News for Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

• The main broadcast channel for WALA-TV was set to have a local TV program of theirs dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles that was usually part of its regular programming plan for the first and second halves of the hour of 9:00 a.m. for Monday through Friday in recent times ("Studio 10") for only the first half of that hour this Tuesday (the first part of this installment for this Tuesday has one of its hosts (Joe Emer) saying, "As we have just mentioned on 'FOX 10 News in the Morning', we are going to have a shorten 'Studio 10' today; it's going to be from 9:00 to 9:30 and at that point we're going to tune in -- we're going to have live coverage of Officer Billa's funeral right here on FOX 10 -- just wanted to give you a heads up about that" whereas the last part of it appeared to have had his saying, "As we have mentioned, We have a shorten show. We have to leave now for our coverage of Officer Billa's funeral" and the other host (Chasity Byrd) appearing to say, "That's right, we are going to broadcast starting at 9:30 and going until probably about one o'clock, Joe. Um, we are going to be there with everyone every step of the way -- this is important to the community, so we'll be back in just a few minutes").

• 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-sixth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") usually had a report related weather and a discussion related to sports involving a reporter and a news reporter immediately afterwards before having a break from appearing on the channel in that period of time before having a part of it dedicated entirely to sports afterwards in that period of time for previous installments of it in recent times whereas its installment for that Monday had a report related to weather before having a video of a report related to certain and a discussion related to how certain images ("selfies") immediately afterwards before having a break from the channel and a part of it dedicated entirely to sports immediately afterwards in that period of time that day (note: a Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had a message attributed to its administration dated for the twenty-first day of this February regarding the subjects of the discussion ("selfitis")).

• The main broadcast channels for WALA-TV, WKRG-TV, and WPMI-TV each appeared to have had special programming related to a funeral for a recent member of the department of police for the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama in place of regular programming (such as syndicated and network programming) this Tuesday (the one for WALA-TV appeared to have had such programming on a continuous basis from between the second half of the hour of 9:00 a.m. and the end of the hour of 1:00 p.m. for this Tuesday; the one for WKRG-TV appeared to have had such programming on a continuous basis from between the hour of 10:00 a.m. and the fifth minute of the hour of 2:00 p.m. for this Tuesday; the one for WPMI-TV appeared to have had such programming during the first half of the hour of 10:00 a.m. for this Tuesday).

• The local news programs that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 5:00 p.m. and the second half of the hour of  6:00 p.m. this Tuesday ("WKRG News 5 at 5" and "WKRG News 5 at 6:30" respectively) each appeared to have had audio of one of their news presenters (Peter Albrecht) presenting a report of a plan for the channel to have some programs that were usually part of its regular programming plans for the hours of 11:00 a.m. and the second half of the hour of 12:00 p.m. for Monday through Friday in recent times at certain hours in which it was not usually set have them on the Wednesday of the twenty-eighth day of this February ("The Young and the Restless" at 12:37 a.m. and "The Bold and the Beautiful" at 1:37 a.m. that day).  

• 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. this Tuesday ("Gulf Coast Today") had one of its hosts (Kelly Foster) saying, "Thank you for joining us on this Tuesday and of course Terra and I have on our black as we pay our respects to, uh, the fallen Mobile police officer Justin Billa who they just wrapped up his funeral procession and thankfully they had sunshine for that where people could line the streets..." (note #1: both of the hosts appeared to had been wearing black articles of clothing (note #2: the name of the other host was Terra Reeves)).

News for Monday, February 26th, 2018

• 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 Friday of the twenty-second day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 5") appeared to have had a video of a report involving its own narrator (Drexel Gilbert). 

• Some of the local news programs WALA-TV had on their main broadcast channel since the Friday of the twenty-third day of this February appeared to have had some news presenters of theirs saying the word "shockingly" while presenting parts of certain reports describing certain threats against certain schools in their local broadcast areas. 

• A Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had a live video of a member of the news operation for WKRG-TV (Ashley Knight) opening packages and describing their contents (note: 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. that day ("WKRG News 5 at 6:30") appeared to have had a video of a report related to the contents of the packages). 

