News for Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 (amended)

 (notes: all times listed in this report reflect the Central time zone for this Wednesday)

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV between 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. ("WKRG News 5 This Morning") had one of its regular news presenters (Jessica Taloney) talking about her visiting a group of students of journalism and broadcasting at a high school in the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama (Baker High School) earlier this calendar week along with video of her and the students.

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WPMI-TV between 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. ("Local 15 Today") had a report about the main broadcast channel for their companion station (WJTC-TV) being set to have a special program about collegiate football with their sports reporter (Lance Crawford) and two radio hosts for a radio station in their local broadcast area specialized in football and other sports (Randy Kennedy and Creg Stephenson of WNSP-FM)) later this Wednesday (between 10:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.). 

• The local program dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. ("Studio 10") had an image of a "bobblehead" figurine that one of its hosts (Joe Emer) said was a "spitting image" of a producer for WALA-TV (Linda Jones) in honor of her birthday this Wednesday (the one named Joe Emer said the producer did not want an image of her actual self on the program while the one named Chasity Byrd said she (her self) had nothing to do with the image of the figurine).  

(amendment note: the time period for the special program was added to the report)