News for Saturday, December 30th, 2017

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Friday of the twenty-ninth day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had one of its news reporters (Alexa Knowles) saying, "Speaking of 'crazy' " after having a video of a report in which one of its subjects was using the words "crazy".  

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the hour of 5:00 a.m. this Saturday ("WKRG News 5 This Morning: Saturday") had its news presenter (Chad Petri) referring to a certain event only by its calendar date (without the year) along with the type of event it was after having video of a report to which it was related (this is what he was saying: "This was New York City's deadliest fire in decades with the exception of the September eleventh terror attacks").

• 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 Friday of the twenty-ninth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had reports of a member of the news operation at WKRG-TV (a news reporter named Bryant Clerkley) being part of a session of training involving deputies for a sheriff in the local broadcast area for WKRG-TV (the first program appeared to have had live video of the reporter presenting one of those reports from what appeared to had been a remote location before having a separate video related to those reports).

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Friday of the twenty-ninth day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had its news presenter (Bob Grip) using a word associated with electricity to describe a report concerning an attempt at using electricity to kill a certain being while appearing to introduce video of it (this is what he was saying while appearing to do so: "Shocking story out of Florida tonight: Flagler County officials say a man rigged the front door of his father-in-law's house in an attempt to electrocute his estranged wife. Take a listen (the report in the the video itself had other words associated with electricity used in a similar ways such as, "This door sparking concern in Flagler County" and "allegedly wanted to leave a shocking message")).*

 (*the narrator and source of the video were not mentioned by the news presenter or within the video itself)

News for Friday, December 29th, 2017

(note: the previous report for this weblog ("News for Thursday, December 28th, 2017") was amended (twice))

• The main broadcast channel for WALA-TV had a video with an announcement concerning a certain type of software named Alexa and the local news operation at WALA-TV during one of its breaks from having a local TV program dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles named "Studio 10" on the Thursday of the twenty-eighth day of this Thursday.   

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the twenty-eighth day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had a video of a news report (attributed to a news reporter for the news operation at WALA-TV named Kati Weis) in which the word "crazy" was being used in reference to some of its subjects by its narrator.

• The local news programming that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 12:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the twenty-eighth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at Noon") had its news presenter (Hayley Minogue*) saying this after presenting a report related to reindeer: "How about those reindeer? I can't even pay attention to what I'm reading because I'm trying to look at the reindeer".

• Some of the local news programming for WALA-TV since the Monday of the twenty-fifth day of this December had members of the news operation at WALA-TV presenting reports of a plan for the main broadcast channel of WALA-TV to have a certain "special" (related to a plan to hold a certain game of football involving the football teams for the University of Alabama and Clemson University on the Monday of the first day of January for the next calendar year (2018)) on the Sunday of the thirty-first day of this December (during the second half of the hour of 9:00 p.m. for that day). 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the twenty-eighth day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had its news presenter (Bob Grip) presenting an opinionated report (similar to one in the form of an article World Wide Web site attributed to WALA-TV) related to some reports it had regarding the results of a certain election in the state of Alabama before then (this is what he was saying: "There were more than twenty two thousand write-in votes in the Senate election featuring some well-known names and not so well-known names. Mobile County independent candidate Lee Busby received the highest number of write-ins of four hundred eighty two followed by incumbent senator Luther Strange. Nick Saban edged out Jeff Sessions by one vote, mayor Sandy Stimpson received thirty one votes, representative Bradley Byrne thirteen, somebody named Dick Dock got one vote, so did Lame Duck. Now Baldwin County's top write-in candidate, again, was Lee Busby with five hundred thirty nine votes, Luther Strange received five hundred seven. Jeff Sessions, Nick Saban, Charles Barkley, and Tommy Tubberville got votes in Baldwin County, as did Sean Hannity, Spencer Collier, Boo Radley -- who, of course, doesn't exist; it's a fictional character -- and Jimmy Buffet".** 

 (*she was not a regular news presenter for the program or any of the other local news programs for WKRG-TV in recent times (she was usually a news reporter for programs such as those before this Friday in recent times)

 (**the local news program that appeared on the channel during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. the same day ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") had the same news presenter presenting a similar report in which the "Boo Radley" mentioned in the previous report was mentioned in a different way: "Boo Radley, from 'To Kill a Mockingbird' --") 

News for Thursday, December 28th, 2017 (amended)

(note: the second and third paragraphs below this sentence were amended after they were originally published)

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 5:00 p.m. on the Tuesday of the twenty-sixth day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") had one of its news reporters (Kati Weis) appearing to tell its audience, "If if you see something, do the right thing and call the police" for one of its reports.

• The cable TV channels in the cable TV system operated by Comcast Cablevision of Mobile that usually appeared to have programming for a national cable TV and satellite TV programming service named FXX each appeared to have had video of a programming feed for the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV in place of it without audio this Thursday (note: each of them had the video appearing more vertical than the way it usually appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV in recent times).  

• The main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV had an animated sequence (involving the name of the holding company for WKRG-TV (the Nexstar Media Group)) normally used in the last segments of local news programs for WKRG-TV in recent times appearing separately from the last segment of the one it had during the second half of the hour of 6:00 p.m. for this Thursday ("WKRG News 5 at 6:30") by the end of that hour (the last few seconds of that segment (a segment related to sports) had one of its presenters (Peter Albrecht) saying, "We'll be right back"*).

• 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 twenty-sixth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had one of its news presenters (Peter Albrecht**) presenting a report regarding a certain "rescue" with statements pertaining to its audience (this is what he was saying while doing so: "a rescue in El Paso, Texas caught on camera is going viral because it's not something you don't see or hear about very often: a man had to be rescued from the back of a garbage truck") and its other news presenter (Rose Ann Haven) presenting a report that had her describing its content as "strange" immediately after the one one (this is what she was saying that had her doing so: "Another strange story: this one out of South Dakota where two best friends turned out to be biological brothers". 

(*the last segments of previous installments of it and those of other local news programs for the channel in recent times usually had one or more of their contributors bidding farewell to their audiences whereas the phrase "We'll be right back" was usually said during the last few seconds of certain segments they had between other segments they had between previous installments of them in recent times )

(**he was not a regular news program for the program by then (he was usually one of its news reporters in previous installments of it in recent times)

News for Wednesday, December 27th, 2017

• 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 Friday of the twenty-second day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had its weather reporter (Thomas Geboy) using the word "should" in reference to temperatures while presenting a report related to them (as in, "We started off in the lower sixties where we should be" for one report and,"Temperatures were in the upper seventies, about fifteen to twenty degrees above where we should be for this time of year" for another one).