• 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-third day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m." appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Bob Grip) saying, "And speaking of fish; being a Friday in Lent, I went to a fish fry tonight at Saint Catherine Catholic Church on Spring Hill Avenue between newscasts..." immediately after a part of it related to capturing fish ("FOX 10 Outdoors").

• Some of the local news programs WKRG-TV had on their main broadcast channel since the Thursday of the twenty-second day of this February appeared to have had some videos of some reports of a certain convention involving certain persons associated with certain movies being held in their local broadcast area outside of southwest Alabama ("Pensacon" in the city of Pensacola in the state of Florida (note: a Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had a live video of the convention involving a member of their news operation (Joseph Blake (J. B.) Biunno) on the Friday of the twenty-third day of this February)).

• The local news programs that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first halves of the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on the Saturday of the twenty-fifth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 6") appeared to have had one of its reporters (a sports reporter named Robby Baker) singing, "Take me out to the Jags game after this commercial break" before one of its breaks from appearing on the channel in that period of time that day that day (note: the local news program that appeared on the channel during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. that day ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had a recording of the first program with the singing before appearing to have video of the reporter saying this in connection to the recording afterwards: "Here's the deal guys: the BayBears and the Blue Wahoos whose open this season here in Mobile the beginning of April -- I will practice -- if they will have me -- I will sing 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' -- seventh inning stretch of the home opener -- let's make this happen -- we'll start a hash tag -- let's make a trend -- I will be there if they will have me -- what more could I do to embarrass myself -- that's the rule (the news presenter for the program (Ashley Knight) appeared to had said, "All right, what more can we do to make this happen" between the sayings of "I will be there if they will have me" and "What more could I do to embarrass myself")).

News for Sunday, February 25th, 2018

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Tuesday of the twentieth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") appeared to have had audio of one of its news presenters (Lenise Ligon) presenting reports related to certain network related to their main provider of network programming (such as, "And there is a new streaming service ready to launch for those who just can't get enough of FOX News; that's one of the stories in my Daily Dot Com tonight"). 

• 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 Wednesday of the twenty-first day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at Noon") appeared to have had an certain animated sequence that usually proceeded reports related to weather summaries of various subjects related to news at the very beginnings of certain installments of it in recent times at the very beginning of its installment for that period of time that day; specifically the one that usually preceded announcements of "breaking news" in certain installments of it 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 6:00 p.m. on the Tuesday of the twentieth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 6") appeared to have had audio of one of its news presenters (Mel Showers) saying, "Tune in this weekend for our Black History Month special; we'll take you across the gulf coast and the country highlighting the hidden history of African Americans; the special airs this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. on the Gulf Coast CW** and then again at 6:30 here on WKRG News 5" while having a graphic related to what was being said (including logos for WKRG-TV and the aforementioned "Gulf Coast CW"**, the times mentioned, and text of "HIDDEN HISTORY" above them) immediately after having a video of a report involving the words "hidden history", specifically a graphic with text of those words in the form of capital letters. 

• A Facebook attributed to WALA-TV appeared to have had some videos of some members of the news operation at WALA-TV speaking of a partnership between WALA-TV and a service specialized in health on the Friday of the twenty-third day of this February (specifically two videos with one of two members of the operation (Lenise Ligon and Kendra Turley respectively) (note #1: one of the videos appeared to had been streamed live (note #2: 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. that Friday ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m." and "FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m." respectively) each appeared to have had audio of one of their news presenters (Bob Grip and Lenise Ligon) presenting a report related to the subjects of the videos over some other videos related to those subjects (Lenise Ligon on the first program; Bob Grip on the second program))).

