desk for the program in Mobile.  He did not mention all of the numbers he wanted the colleague to use in the game, though, since the colleague was given that number in advance (the number he was given in advance was for the "Powerball" portion of the game; the other numbers were for the "white ball" portion of it).

(*she was replaced for today's edition of the morning news program by the regular news presenter for WKRG-TV's local weekend news programming (her name was Avery Cotton)).

News for Tuesday, February 10th, 2015

• Video recordings of WJTC-TV's last three broadcasts of Carnival parades taking place in Mobile's downtown Mobile were uploaded onto the official World Wide Web site for their companion station WPMI-TV (WJTC-TV had a total of four broadcasts of such parades thus far).

• WALA-TV recently had the title sequences for their local news programs changed to have the slogan "committed to you" appear in the form of animated graphics and to have new audio recordings of the main announcer for their local news programming (Greg O'Neill) introducing them with the slogan (for example: "Committed to you, FOX 10 News at 9:00").   

• The general manager of WJTC-TV and WPMI-TV (Robert (Bobby) Totsch) appeared in WJTC-TV's broadcast of the parade that took place in Mobile's downtown area on this Tuesday to announce their plan to broadcast a nighttime parade expected to take place in the area this Saturday, February 14th (between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.), since they were originally set to only have "weeknight parades" (or parades taking place between Monday and Friday) broadcast live during Mobile's Carnival season for the current calendar year.

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.

Commentary: A popular and beloved movie gets broadcast locally

• I liked WJTC-TV's plan to broadcast the theatrical movie titled "The Princess Bride" this past Sunday, February 8th (between 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.), and next Saturday, February 14th (between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.) since I had noticed since the 25th anniversary of its release in the year 1987 that it had become very popular and beloved among many folks since then (I saw the whole movie for the first time a few years after seeing those reports and had positive feelings about it), based on the reports I had seen about it on television and the World Wide Web in observance of the anniversary, and since I had never seen it broadcast by a local TV station before this past Sunday (the broadcast would have been better had WJTC-TV broadcast it in high definition in addition to having it displayed in its correct aspect ratio, or picture format). 

Commentary: An amusing ending to a local newscast

• I found the ending to this past Saturday's (February 7th) edition of WKRG-TV's local 6:00 p.m. news program ("WKRG News 5 at 6:00 p.m.") very interesting and amusing with its news presenter referring to it by a former brand name for WALA-TV's local news programming ("News 10") and stumbling over it with the main virtual channel number for WALA-TV's programming (Channel 10) while thanking members of the program's audience for watching it (the edition ended abruptly after she said "Channel 10"). I don't know whether the news presenter was doing so on purpose or not, but I still found her doing so both interesting and amusing.

News for Saturday, February 7th, 2015

• According to this past Friday's (February 6th) edition of WALA-TV's local 9:00 p.m. news program ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m."), they were set to have special local programming on the Tuesday of February 17th (Fat Tuesday) between 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. about Carnival parades expected to take place in their local broadcast area that day.

• According to the programming guides for WALA-TV from Zap2it, TitanTV, and TV Guide, they were set to have a syndicated documentary titled "Journey - 450 Years of the African-American Experience" in their programming on the Sunday of February 15th between 10:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. in addition to today between 9:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

News for Friday, February 6th, 2015

• According to today's edition of WALA-TV's local entertainment and lifestyle program ("Studio 10"), their entire staff wore red in observance of National Wear Red Day.

• Today's edition of WALA-TV's local 4:00 p.m. news program ("FOX 10 News at 4:00 p.m.") had a report about another resident of their local broadcast area being a contestant for the current series of editions of the national TV program "American Idol" and her plan to talk about her experience on it with them during the next calendar week (the person was identified as Glennellen Anderson of Gulf Shores, Alabama; as for the other residents who were contestants on the program, their names were Erica Washington of Mobile and Alex Wilhelm of Daphne, Alabama).   

• The regular news presenters for WALA-TV's local midday and evening news programming plans for Monday through Friday (Bob Grip and Lenise Ligon) were in Daphne, Alabama on today's editions of their local midday and evening news programs ("FOX 10 News at 4:00 p.m.", "FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.", and "FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.) doing live reports about the Carnival parade that would take place there tonight while one of the regular news presenters (Eric Reynolds) for their local morning news program ("FOX 10 News in the Morning") substituted for them at their broadcast facility in Mobile since they were set to be participating in the parade along with some of their other colleagues (including the regular hosts for "Studio 10" (Joe Emer and Chasity Byrd) and their sports reporter (Michael Brannon)).