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 6:00 a.m. on the Saturday of the twenty-third day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 6:00 a.m.) had its news presenter (Asha Staples) saying this to its weather reporter (Matt Barrentine) after mentioning the date for this Saturday ("Today is December 23rd") and introducing herself ("I'm Asha Staples."): "Just the day before Christmas Eve, Matt, can you believe that?" (the weather reporter said this immediately afterwards: "Yeah, two days 'til Christmas. I know the kids could believe it").

• The local news programs that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 7:00 a.m. on the Saturday of the twenty-third day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 7:00 a.m.") had its news presenter (Asha Staples) saying, "Christmas is just two days way, can you believe it" while presenting a summary of subjects planned planned for it before having her saying,"Good morning and thank you for choosing 'FOX 10 News' on this Saturday morning. Today is December 23rd, just two days away from Christmas, I know you can't believe it because I can't" after having an animated opening sequence.

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the hour of 5:00 a.m. on the Saturday of the twenty-third day of this December ("WKRG News 5 This Morning: Saturday") had its news presenter (Chad Petri) presenting this comment related to a report of a decrease in the rate of unemployment in the state of Alabama he had just presented: "This is pretty good news for the state of Alabama as a whole, but News 5 dig a little digging and all of the counties in our viewing area, Mobile, Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia*, and Washington all saw an slight increase in unemployment in October.

(*there were actually two counties named "Escambia" within the local broadcast area for WKRG-TV in recent times: one in the state of Alabama and one in the state of Florida)

News for Tuesday, December 26th, 2017

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Monday of the twenty-fifth day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had its news presenter (Lee Peck*) saying, "Good evening everyone and a very merry Christmas to you all. Hope your day was full of fun, family, and fellowship. A brand new year is just one week away" before introducing his self. 

• 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 twenty-fifth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at 5") had one of its news presenters (Joseph Blake (J. B.) Biunno**) appearing to express an opinion related to members of militaries after presenting a report related to such members during the few seconds of its last segment. 

• The main broadcast channel for WPMI-TV had a paid commercial program during the second half of the hour in which it was was usually set to have a local TV program dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles from Monday through Friday in recent times this Tuesday (it had a different type of program in the same period of time on the Monday of the twenty-fifth day of this December (a syndicated one dedicated to lifestyles ( "1st Look")); as for the name of the local program dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles, it was "Gulf Coast Today").*** 

• One of the opening sequences for 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 Monday of the twenty-fifth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had the music for its previous segment (a report related to weather) instead of the music and announcement that usually accompanied it in previous installments of it in recent times whereas one of the others appeared without motion while having the same music for about one second (the next part of the program involved its news presenter (Hayley Minogue****) presenting news reports).   

• The main broadcast channel for WJTC-TV had a syndicated program named "The Wendy Williams Show" at a time when it was usually set to have a syndicated program named "Lauren Lake's Paternity Court" from Monday through Friday in recent times (the hour of 2:00 p.m.) whereas the main broadcast channel for WPMI-TV was set to have special programming related to a game of football from their main provider of network programming (the National Broadcasting Company (NBC)) when it was usually set to have the program named "The Wendy Williams Show" from Monday through Friday in recent times (the hour of 3:00 p.m.) on the Monday of the the twenty-fifth day of this December.  

(*he was not a regular news presenter for installments of the program for Monday through Friday or Saturday before that Monday in recent times (just the ones for Sunday before that Monday in recent times))
(**he was not a regular news presenter for the program or any of the other local news programs for WKRG-TV before that Monday in recent times (he was usually a news reporter for such programs before that Monday in recent times)) 
(***the main broadcast channel for WJTC-TV was also set to have the local program from Monday through Friday in recent times (both they and WPMI-TV were related to each other due to their being members of a holding company named the Sinclair Broadcast Group); as for whether it had the program this Tuesday and the aforementioned Monday or not, it had a syndicated program named in place of it this Tuesday named "The Simpsons" and another syndicated program in place of it on the aforementioned Monday named "Judge Judy"))
 (****she was not a regular news presenter for the program or any of the other local news programs for WKRG-TV before that Monday in recent times (she was usually a news reporter for such programs before that Monday in recent times)) 

News for Monday, December 25th, 2017

• The main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV was set to have some programs named "The Donna Reed Show" (one installment of it within a period of thirty minutes), "The Doris Day Show" (two installments of it each within a period of thirty minutes), and "The Nashville Christmas Parade" (one installment of it within a period of sixty minutes) within a period of time in which it was usually set to have a program named "WKRG News 5 This Morning" from Monday through Friday in recent times (between the second half of the hour of 4:00 a.m. and the end of the hour of 6:00 a.m. (in the order they were mentioned)) and the one named "The Doris Day Show" during the first half of the hour in which it was to have a local news program named "WKRG News 5 at Noon" from Monday through Friday in recent times (the hour of 12:00 p.m.) this Monday.*

• The main broadcast channel for WALA-TV was set to have a program named "Sounds of the Season" at an hour in which it was usually set to have a local news program named "FOX 10 News at 4:00 p.m." from Monday through Friday in recent times (the hour of 4:00 p.m.) and a program named "FOX 10 Surprise Squad Special" during the first and second halves of the hour in which it was usually set to have a program named "FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m." from Monday through Friday in recent times (the hour of 5:00 p.m.) this Monday. 

• The main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV was set to have a program named "The Andy Griffith Show" and a video of a certain rendition of a poem originally titled "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" related to WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour in which it was usually set to have a local news program named "WKRG News 5 at 10" on a daily basis in recent times (the  hour of 10:00 p.m.) on the Sunday of the twenty-fourth day of this December.  

• The main broadcast channel for WFNA-TV had an animated sequence involving the words "technical difficulties" and a logo for WKRG-TV** during the hour in which it was usually set to have a program named "Access Hollywood Live" from Monday through Friday in recent times (the hour of 10:00 a.m.) before having a program named "The Andy Griffith Show" in place of it for at least the first half of that hour this Monday.

• The main broadcast channel for WEAR-TV had a program named "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" during the first half of the hour in which it was usually set to have a local news program named "Channel 3 News Dayside" from Monday through Friday in recent times this Monday (the hour of 11:00 a.m.)***

• A programming feed for a TV programming service for the public school system in the county of Mobile in southwest Alabama (MCPSS TV) had some animation of a fire place with audio of various pieces of music on the Monday of the twenty-fifth day of this December.  