• 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 Tuesday of the twentieth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at Noon") appeared to have had audio of its news presenter (Devon Walsh) saying, "All right who's hungry out there? Well today we're kicking off something new; it's called Lunch Bunch; it's a chance to win a free lunch -- and entering is really easy. Our first winner is Diana Burchfield of Mobile. Diana gets a free lunch for two courtesy of Cat Fish Junction. To be a Lunch Bunch member, register at WKRG.com. We will announce a winner every Tuesday and Thursday right here on 'News 5 at Noon' " (note: a World Wide Web site attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had an article related to what the news presenter was saying dated for the Wednesday of the fourteenth day of this February whereas a Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had ("Paid") messages attributed to its administration related to what was being said said dated for the Saturday of the seventeenth day of this February and the Sunday of the eighteenth day of this February).  

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

(**nickname for WFNA-TV)

News for Saturday, February 24th, 2018

• 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. on the Thursday of the twenty-second day of this February ("Gulf Coast Today") appeared to have a radio announcer for WKSJ-FM (Bill Black) discussing a certain effort involving WKSJ-FM and WPMI-TV.  

• A Facebook page attributed to WEAR-TV appeared to have had some live videos of a member of the news operation for WEAR-TV (Jared Willets) conducting interviews with a certain persons with messages referencing the person as "television's Incredible Hulk" and "TV's Incredible Hulk" on the Thursday of the twenty-second day of this February (note: both messages also appeared to have had the words "Lou Ferrigno" in reference to the person).  

• 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 twenty-first day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had one of its reporters (a sports reporter named Randy Patrick Setterstrom) saying, "All of the championship games starting next Thursday will be live on WFNA" for one of its reports (note #1: "WFNA" was part of the name of another TV station in southwest Alabama related to them by ownership (WFNA-TV (note #2: WFNA-TV was usually referenced by nicknames such as "The Gulf Coast CW" and "CW 55" on some of the local news programming WKRG-TV had on their main broadcast channel 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 Thursday of the twenty-second day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at Noon") appeared to have had its news presenter (Devon Walsh) reference a part of it related to cooking by a name not normally used in reference to other parts of it related to cooking in previous installments of it recent times ("Cooking with John") in addition to having had an animated sequence involving that name (note: both the sequence and the part of it related to cooking for the installment of it that appeared on the channel in this period of time that Thursday appeared to have a weather reporter for the news operation at WKRG-TV named John Nodar).**

• A Facebook page attributed to a certain member of the news operation at WKRG-TV (Alan Sealls) and a Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV itself each appeared to have had a message attributed to its administration dated for the Thursday of the twenty-second day of this February concerning the member being part of a certain type of show for an entity separate from WKRG-TV for the Sunday of the twenty-fifth day of this February (note #1: a Twitter page attributed to a certain member of this show appeared to have had a similar message regarding this member attributed to its own administration dated for the Thursday mentioned earlier whereas a Facebook page related to the show itself appeared to have had a similar message of its own attributed to its own administration dated for the Friday of the twenty-third day of this February (note #2: the local news programs that appeared on the channel during the second halves of the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. that day ("WKRG News 5 at 6:30" and "WKRG News 5 at 10" respectively) each appeared to have had the member discussing details of the messages immediately after presenting reports related to weather). 

(*WKRG-TV and WFNA-TV were members of a holding company named the Nexstar Media Group)

(**previous parts of it related to cooking for previous installments of it in recent times were usually called "Take 5" as part of those installments) 

Commentary: Sympathy in news broadcasting

If I were in charge of a TV station or a radio station with a group of persons hired to gather and spread news as part of its operation, I would not allow or force any of them to use its programming to act sympathetic toward certain persons or subjects and/or use any of it to constantly focus on certain persons or subjects that they and other persons might want to sympathize. They should only focus on the jobs for which they were hired and not feel pressured or obligated or free to use their positions to act like advocates for their subjects -- or even like professional actors in a movie (just because the jobs for which they were hired would involve broadcasting does not mean they must act like entertainers (not every thing in broadcasting needs to be entertaining and not every person expects every part of it to be entertaining)).
 