News for Thursday, February 5th, 2015

• WNSP-FM was set to have a new local sports radio program added to their regular programming plans next Monday, February 9th (it would be called "Scarbinsky" in reference to its host named Kevin Scarbinsky and broadcast between the hours of 1:00 p.m. for 3:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday).

• According to a public statement issued by the Ladies Professional Golfers Association today, they had no plans for holding another golf tournament in Mobile later this calendar year just as they had done nearly every calendar year since the year 1999, with the exception of the year 2009 (the Golf Channel would have had such a tournament broadcast in accordance with their deal with the association). 

• WALA-TV, WKRG-TV, and WPMI-TV had reports about the aforementioned public statement in their local news programming shortly after it was issued.

News for Wednesday, February 4th, 2015

• WPMI-TV and their companion station WJTC-TV still had plans for broadcasting live Carnival parades expected to take place in Mobile's downtown area between this Thursday, February 5th and the Tuesday of February 17th (Fat Tuesday).

• Today's edition of WPMI-TV's local morning news program ("Local 15 Today") had a live interview conducted by satellite with the member of the House of Representatives of the United States representing the first congressional district of Alabama (his video was not displayed in its proper aspect ratio or picture format)

• This past Tuesday's (February 3rd) edition of WPMI-TV's local midday news program ("Local 15 News at Noon") had their assignment manager (Tom Russo) saying they were getting calls from the provider of their primary network programming (the National Broadcasting Company; also known as NBC) and broadcasters in Europe concerning the author of a popular story titled "To Kill a Mockingbird" (Nelle Harper Lee) and plans to have an earlier story she wrote about one of its characters published this July since her home was located in their local broadcast area (in Monroeville, Alabama).

News for Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015

• Video recordings of various local news programs and promotional advertisements for WALA-TV were uploaded onto their official YouTube channel recently for an annual contest hosted by the Alabama Broadcasters Association called the ABBYs (short for "Alabama's Best in Broadcasting"). 

• One of the high-definition cable TV channels in the cable TV system operated by Comcast Cablevision of Mobile had a new promotional advertisement for WFNA-TV in which the voice of one of the announcers for WFNA-TV's new companion station (WKRG-TV) was used to promote a network program they were set to broadcast today (the name of the announcer was Jay Gardner; the name of the network program was "The Flash"; as for the cable TV channel, it was for the USA Network, a national cable TV and satellite TV programming service).

• The weather reporter on this past Monday's (February 2nd) edition of WKRG-TV's local midday news programs ("WKRG News 5 at Noon") mentioned the cities of Seattle, Washington, and Boston, Massachusetts, along with their weather conditions at the time of the program's broadcast as part of his report since the professional football teams closest to the cities (the Seahawks of Seattle and the Patriots of New England) were playing a championship game of football (the 49th Super Bowl, or Super Bowl XLIX) on the previous day (he said the rain in Seattle reflected its mood after its local team lost the game).

News for Monday, February 2nd, 2015

• WKRG-TV and WPMI-TV had the ceremony that took place in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania today in observance of Groundhog Day broadcast live as part of their local morning news programs ("WKRG News This Morning" and "Local 15 Today"), including its announcement about winter being expected to last six more calendar weeks. WALA-TV had the ceremony broadcast live also as part of their own local morning news program ("FOX 10 News in the Morning"), but not the announcement.

• This past Sunday's edition of WKRG-TV's local 10:00 p.m. news program ("WKRG News 5 at 10:00") and today's edition of their local morning news program had a report about a new TV advertisement for a law firm based in Mobile (Maloney-Frost) being on WPMI-TV's main broadcast channel (radio frequency channel/virtual channel 15-1) during its break from the National Broadcasting Company's (NBC) programming about the 49th Super Bowl game between its second and third quarters (halftime). 

• WPMI-TV's local weekly legal advice program ("Local 15 LawCall") was broadcast shortly after 12:00 a.m. today instead of during its regular time period of 10:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. this past Sunday, February 1st (it was not live like most of its previous editions), due to their local 10:00 p.m. news program ("Local 15 News at 10:00") and a special edition of the network variety program "Tonight" taking its place in their regular programming plan for Sunday due to their broadcast of the National Broadcast Company's programming about the 49th Super Bowl game and a dramatic network program titled "The Blacklist" before the local news program.

News for Sunday, February 1st, 2015

• WGOK-AM (900)/WXQW-AM (660) had a new edition of a local public affairs program they usually had in their Sunday programming for the first time in two weeks today during their regular time period for it (the program was titled "Pass It On"; the time period was 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.).

• The main broadcast channels for WPMI-TV and WJTC-TV recently had a promotional advertisement for the news department of WPMI-TV with videos of various news reporters for the department and a message proclaiming the year 2015 "the year" of WPMI-TV (their brand name ("Local 15") took the place of their call letters in the message).