(*the programs named "The Donna Reed Show" and "The Doris Day Show" appeared to have had some graphics related to a national TV programming service for one of the digital sub-channels for WKRG-TV (Memorable Entertainment Television (Me-TV) superimposed over them during their appearances on the main channel for WKRG-TV this Monday)

(**WFNA-TV and WKRG-TV were related to each other due to their being members of a holding company named the Nexstar Media Group)

(***the channel was usually set to have the program named "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" during the second half of the hour of 6:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday in recent times)

News for Sunday, December 24th, 2017

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. this Sunday ("WKRG News 5 This Morning: Sunday") had its news presenter (Chad Petri) referring to a certain person he was set to interview as "his pastor" (it was part of a regular feature of the program usually involving him and a person being interviewed by him discussing faith and religion as part of the interview ("Faith Time")). 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the evening hours for the Saturday of the twenty-third day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.")* had a member of the news operation at WALA-TV who was usually not a news presenter for it in recent times (a Facebook page attributed to him appeared to have had a recording of this installment of it with a message related to it attributed to him dated for that Saturday (with phrases such as, "My first time anchoring in Mobile at FOX 10"); as for his name, it was Toi Thornton). 

• 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 Saturday of the twenty-third day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had audio of its news presenter (Mary Smith) laughing during her presentation of a report concerning a person in a certain costume (a "chewbacca" costume) riding a costume while having a video related to it before having audio of its weather reporter (Thomas Geboy) presenting more details related to it before having her saying, "Thank you, Thomas" and her saying, "I wasn't really expecting this to come up on our newscast; it just sort of sprung up on me at the last minute".

• The last few minutes of the last segment of the installment of the local news program mentioned in the second paragraph from the top of this report and the last few minutes of the last segment of the installment of it that appeared on the channel mentioned in that paragraph this Sunday had videos of groups of persons singing (with lyrics such as "silent night" in the case of the installment for this Sunday and "glo-glo-glorious" in the installment of it mentioned in the aforementioned paragraph (note: there was no mention of the video in the installment of it mentioned in the aforementioned paragraph by the time it had it after having video of its news presenter saying, "We'll see you next time" and some video of some buildings and the sky behind them)).**

(*the program was listed as being part of its programming over a period of 60 minutes during the hour of 9:00 p.m. that Saturday in a guide to its programming on a World Wide Web site named Zap2it) 

(**the videos had graphics such as one involving the phrase "FOX10 Sounds of the Season" and a logo involving the words "TIRE ENGINEERS FULL SERVICE AUTO CARE" below the words "PRESENTED BY")

News for Saturday, December 23rd, 2017

• A video of a certain rendition of a poem originally named "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" related to WKRG-TV named "Christmas Poem 2017" was uploaded onto a World Wide Web site specialized in audio and video recordings named YouTube with a description stating it had been uploaded there on the twentieth day of this December (a Wednesday).* 

• 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 Friday of the twenty-second day of this December ("WKRG News at 10") had audio of one of its news presenters (Devon Walsh) saying this in between her presenting a report related to a shelter for dogs while having video related to it: "Oh, look at him putting his paw up".

• The local news programs that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on the Friday of the twenty-second day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m." and "FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") appeared to have had a video of a report involving its narrator (Devan Coffaro) and a camera operator (Ronald Gaines) (note: the reporter herself appeared to had introduced the video as part of the first program mentioned). 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WPMI-TV during the first half of the hour of 5:00 p.m. this Saturday ("NBC 15 News [at 5 p.m.]") had its news presenter (Lance Crawford**) presenting information pertaining weather instead of a weather reporter for the news operation at WPMI-TV (such as any member of it who usually did so for some of the local news programming it had before then in recent times (Kelly Foster**, Chris Dunn, Jake Dunne, and Jessica Townsend)).

• At least one of the weather reporters for some of the local news programming WALA-TV had on their main broadcast channel in recent times (such as one named Michael White) had occasionally said a certain "Santa" was to be "coming to town" without explaining whom or what he was referencing while presenting predictions of weather for the Sunday of the twenty-fourth day of this December and the Monday of the twenty-fifth day of this December in some of the local news programming they had earlier this calendar week. 

(*the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV was usually set to have a video like this one in its programming on the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth days of December in years past)

(**the one named Lance Crawford was also a sports reporter for the operation before then in recent times whereas the one named Kelly Foster was also a news presenter for the local news programming it had for the morning and noon hours of Monday through Friday in recent times in addition to being one of the hosts for a local TV program dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles that was usually set to be part of its programming during the second half of the hour of 12:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday in recent times (named "Gulf Coast Today"))

News for Friday, December 22nd, 2017 (amended)

 (note: the sentence at the bottom of this report was amended)

• The animated sequences for the local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the twenty-first day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") were broadcast at rates higher than the rates at which such sequences were usually broadcast in some of the local news programming it had before then in recent times.

• Some of the local news programming WKRG-TV had on their main broadcast channel Thursday of the twenty-first day of this December had some members of the news operation at WKRG-TV (such as news presenters and reporters) saying a certain day ("the first day of winter") did not "feel like it" (note: the aforementioned Thursday was the first day of astronomical winter in southwest Alabama for the rest of this calendar year and the beginning of the first half of the next calendar year).   

• A local TV program dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WPMI-TV during the second half of the hour of 12:00 p.m. and the main broadcast channel for WJTC-TV during the second half of the hour of 5:00 p.m. this Friday ("Gulf Coast Today") appeared to have the answer to a question its audience was directed to answer through a Facebook page related to it by one of its hosts (Kelly Foster) without any mention of it by her or its other host (Terra Reeves).* 

• 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 Thursday of the twenty-first day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had one of its news presenters (Devon Walsh**) presenting a report concerning an interview broadcast by a certain TV station without mentioning the name of the station (she had described the station only as "an Alabama TV station") whereas the local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the same period of time that day ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") had its news presenter (Lenise Ligon) presenting a similar report*** in which one of the local news programs for WALA-TV was referenced.

• 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 Thursday of the twenty-first day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had its weather reporter (Thomas Geboy****) saying this regarding a certain "Rudolph" without explaining whom or what he was referencing while discussing a possibility of fog in the local broadcast area for WKRG-TV (this is what he was saying while doing so: "And once we see the fog build in it's going last through the morning hours, So I'm going to say it to you over and over like a broken record, make sure you give yourself extra time, like a broken record, also make sure to give your self plenty of space between you and the car in front of you, and don't forget to use the low beams, that's what Rudolph would do and that's what you should do as well").