(note: this commentary was based upon various reports and presentations of news pertaining to a recent member of the department of police for the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama that sounded very sympathetic toward him and relatives for some of the local news programs broadcast by some of the local TV stations in southwest Alabama between this Saturday and the Wednesday of the twenty-first day of this February)

News for Friday, February 23rd, 2018

• The local news programs WALA-TV, WPMI-TV, and WKRG-TV had on their main broadcast channel during the hour of 6:00 a.m. on the Wednesday of the twenty-first day of this February each appeared to have had live video of a certain member of the government for the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama (William Sandys (Sandy) Stimpson) discussing reports of a recent member of the department of police for the city having been shot to death on the Tuesday of the twentieth day of this February (a Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had a video and a static image related to the member for its cover and a static image related to the department itself for its profile (note: both the video and the image for the page attributed to WKRG-TV had text of "Our Thoughts and Prayers are with the Family and MPD") whereas a Facebook page attributed to WALA-TV appeared to have had a different static image related to the member for its own cover (with text of "OFFICER JUSTIN BILLA", "END OF WATCH", and "FEBRUARY 20, 2018") since then). 

• 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 twenty-second day of this Thursday ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") appeared to have had audio of one of its news presenters (Bob Grip) saying, "We'll be broadcasting the service live right here on FOX 10 News" and audio of its other news presenter (Lenise Ligon) saying, "We'll broadcast the service live right here on FOX 10 News" for some reports of a plan to hold a funeral for a recent member of the department of police in the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama during the hour of 10:00 a.m. on the Tuesday of the twenty-seventh day of this February over some graphics and text related to them whereas the local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the hour of 6:00 p.m. that Thursday ("WKRG News 5 at 6") appeared to have had audio of one of its own news presenters (Mel Showers) saying, "We will carry the funeral live on air and on Facebook" for a similar report over some other graphics and text related to it. 

• A Facebook page attributed to WAVH-FM appeared to have had a message attributed to its administration dated for the Tuesday of the twentieth day of this February concerning a certain radio host of theirs (Sean Sullivan) having the host of a national TV program and a national radio program based in the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama (Danny Lipford of "Today's Homeowner") on a local radio program for WAVH-FM ("Midday Mobile") earlier that day (note #1: it was posted with a hyperlink to a recording of the program also dated for that Tuesday (note #2: A Facebook page related to the national appeared to have had some similar messages attributed to its own administration dated for that Tuesday (note #3: the messages appeared to had been shared with a Facebook page related to WAVH-FM afterwards that day))).

• 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 Thursday of the twenty-second day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m." and "FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m." respectively) each appeared to have had a certain video of a member of the news operation for WALA-TV (Alexa Knowles) hugging a certain person for one of the reports they had in those periods of time that day (note: the part of the video with the hugging appeared to have had audio of her saying, "I'm so sorry; thank you so much for what you do" to the person she appeared to had been hugging before appearing to have audio of her saying, "That's been happening a lot around precinct three the last couple of days..." immediately afterwards).

• A World Wide Web site attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had some articles attributed to them dated for this Friday regarding their selves and some plans to collect money and patches related to police for a certain family related to the recent member of the department of police for the the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama mentioned in the first paragraph from the top of this report (a Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had some messages related to the articles attributed to its administration also dated for this Friday whereas some of the local news programming WKRG-TV had on their main broadcast channel this Friday appeared to have had some presentations of some of the details of the articles). 

• The local news program WALA-TV usually had on their main broadcast channel during the hour of 5:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday in recent times ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") continued to appear on it during the first ten minutes of the hour of 6:00 p.m. afterwards on the Wednesday of the twenty-first day of this February (note: it appeared to have live video of a certain procession during the first ten minutes of that hour in addition to much the second half of the hour of 5:00 p.m. that day (note #2: the channel was usually set to have a syndicated program named "Jeopardy!" during the first half of the hour of 6:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday in recent times)).

• The main broadcast channels for WALA-TV, WPMI-TV, and WKRG-TV each appeared to have had live video of a news conference related to the reports mentioned in the first paragraph from the top of this report the first half of the hour of 12:00 p.m. on the Wednesday of the twenty-first day of this February. 

