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)