(*WPMI-TV and WJTC-TV were related to each other due their being members of a holding company named the Sinclair Broadcast Group)
(**she was not a regular news presenter for the program)
(***a report similar to this one was presented by the same news presenter on the local news program that appeared on the channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. the same day ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m."))
(****he was not a regular weather reporter for installments of the program on days other than Saturday and Sunday)

News for Thursday, December 21st, 2017

• A Facebook page attributed to WALA-TV had a message attributed to its administration dated for the Monday of the eighteenth day of this December with directions on how to receive news from the local news operation at WALA-TV through certain electronic devices involving a certain type of software named Alexa.

• A local TV program dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 a.m. on the Wednesday of the twentieth day of this December ("Studio 10") appeared to have had the winner of a contest involving WALA-TV and a company (specialized in groceries) based in the city in Prichard in southwest Alabama named Greer's Markets. 

• A World Wide Web site related to a plan to hold a certain game of football in the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama on the Saturday of the twenty-third day of this December (and be called "The Dollar General Bowl") had a message concerning a national TV and cable TV programming named ESPN (the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) possibly having such a game televised live if it were to happen that day (by the hour of 6:00 p.m.).*

• Some of the local TV programs WALA-TV had on their main broadcast channel between the Tuesday of the nineteenth day of this December and the Wednesday of the twentieth day of this December (including local news programs and a local TV program dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles) each appeared to have had one of their contributors speaking of a plan to have a certain being named "Santa" in a studio of theirs conducting a session through a Facebook page attributed to them during the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. for that Wednesday. 

• The local news programs that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. and the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. on the Wednesday of the twentieth day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m." and "FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") each had their news presenter (Lenise Ligon) presenting a statement claiming that they (she had actually used to word "we") were "dubbing" a certain person "Bonnie minus Clyde" while appearing to introduce a video of a report related to the person she appeared to had been referencing (note: the video itself also had the words "Bonnie minus Clyde"; in the form of text).**

(*all times mentioned here reflect the Central time zone)
(**the local news program that appeared on the channel during the hour of 9:00 p.m. this Thursday ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.) had her presenting a similar statement regarding the person while presenting an "update" on her, except that it had involved the word "calling" rather than "dubbing")

News for Wednesday, December 20th, 2017

(correction note: the letter "l" in the word "Deland" in an earlier version of the second paragraph from the top of the previous report for this weblog ("News for Tuesday, December 19th, 2017") was capitalized)

• A certain part of a World Wide Web site related to an Internet video service named Hulu regarding a certain part of it related to TV programming appeared to have had a logo for WALA-TV this Wednesday (note: it did not appear to any other logo for any other TV station in the TV market for southwest Alabama this Wednesday).* 

• 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. on the Tuesday of the nineteenth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had one of its news presenters (Mel Showers) referring to some details of some news reports that were part of some of the local news programming they had on the channel between then and the morning hours of that Tuesday as "breaking news".

• 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 eighteenth day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") a video of a news report that began with audio of music and singing before suddenly having audio similar to that of an vinyl disc being scratched and audio of its narrator whereas the one that appeared on it during the hour of 9:00 p.m. that day ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had a video of a report involving sound similar to that of audio or video tape being winded. 

• A local TV program dedicated to entertainment and life that usually appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 a.m. from Monday through Friday in recent times ("Studio 10") appeared to have had a member of WALA-TV who usually did not host it (Adam Olivier) actually doing so with one of its regular hosts (Joe Emer)** in the installments of it that were part of its programming during that hour both this Wednesday and the Tuesday of the nineteenth day of this December (the host named Joe Emer had said the one named Adam Olivier was "filling in for [a certain] Chasity"** while part of the installment that appeared on the channel this Wednesday).

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 5:00 p.m. on the Tuesday of the nineteenth day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") appeared to have had some live video of a news reporter for the local news operation at WALA-TV (Toi Thornton) comparing his self to toys and acknowledging his forename as "Toi" in addition to reporting on a certain initiative of theirs involving toys  (he was saying, "Who better to send to this but this guy: Toi Thornton" and, "As I said, we, of course my name is Toi, but, um, I'm not good enough for this. We need actual toys for those kids" while doing so; as for the name of the initiative, it was "The 10 Caring Gifts Toy Drive").

(*the logo was accessible through a hyperlink consisting of the words "View all channels in your area" and a menu that required certain zip codes for certain parts of the TV market for southwest Alabama (such as those for the city of Mobile in this area and the city of Pensacola in the northern part of the state of Florida closest to the state of Alabama) in order to access it at all)

(**this was the name of the other regular host for the program (Chasity Byrd))

News for Tuesday, December 19th, 2017

• Some of the local news programming WALA-TV had on their main broadcast channel earlier this December occasionally had certain reports (involving surveillance videos) proceed video of an animated sequence involving music and the words "Caught in the Act". 

• A World Wide Web site named Digital Memorial had an obituary dated for the Monday of the eighteenth day of this December concerning a person (named Theodore ("Buddy") Tucker) who had owned two radio stations in southwest Alabama (WMOB-AM (licensed to serve the city of Mobile in this area) and WTOF-AM (licensed to service the city of Bay Minette in this area)) and one radio station in the central part of the state of Florida (WYND-AM (licensed to serve the city of DeLand in this area)) 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 12:00 p.m. on the Monday of the eighteenth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at Noon") had its news presenter (Bill Riales*) appearing in an area from which he and other news presenters for it usually did not initially appear in previous installments of it in recent times (he said he was it was a "toy vault" (for a certain initiative for WKRG-TV named "The Magical Christmas Toy Drive")).**

• 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 eighteenth day of this December had its news presenter (Lenise Ligon) presenting a report of an investigation by a member of the government of the state of Alabama concerning what appeared to had been a live interview (conducted by a member of the news operation for WALA-TV named Kati Weis) for some of the local news programming it had on the Tuesday of the twelfth day of this December (specifically the programming it had during the hour of 9:00 p.m. that day; under the name "FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.").

• The local news programs that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. and the first half of the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Monday of the eighteenth day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m." and "FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") each appeared to have had live video of a news reporter for the news operation at WALA-TV (Lee Peck) reporting from the interior of an automobile being driven by a separate person beside him (video similar to this one) whereas the first program appeared to have had live video of a road from the perspective of a certain entity moving along its path in a forward direction in between the video it had of the reporter of the other person.