News for Thursday, February 22nd, 2018

(note: one of the commentaries for this weblog ("Commentary: A profile of a passionate reporter and a comparison of reports related to sports for a certain TV station") was amended for clarity)

• A Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had a hyperlink attributed to its administration dated for the Monday of the nineteenth day of this February to an article on a World Wide Web site attributed to WKRG-TV also dated for that Monday concerning an interview for a type of segment of programming they occasionally had on their main broadcast channel during the last five minutes of the first half of the hour of 8:00 a.m. from Monday through Friday in recent times along with a recording of the interview itself  (note: the page usually did not appeared to have had such hyperlinks to such articles and/or recordings by then 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 5:00 p.m. on the Monday of the nineteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 5") appeared to have had one of its reporters (a news reporter named Joseph Blake (J. B.) Biunno) saying, "Pete, Devon, I know that the two of you have tablets right there on the anchor desk -- you know that gets a lot of hands-on time, you might want to get some wipes after the show" and one of its news presenters (Peter Albrecht) saying, "Yeah, we've got them right now" immediately afterwards before appearing to point a thumb toward its other news presenter (Devon Walsh) while saying, "Germaphobe" immediately afterwards (the one named Devon Walsh appeared to laugh immediately afterwards). 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 6:00 p.m. on the Monday of the nineteenth day of this February appeared to have had its weather reporter (Alan Sealls) saying, "Our evening skies brought in the clouds and if you look closely on radar a few showers are showing up mainly toward our west in Jackson County: one of them on Allen Road; good name for a road" and a certain video of a certain report involving a certain type of ending not normally used in the endings of other reports like it in some of the local news programming it had in recent times (it had involved a certain location being described as secure than than just the name of the location itself in accordance with the other reports) "Reporting from a secure location in Mobile, I'm Christina Andress".

• 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 eighteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had audio of its news presenter (Ashley Knight) saying, "Well it's been a picture-perfect weekend across the gulf coast; warm, sunny, great weather to be outside; here's a live look at current conditions over at USS Alabama; a little bit of a fog rolling in, but some enjoyed themselves today by jumping in the pool. Check out this video taken in Spanish Fort earlier today of kids splashing around; lots of fun to have there. Meteorologist Thomas Geboy joins us now for a look at our workweek forecast" and video of its weather reporter (Thomas Geboy) saying, "A lot of folks will have the day off from work tomorrow for Washington's birthday" without explaining the "Washington's birthday" part of what he appeared to had been saying (note: the program appeared to have had some graphics involving text of "Get Outside and Enjoy This Weather" and "KIDS ENJOY A SUNDAY DIP IN SPANISH FORT" while having the part of the aforementioned audio involving the words "Spanish Fort"). 

• 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 nineteenth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") appeared to have had a video of a report in which a certain subject named "Bobby Love" was described as someone "not showing love" whereas the local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 6:00 p.m. that Monday ("WKRG News 5 at 6:00 p.m." appeared to have one of its news presenters (Rose Ann Haven) saying, "First on Five, a fire over love. A man is now in custody for an arson last night at the pathways apartment complex in midtown Mobile. Investigators took Bobby Walsh Love the Second into custody this afternoon. As News 5's Katarina Luketich reports, investigators say a fight over a woman could be to blame (note: the opening for the second program appeared to have had audio of its other news presenter (Mel Showers) saying, "A fire over love: a suspect is now in custody for an arson at a local apartment complex; why investigators say a woman could be behind it all" while having graphics involving text of "A Fire Over Love?"). 

Commentary: A profile of a passionate reporter and a comparison of reports related to sports for a certain TV station (amended)

• Some of the local news programming WKRG-TV had on their main broadcast channel in recent times appeared to have had a certain reporter of theirs (a sports reporter named Robby Baker) expressing strong feelings related to sports and certain colleagues of his (specifically other members of the news operation at WKRG-TV) in parts of them related to sports in recent times (for example, the local news program it had during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. on the Saturday of the seventeenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had audio of this reporter saying, "Anytime somebody puts up thirty-two runs at a baseball game, I am going to mention it", "I am also going to be honest to all of you at home; I just like saying 'Chanticleers'; it's a very fun mascot", "For every two--yen, there is a yang; the Jags softball tournament in Starkville for the February freezer tournament; two games today against Murray State and Mississippi State; cue Thomas Geboy's happy dance. Bulldogs were a winner; the Jags were not; they dropped both games in the softball doubleheader", and "Sadly I was stuck here in the office most of the day; so I wasn't able to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather, but I did get to spend the day in the office with some beautiful people. Awwww, and we all got to watch Pensacola's Bubba Watson play some beautiful golf" (note: one of the weather reporters for the program was named "Thomas Geboy")).

