Sunday, December 10, 2017

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)

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