(*A Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had some live video of the news presenter in the area at the time the program was on the channel that day)

 (**the local news program that appeared on the channel for WKRG-TV during the second half of the hour of 4:00 a.m. and the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. this Tuesday ("WKRG News 5 This Morning") had him in what appeared to had been the same area suggesting they would have the initiative again in about one year)

News for Monday, December 18th, 2017

• The main broadcast channel for WALA-TV appeared to have had a local TV program (named "Sounds of the Season") dedicated to various groups of singers on the Saturday of the sixteenth day of this day December and the Sunday of the seventeenth day of this December (during the hour of 5:00 p.m.).   

• A local TV program dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 a.m. this Monday ("Studio 10") had one of its hosts (Chasity Byrd) referring to a certain person by a personal title ("Miss") whereas other persons mentioned by her and its other host (Joe Emer) were not called by such a title (she was claiming the one she had called "miss" was a "viewer" of the program and that this Monday was her one hundredth birthday).  

• The beginning of the local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the second half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. and the first half of the hour of 11:00 p.m. on the Sunday of the seventeenth day of this December had its weather reporter (Thomas Geboy) appearing to refer to it by a name not normally in referring to any of the local news programs that were usually part of its programming in recent times after presenting a weather report (he was saying, "News 5 at 10:30 Late Edition' stars now").* 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the second half of the hour of 4:00 a.m. and the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on the Monday of the eighteenth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 This Morning") had one of their news presenters (Katarina Luketich**) saying, "Can't you believe it's almost the end of the season?" after presenting a report related to the sport of football and a certain "bowl season" related to it and a plan for a certain "bowl game" named "the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl"" and its other news presenter (Bill Riales) appearing to say, "That was the--yeah--yeah, I can't believe-- that was the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl" and having her saying, "I know, it's a mouthful" immediately after afterwards.

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 6:00 a.m. on the Sunday of the seventeenth day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 6:00 a.m.") had its news presenter (Asha Staples) appearing to present this report regarding some beings named "Santa", "elves", and "reindeer" without specifying them: "Almost that time of year again; Santa and his elves have been busy preparing all year long to fill the wish lists of little boys and girls everywhere; in just a week he and his reindeer will take flight and FOX 10 News is committed to helping you track them. On Christmas Eve, with the help of NORAD, we will be tracking Santa's flight on air [and] online, so be sure to visit our Web site fox10tv.com. There as always we will let you know exactly where Santa is on Christmas Eve; that way you'll be sure to be in bed by the time he gets to your house" (the program had an animated sequence with the following texts immediately before that report: "FOX10tv.com", "Santa Tracker", "Century Bank", "We Take Banking Personally", and "CenturyBank.net"). 

(*the names "WKRG News 5 at 10" and "News 5 at 10" were normally used in reference to any local news programming it had no sooner than 10:00 p.m. on a daily basis in recent times)
(**she was not a regular news presenter for the program)

News for Sunday, December 17th, 2017

• 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 Saturday of the sixteenth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had its news presenter (Ashley Knight) saying, "And Trump's former campaign manager was on the gulf coast tonight. We'll tell you why after the break" immediately before one of its breaks and her saying, "Welcome back. A former campaign manager for now-president Donald Trump has written a book that takes us behind the scenes of the Trump campaign" immediately after that break after having presented a report without any mention of any specific campaign manager or any specific entity (or being) named "Trump" (note: she had presented a report concerning a certain "president" named "Trump" earlier in the part of the program before that break, though).  

• The local news program WALA-TV had on their main broadcast channel after the special network programming it had from their main provider of such programming (the FOX Broadcasting Company) during the evening hours of the Saturday of the sixteenth day of this December appeared over a period of time (thirty minutes between the first and second halves of the hour of 9:00 p.m.) that was half the period of time in which it had such a news program after the regular network programming it had from the same provider during some of the same hours (only the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. rather than those hours and the hour of 9:00 p.m. for this Saturday) on the Saturday of the tenth day of this December in accordance with how it usually had local news programming after having either regular network programming or special news programming from the provider on Saturday evenings in recent times.

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the fourteenth day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had its news presenter (Bob Grip) appearing to refer to some of the news reporters for the news operation at WALA-TV (Kendra Turley and Toi Thornton) the way he usually referred to reporters of a national cable TV and satellite TV programming service named the FOX News Channel in some of the local news programming they had for their own broadcast operation in recent times while appearing to introduce certain videos of some reports attributed to them (he was saying, "FOX's Toi Thornton has been following this story and has details" and "FOX News correspondent Kendra Turley has more") whereas the local news program that appeared on the channel during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. that day ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.) had him appearing to refer to them the ways in which he usually referred to refers in some of their local news programming they had in recent times (he was saying "FOX 10's Toi Thornton has been following this story today and has details on it: and "FOX 10 News reporter Kendra Turley has more").

News for Saturday, December 16th, 2017

• The main broadcast channel for WALA-TV had a video (named "Christmas Memories") of one of the news presenters for the local news operation at WALA-TV (Bob Grip) presenting a story involving his self and his receiving a "make-believe radio station" in observance of Christmas in its programming on the Friday of the fifteenth day of this December. 

• Some of the local news programs that had appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV since the Friday of the fifteenth day of this December had some contributors of theirs (including those named Rose Ann Haven, Mel Showers, and Ashley Knight (news presenters)) saying a certain crash in their local broadcast area was "horrible" while presenting reports related to it and at least one of those contributors (Chad Petri (a news presenter)) saying, "If you think your water bills are too high; just wait, they'll soon be getting a little worse" while presenting a report related to a plan to increase rates and fees for a company specialized in treating water in a certain part of the area. 

• The main broadcast channel for WFNA-TV had the beginning of a theatrical movie named "Muppets from Space" immediately after having special programming related to a certain game of game of football (named "The Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game") sometime during the first twenty minutes of the hour of 3:00 p.m. this Saturday (the guide to the programming of the channel from a World Wide Web site named TitanTV had listings suggesting it would have such special programming during the hours of 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:00 p.m. and the theatrical movie during the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. this Saturday (note: the last group of credits for the movie appeared on the channel during the last ten minutes of the hour of 4:00 p.m.)).

• The local news programs that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. on the Friday of the fifteenth day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.) had its news presenter (Bob Grip) presenting a report of a certain event involving certain entities described as "members of the media" and the department of police for the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama along with video related to it whereas the local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the hour of 5:00 a.m. this Saturday ("WKRG News 5 This Morning: Saturday") had its news presenter (Chad Petri) appearing to present another report of such a event having occurred before appearing to introduce a video of a report related to it involving its narrator.