Some interesting comparisons of some reports concerning a certain subject for some of the local news programming WKRG-TV had on their main broadcast channel in recent times:

(amendment note: the first and second paragraphs below this were one amended for clarity (they had involved displacing the word "article" with "commentary"))

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 6:00 p.m. on the Saturday of the seventeenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 6") appeared to have the reporter mentioned near the beginning of the first paragraph from the top of this commentary saying, "It was also a rough afternoon for the Auburn Tigers; usually I'm telling about--usually I'm telling you about them winning; that was not the case; we had a scary moment in this one; Anfernee McLemore suffered a gruesome ankle injury; now he had to be stretchered off. I'll spare you to visuals; if you actually really must see it, you can look it up online yourself" while having some videos related to the sport of basketball for a part of it related to sports (he appeared to had been saying this before having them "We've got a full slate of college basketball on this fine Saturday afternoon").

• 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 eighteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 This Morning: Sunday") appeared to have had its news presenter (Chad Petri) saying, "In sports this morning it was a rough afternoon yesterday for the Auburn Tigers; a scary moment in this one; Anfernee McLemore suffered a gruesome ankle injury; had to be stretchered off; we're not going to show the injury, it's just too graphic; it's out there online if you want to see it" while having some videos related to the sport of basketball for a part of it related to various sports.

• 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 seventeenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had audio of one of reporter mentioned in the first paragraph near the top of this commentary saying, "Rough afternoon for Auburn Tigers fans; scary moment in this one early [on]; Anfernee McLemore suffered a gruesome ankle injury; had to be stretchered off; I'll spare you the visual of the actual  injury, it's just too graphic; if you really must see it, you can look it up on your own time online" for a part of it related to various sports.  

News for Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

• Some of the local news programming WKRG-TV had on their main broadcast channel in recent times occasionally had a horizontal image appearing vertically (or "sideways") on a monitor set in a vertical position immediately after having it appearing horizontally over their video feed for the programming ("full screen").  

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the second half of the hour of 9:00 p.m. and the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. on the Saturday of the seventeenth day of this February and the one that appeared on it during the hour of 6:00 a.m. on the Sunday of the eighteenth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 6:00 a.m.") each appeared to have had their respective news presenters (Shelby Myers for the first one; Asha Staples for the second one) using the words "precious couple" in reference to a certain couple while appearing to introduce a video of a report concerning a couple of persons. 

• 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 eighteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 This Morning: Sunday") appeared to have had audio of its news presenter (Chad Petri) referring to a news program of theirs by a name not normally used in reference to the local news programming it had in recent times ("News 5: Early Edition" (note: this was how it was used, "Be sure to join our TV pals Ashley Knight, Thomas Geboy, and Robby Baker later tonight for 'News 5: Early Edition', then also for 'News 5' at ten o'clock")) 

• The last part of the local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the first half of the hour of 7:00 a.m. on the Sunday of the eighteenth day of this February appeared to have had a static image with some text of "HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHA!!!!" immediately after having some video with graphics relater to weather with audio of its weather reporter (Matt Barrentine) saying, "That's your seven-day outlook and a big...happy, happy birthday to some--somebody who is going to be looking at her birthday coming up tomorrow" and video of its news presenter (Asha Staples) appearing to say, "Yeah, I'm glad those rain chances are kind of pushed toward Tuesday rather than Wednesday, so thank you for that, Matt--" before having audio of her saying, "--Aww, thank you, guys; you guys got me; I usually get you guys. Thank you for spending your Sunday morning with us here with us on 'FOX 10 News'. We will see you again for more news and weather coming up at the news at nine" and audio of the weather reporter saying, "Happy birthday!" with the image near the end of it immediately afterwards. 