News for Friday, December 15th, 2017

• A World Wide Web site attributed to WALA-TV had a video of one of the news presenters for some of the local news programming they had in recent times (Lenise Ligon) conducting an interview related to some special videos were part of the local news programming they had during the months of November and December for this calendar year and years past. 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the second half of the hour of 6:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the fourteenth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at 6:30:") had a video involving some persons described as both "partners" and "friends" of theirs in a part of it dedicated to a certain initiative of theirs named "The Magical Christmas Toy Drive".

• The local news programs that appeared on the main broadcast channels for WKRG-TV and WALA-TV during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the fourteenth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had live video of a news reporter (Bryant Clerkley on the one for WKRG-TV; Lee Peck on the one for WALA-TV) in a remote location doing a report concerning a theatrical movie named "Star Wars: The Last Jedi". 

• The main broadcast channel for WALA-TV was usually set to have local news programming for only a period of thirty minutes after having network programming from their main provider of such programming (the FOX Broadcasting Company) on Saturday evenings in recent times (usually during the first half of the hour of 9:00 p.m. or shortly after having special sports programming from the provider any time during that period of time) before having such news programming over the course of sixty minutes on the Saturday of the ninth day of this December (during the hour of 9:00 p.m.).    

• Some former members of the local news operation at WKRG-TV related to each for personal reasons (Avery Cotton* and Drexel Gilbert (daughter and mother respectively)) appeared to had been part of 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 Thursday of the fourteenth day of this December for a part of it dedicated to the initiative mentioned second paragraph from the top of this report (note: some of the local news programming for the channel earlier this December and past November often had the one named Drexel Gilbert promoting the initiative).

(*she was a news reporter for a TV station related to WKRG-TV by ownership in the city of Tampa in the state of Florida (WFLA-TV))

News for Thursday, December 14th, 2017 (corrected)

(note: the fourth paragraph below this sentence was corrected after it was originally published)

• The main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV had a video with announcements concerning one of the weather reporters for the local news operation at WKRG-TV (Alan Sealls) having won two Emmy awards earlier this December in its programming earlier this calendar week (such as a break between some of the local news programming it had earlier this calendar week). 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Wednesday of the thirteenth day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had video of one of its news reporters (Kati Weis) appearing at a rate lower than that of the video it had immediately before and after having it (note: the video of the reporter preceded video of a report concerning scanners used for licenses on automobiles*). 

• 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 Wednesday of the thirteenth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had its sports reporter (Randy Patrick Setterstrom) presenting a report of their having an awards banquet that day (the program had a report of a plan to have this banquet as part of a previous installment of it during the same period of time on the Monday of the eleventh day of this December**). 

• The main broadcast channels for WKRG-TV and WFNA-TV each had a video with some announcements claiming WFNA-TV had a bureau in the city of Washington in the District of Columbia and a certain form of "coverage" its listener or listeners could "count on" in some of the programming each of them had earlier this calendar week (this is how the words "count on" were used in one of those announcements: "The Gulf Coast CW's Washington bureau: Florida coverage you can count on" (note: parts of the state of Florida were part of the local broadcast areas for WKRG-TV and WFNA-TV)).*** 

• 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 Saturday of the ninth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had audio of its news presenter (Ashley Knight) saying, "Absolutely, learning is a life-long event" after having video of a certain person suggesting that certain bodies "take classes" after having audio of her presenting a certain report related to him (he was said to had graduated from a certain college in the local broadcast area for WKRG-TV as part of that report; as for the context of what he was saying regarding classes, he was saying, "I suggest anybody who's older to take classes if nothing else; you might find you could do better than you thought and you're going to like it). 

 (*the narrator of the report sounded as if she were asking its audience, "So you pay your car note every month; no need to worry, right?"). 

(**the report involved the same reporter saying, "We will wrap up the football season here at News 5 Wednesday night with our annual Friday Night Football Fever End of the Season Banquet. We will name our twenty seventeen player of the year, coach of the year, and play of the year. All of our players of the week winners will be here with their parents and their coaches. We're looking forward to it") 

(***WKRG-TV and WFNA-TV were related to each other due to their being members of a holding company named the Nexstar Media Group) 

News for Wednesday, December 13th, 2017

(note: typographical errors were corrected in the previous report for this weblog ("News for Tuesday, December 12th, 2017" (the fourth paragraph from the top of it originally had "forty" where "forty-five" was originally intended and one the parentheses for it was not in the spot for which it was originally intended)))

• 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 Wednesday ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had a logo for WFNA-TV* among some graphics pertaining to weather for one of its weather reports without any explanation as to why it was there. 

• Some of the local news programming WKRG-TV had on their main broadcast channel on the Tuesday on the twelfth day of this December had at least one report of a helicopter being used to deliver toys for a certain initiative of theirs ("The Magical Christmas Toy Drive") near a facility for their broadcast operation that day. 

• A Facebook page attributed to Mississippi Public Broadcasting had a message attributed to its administration dated for the Monday of the eleventh day of this December concerning the broadcast tower for the radio station of the radio network for Mississippi Public Broadcasting that usually had southwest Alabama in its local broadcast area in recent times (WMAH-FM in the city of Biloxi in the state of Mississippi). 

• A Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had live video of a local news program for the main broadcast channel of WFNA-TV* at the time in which was usually set to be part of its programming from Monday through Friday in recent times on the Tuesday of the twelfth day of this December (the video appeared to had been shared with a Facebook page attributed by WFNA-TV after being uploaded onto the one attributed to WKRG-TV).*  

• A Facebook page attributed to WABF-AM had a message attributed to its administration dated for the Friday of the first day of this December of a contest for stations like WABF-AM (those that were part of a holding company named the Eternity Media Group) to have ham given away from then until the Friday of the fifteenth day of this December (a World Wide Web site attributed to WABF-AM had a similar message dated for the Monday of the fourth day of this December).

(*WFNA-TV and WKRG-TV were related to each other due to their having the same owners and their being part of a holding company named the Nexstar Media Group)

News for Tuesday, December 12th, 2017 (corrected)

• The beginning of the local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on the Sunday of the tenth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 This Morning: Sunday") had its weather reporter (Thomas Geboy) saying, "And Frosty the Snowman arrived on Friday, but this morning he's about Jack Frost. News 5 This Morning starts right now" near the end of a summary (or "preview") of subjects planned for it.

• The main broadcast channels for WEAR-TV, WKRG-TV, and WPMI-TV each appeared to have had special programming from their respective news operations concerning an election for a position in the Senate of the United States in the state of Alabama in place of regular programming from their main providers of network programming (the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), and the National Broadcasting Company (NBC)) during the hour of 9:00 p.m. this Tuesday. 

• The programming feeds for WDLT-FM, WBLX-FM, and WABD-FM each had audio of an interview with a person born to a former radio announcer for WBLX-FM in their broadcasts of a certain installment of a local radio program dedicated to discussing news and public affairs ("In Touch Gulf Coast") between the beginning of the hour of 5:00 a.m. and the beginning of the hour of 7:00 a.m. on the Sunday of the tenth day of this December (the name of the person interviewed was Rayvon Russell; the name of the former announcer to whom he was born was Arthur Ray Russell (the announcer was also known by the name "Ray Ray Russell")).

• The local news programs that were usually set to appear on the the main broadcast channels for WKRG-TV, WPMI-TV, and WALA-TV during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday in recent times ("WKRG News 5 at 10", "NBC 15 News [at 10 p.m.]", and "FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m." respectively) appeared on their respective channels a few minutes longer than usual (or no later than forty-five minutes) after the beginning of that hour) this Tuesday before having the programs they were usually set to have during the second half of that hour from Monday through Friday in recent times ("The Late Show with Stephen Colbert", "Tonight" (or "The Tonight Show") and "Page Six TV" respectively).*

• The beginning of 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 tenth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had its weather (Thomas Geboy) appearing to stand in front of a black setting while saying, "Well the graphics behind me might had crashed but all you need to know [is that] it was bitterly cold this weekend, but heading into Monday we're  actually going into a warming trend. We'll have your full forecast coming up on News 5 which starts right now" before having its news presenter (Ashley Knight) immediately after him* before having him appearing in front of digital graphics normally used for parts of some of the local news programming it had pertaining to weather before then in recent times saying, "Well we got the graphics back and on Friday and Saturday morning, Frosty the Snowman paid us a visit and this morning Jack Frost paid us a visit".** 

(correction note: the second paragraph above this message had "forty" where "forty-five" was originally intended and one the parentheses for it was not in the spot for which it was originally intended)

(*A Facebook page attributed to WALA-TV appeared to have had live video of the local news program it had during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. this Tuesday along with that of the other local news program it had during the hour of 9:00 p.m. this Tuesday (both of them were mainly focused on the election mentioned in the second paragraph from the top of this report))

 (**the program usually had an animated sequence with an announcer saying, "Now on WKRG News 5" before having audio of a summary of various subjects planned for it along with videos related to them before having an animated sequence with an announcer saying, "From WKRG News 5, the gulf coast's news leader, the news starts now" before having a news presenter introducing his self or her self before presenting a news report in previous installments of it in recent times)

News for Monday, December 11th, 2017

• A digital graphic involving a timer, the words "polls open", and images of what appeared to had been two candidates for a position in the Senate of the United States from the state of Alabama named Roy Moore and Doug Jones occasionally appeared on some of the local news programs that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV this Monday.

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. this Monday ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had a video (similar to this one) of one of its news presenters (Bob Grip) appearing to redo a presentation of his concerning the results of certain polls related to a persons mentioned in the paragraph above this one (he appeared to had said this while appearing to had done so: "Let's try again! Take two! Three, two...").

• A Facebook page attributed to WAVH-FM appeared to have had a message attributed to its administration dated for this Monday concerning a plan for one of the local radio programs for WAVH-FM ("Mobile Mornings") to be broadcast from a restaurant based in the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama (named Spot of Tea) on the Tuesday of the twelfth day of this December whereas a Facebook page attributed to the restaurant itself appeared to have had a message attributed to its administration dated for the Thursday of the seventh day of this December concerning a plan for it to be part of a separate broadcast the same Tuesday (update for Tuesday, December 12th, 2017: a Facebook page attributed to one of the hosts for the radio program (Kelly (Jones) Finley) had a message attributed to her dated for this Tuesday related to both plans along with some images related to it).   

• 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 Monday ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had live video of one of its news reporters (Allen Carter) in a remote location doing an opinionated report related to a plan to hold an election for the position in the Senate of the United States sought by the persons mentioned in the first paragraph from the top of this report on the Tuesday of the twelfth day of this December before having a separate video involving another opinionated report related to the plan (this is what the reporter appeared to had been saying: "Well Devon, at this point this isn't exactly an election that's going to sneak up on anyone. There has been local and of course national coverage, but at this point both sides are still trying to drum up any last minute votes they could find" (this is what was said in the other video (its narrator sounded like that of the reporter in the previous one): "This is it, the political home stretch on the eve of election day and depending on which poll you look at it's any man's race and both sides know that every vote counts; if only honks translated to votes; supporters taking their corners and stomping").

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the second half of the hour of 4:00 a.m. and the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on the Friday of the eighth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 This Morning") appeared to have had a live video of one of its reporters (a news reporter named Katarina Luketich) doing an opinionated report related to weather from what appeared to had been a remote location (this is what she had appeared to had been saying: "Bill, you were asking for it, if it was cold enough to see your breath (blows breath) -- it definitely is -- very chilly out here and unfortunately for students in Mobile, Baldwin, and Pensacola, as well as in Escambia County, Alabama, there will be classes today. I know, I grew up in New Jersey and I always used to wear my pajamas inside out hoping for a snow day and it doesn't seem like it is the case so school is on in Mobile County, Baldwin County, Escambia Country, Florida, and Escambia County, Alabama. The kiddos will be heading on to the buses in just a little while here and as you prep those kids to head out the door make sure that you bundle them up, it is extremely, extremely cold outside but on [that] schools are running as scheduled here in Citronelle"). 

News for Sunday, December 10th, 2017

(note: an unfinalized version of the report titled "News for Friday, December 8th, 2017" was published by mistake (some parts of it had errors and certain parts of it were not linked to other sites on the World Wide Web))

• The main broadcast channel for WFNA-TV had a theatrical movie named "The Muppets Take Manhattan" both this Sunday (during the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.) and the Saturday of the ninth day of this December (during the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.). 

• A local TV program dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 a.m. on the Friday of the eighth day of this December ("Studio 10") had audio of one of its hosts (Chasity Byrd) sounding as if she were having problems with a script  (she was saying phrases such as, "What is going on with the script?", "We're having a good time with this", "It started from the beginning of this", and, "We're just going to ad-lib because that's what I do best" while sounding as if she were having such problems). 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the hour of 5:00 a.m. on the Saturday of the ninth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 This Morning") did not have an animated sequence with a certain announcer saying, "Now on 'WKRG News 5' " or a preliminary of subjects planned for it before having one of the other animated sequences normally used to begin installments of it in recent times, specifically the one with audio of the same announcer saying, "From WKRG News 5, the gulf coast's news leader. The news starts now". 