News for Monday, February 19th, 2018

• 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 sixteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Mel Showers) and one of its reporters (a news reporter named Mary Smith) primarily referring to a certain day as "Valentines Day" for one of its subjects.  

• 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 Friday of the sixteenth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m." and "FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m." respectively) each appeared to have had one of its reporters (a news reporter named Alexa Knowles) speaking of having been "brought to tears" while discussing a certain subject for a certain video that was part of the program that appeared on the channel during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. that day.  

• 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 sixteenth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") appeared to have had audio of its news presenter (Bob Grip) saying the word "important" in reference to a certain "forecast" over some video of a remote location involving some buildings near the end of one of its segments (this was how it was used, "Well stay with us, Jason has one more look at your important weekend forecast straight ahead" (note: "Jason" was the forename of the weather reporter for the program (Jason Smith)). 

• 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 sixteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had one of its reporters (a sports reporter named Randy Patrick Setterstrom) saying, "We have a Daytona special to get you ready for the five hundred on Sunday; it's our 'Countdown to Daytona' special and I'll be with Mobile's Thomas Praytor and we'll get his thoughts on last week's ARCA race that he participated in. Countdown to Daytona airs at 1:30 tomorrow on CW55* and then at 6:30 tomorrow night on News 5 and Thomas the Moose Praytor will talk about that wreck" 

• 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 sixteenth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") appeared to have had its news presenters (Bob Grip) saying: "If you're concerned about your heart health, FOX 10 has you covered; we're teaming up once again with Infirmary Health for free heart screenings; it's happening a week from today at these four locations, the FOX 10 News studios in Mobile, Thomas Fitness Center in Fairhope, North Baldwin Fitness Center in Bay Minette, and the Atmore Community Hospital" along with audio of his saying, "Now I hope to talk live with Superintendent Eddie Tyler about the incident about 9:30 on this newscast so we could get his take on the incident as well" and audio of his saying, "Now Bennett here has a long rap sheet, he had twelve warrants out for his arrest; in fact, it's so long that I profiled him on FOX 10 News in 2005" for one of its reports before having video of his appearing to say, "Well anyone who takes action when following the advice [of the phrase] if you see something say something is a hero in my book, but apparently there are some who disagree: we'll take a look at that and the difference between resource officers in Mobile and Baldwin County public schools next on FOX 10 News".**

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 7:00 a.m. on the Saturday of the seventeenth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 7:00 a.m.") appeared to have had one of its reporters (a news reporter named Steve Alexander Ozenovich) saying, "Oooh, man, that sounds good--I get hungry all ready" after having a person he appeared to had been interviewing discussing a certain celebration being held in a certain area (note #1: the program appeared to have had video of its news presenter (Asha Staples) calling the celebration "The Trinity Gardens Black Heritage Parade" before having video of the interview with the reporter immediately afterwards (note #2: the person who appeared to had been interviewed by the reporter appeared to had been saying this immediately before the statement attributed to the reporter: "Every house in Trinity Gardens -- where we have fifteen hundred homes -- every house [has]--will have a party today and it will go on until a decent hour -- maybe twelve o'clock and then it'll be Sunday morning so everybody [would] shut down. Every house will invite people who had never seen before -- maybe they'll have a cup of coffee, a cup of tea and other things -- hot dogs, hamburgers, ribs -- you're in Wragg Swamp, so you'll--you'll have a lot of swamp food today -- we'll have crayfish, we'll have frogs legs, we'll have alligator tail")). 

(*"CW55" was a nickname for WFNA-TV (note: WKRG-TV and WFNA-TV were related to each other due to their being part of a holding company named the Nexstar Media Group)) 

(**the program appeared to have had audio of the news presenter speaking with a certain guest of it while having a graphic with text of "EDDIE TYLER" and "SUPERINTENDENT" afterwards)

News for Sunday, February 18th, 2018

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 5:00 p.m. on the Friday of the sixteenth day of the February ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Bob Grip) presenting a report related to their news operation and a certain department of police.  