• The local news programs that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on the Saturday of the ninth day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 6:00 a.m." and "FOX 10 News at 7:00 a.m.") appeared to have had live videos of a reporter for the news operation at WALA-TV who was not usually part of the news programming it had from the operation before then (a Facebook page attributed to WALA-TV appeared to have had live video of her describing herself as "the newest member of the FOX 10 team" whereas a Facebook page attributed to her had the same video with a message attributed to her consisting of the words "Initial report" above it; as for her name, both pages had "Kendra Turley" in reference to her). 

• The main broadcast channels for WPMI-TV and WKRG-TV appeared to have had special programs related to certain parades in their local broadcast areas when they were usually set to have national news programs dedicated to summaries of news from their respective main providers of network programming on Saturday in recent times on the Saturday of the ninth day of this December (the special program on the channel for WPMI-TV had a parade of boats near the city of Orange Beach in southwest Alabama whereas the special program on the channel for WKRG-TV had a parade of persons, floats, and automobiles in the city of Pensacola in the state of Florida* during the second half of the hour of 5:00 p.m.; as for the national news programs they were usually set to have during that period on Saturday recent times, the channel for WPMI-TV was usually set to have the one named "NBC Nightly News" from the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) whereas the channel for WKRG-TV was usually set to have one "The CBS Weekend News" from the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)**).

(*the channel for WKRG-TV occasionally had video of the special program of it had in a box near a separate box with videos of various advertisements while having audio related only to the advertisements)

(**some World Wide Web sites related to the news programs appeared to have had recordings of certain installments of them dated for that Saturday)

News for Saturday, December 9th, 2017

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the seventh day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had three reports involving thieves and the word "grinch".

• The bottom halves of the programming feeds for the main broadcast channels for WKRG-TV and WALA-TV each had a digital map of their local broadcast area and a digital graphic with text pertaining to advisories and warnings related to certain weather associated with the season of winter (even though southwest Alabama and other parts of the broadcast area of WKRG-TV and WALA-TV were in the season of autumn by the time these graphics appeared) scrolling from the left side of it to the right of it over its programming on the Friday of the eighth day of this December. 

• A Facebook page attributed to WRGV-FM had a message attributed to its administration dated for the Friday of the eighth day of this December concerning a change of the operation of WRGV-FM by then (their programming feed had been displaced by that of one of the HD Radio channels of WMXC-FM and a translator of it named W262BL-FX (the feed for them was usually advertised as "100.3 The Beat" (based on the broadcast frequency of the translator) before the change; as for how it was advertised after the change, it was done as "107.3 The Beat" (based on the broadcast frequency of WRGV-FM)).

• 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 Thursday of the seventh day of this December had one of its news presenters (Rose Ann Haven) appearing to ask one of its news reporters (Mary Smith), "Mary, what are people saying about these low temperatures?" and the reporter in what appeared to had been live video of her in a remote location separate from that of the news presenter appearing to say, "Yeah I'll just be honest with you, if they don't like it one bit almost every single person I talked to this evening says it's about thirty degrees too cold for them" in response. 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the second half of the hour of 4:00 a.m. and the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on the Friday of the eighth day of this December ("WKRG News 5 This Morning") had one of its news presenters (Jessica Taloney) appearing to mention a former member of the news operation at WKRG-TV to its other news presenter (Bill Riales) after presenting a report of snow in the state of Texas (this is what the news presenter named Jessica Taloney was saying: "I heard from Jene' Young -- you -- you know Jene', she used to be a meteorologist here. She had some snow on her mailbox in Houston" (this is what the news presenter named Bill Riales had said immediately after what the other one was saying regarding the aforementioned Jene' Young: "Ha, ha, ha, what a surprise").*

(*the former member was also known by the name Jene' Rockwood (she had married a former reporter for WALA-TV named Mike Rockwood)

News for Friday, December 8th, 2017

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the seventh day of this December ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") had one of its news presenters (Lenise Ligon) using a word not often used in its broadcasts in recent times while introducing one of its reporters (Joe Emer): the word "deets" (this is how she was using it while introducing him: "Want to go right to it with Joe Emer with the deets").

• 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 Thursday of the seventh day of this December had audio of one of its news presenters (Rose Ann Haven) stating an opinion pertaining to a company named Baldwin EMC immediately after having a video concerning them and an initiative for WKRG-TV named "The Magical Christmas Toy Drive" (this is what she was saying while doing so: God bless the fine folks at Baldwin EMC"). 

• 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 Thursday ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had one of its news presenters (Mel Showers) appearing to tell its audience how to vote in a certain election before introducing video of a report related to what he appeared to had been saying: (this is what he said while doing so: "Five days to go until the special senate election; you will vote for Roy Moore or Doug Jones or neither; one wants you to ditch both Roy Moore and Doug Jones and write in 'Busby'. Here's News 5's Peter Albrecht). 

• A local TV program dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 a.m. on the Wednesday of the sixth day of this December ("Studio 10") had one of its hosts (Michael White) referring to a certain Sara Simnitch of a TV station related to WALA-TV by ownership as being the Sara Simnitch of their "Meredith sister station in Saginsaw, Michigan" while introducing and attributing a video of a report to this Sara Simnitch (note: "Studio 10" was mentioned in the report, specifically near the end of it as part of this sentence: "In Frankenmuth, Michigan, I'm Sara Simnitch for 'Studio 10' ").* 

• 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. on the Thursday of the seventh day of this December ("WKRG News 5 at Noon") had its weather reporter (John Nodar) and news presenter (Devon Walsh) discussing a report of a plan for some schools in one of the counties in the broadcast area for WKRG-TV (the county of Clarke in southwest Alabama) to close on a certain day presented by the news presenter: (this is how they had this discussion: John Nodar: Probably a good idea; the farther north you are the more likely that it is you will see some sort of winter precipitation out there. A lot a folks are going to be disappointed because you hear that word snow and the lights and bells go off. I'll be on Facebook in just a few minutes; going on a little more detail on all what we're expecting for tomorrow. Devon Walsh: Ok so just right now Clark County schools that's it. John Nodar: Clark County schools closed tomorrow, that's all. Devon Walsh: That's all!. John Nodar: That's all!. Devon Walsh: Nobody else yet!). 

(*according to a World Wide Web site attributed to the holding company for WALA-TV (the Meredith Corporation), the TV station related to WALA-TV located there was WNEM-TV)