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 5:00 p.m. on the Friday of the sixteenth day of the February ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Bob Grip) saying, "And this nasty flu-season, which has been getting worse and worse for months, may finally be leveling off" immediately after one of its breaks from appearing on the channel in that period of time that day.

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 5:00 p.m. on the Friday of the sixteenth day of the February ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") appeared to have had audio of one of its reporters (a sports reporter named Bri MacNaught) saying, "And that wrestling event, benefiting -- oh my gosh, I cannot speak...three, two, one...and that wrestling event benefiting Haili is set for March 17th at the Semmes Community Center").

• 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 Friday of the sixteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at Noon") appeared to have had its news presenter (Devon Walsh) saying, "While 'Black Panther' is expected to smash box-office records this weekend--it's going to be a great movie to go out and see--studios are very excited as well as audiences, Rick Damigella has a preview of three of the biggest in our Hollywood minute" before having a certain video of a certain report related to what she was saying.

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the hour of 5:00 p.m. on the Friday of the sixteenth day of this February appeared to have had live videos of one of its reporters (a news reporter named Joseph Blake (J. B.) Biunno) doing reports related to a certain movie (named "Black Panther") near the exterior of a certain building (the reporter had referred to it as a "theater" in at one of those reports) and one of the news presenters for the program (Peter Albrecht) appearing to say, "What happens when you combine bricks and bone-headed crooks? Well take a look" and its other news presenter (Devon Walsh) saying, "You get a break-in attempt gone hilariously wrong"

• The last part of 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 Wednesday of the fourteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at Noon") appeared to have had its news presenter (Devon Walsh) saying, "All right, well, if you haven't all ready noticed, many of our WKRG team members are wearing red today and we're also wearing these lapel pins in honor of Children's of Alabama; we want to raise awareness for children born with congenital heart issues -- and John, a lot of people just don't realize that heart defects are the most common type of birth defect and most of those kids are treated at Children's of Alabama", and its weather reporter (John Nodar) saying, "And we're lucky to have that organization with us here in Alabama and congratulations to all of you" immediately afterwards before having her saying, "We'll see you at five" immediately afterwards near the end of it (note #1: the last part of the local news program that appeared on the channel during the first half of the hour of 5:00 p.m. that Wednesday ("WKRG News 5 at 5") appeared to have the same news presenter presenting a similar report with another news presenter (Peter Albrecht) for it (note #2: it had her saying, "Welcome back to News 5, if you haven't all-ready noticed, our WKRG team members are wearing red clothing and Children's of Alabama lapel pins to help raise awareness for children born with congenital heart defects" before having the other presenter saying, "A lot of people don't realize that heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, and most of those kids are treated in our area at Children's of Alabama, which is located in Birmingham--Devon, you've worked up there for a number of years and I'm sure you're very familiar with their facility" immediately afterwards before having her saying, "Oh, absolutely, it's the only free-standing pediatric cardiology clinic so so many children in our area go up to Birmingham to be treated" and the other one saying, "Thanks so much for watching, everyone. 'The CBS Evening News' is next" immediately afterwards near the end of it). 

News for Saturday, February 17th, 2018

• 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 fourteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had and its weather reporter (Alan Sealls) saying, "Fifteen degrees milder than typical--which sort of offsets January; too bad you don't get a rebate off your utility bill". 

• The last part of the local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 5:00 p.m. on the Friday of the sixteenth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Bob Grip) saying, "Today is Lenise's birthday" and its other news presenter (Lenise Ligon) reacting to what he appeared to had said beside him.

• A Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had a message attributed to its administration dated for the Wednesday of the fourteenth day of this February concerning "valentines" with their being described as being "last-minute valentines" and some images involving a logo for WKRG-TV and various members of the news operation at WKRG-TV  (each of them had text of "to:" and "from:"). 

• 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 fifteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 6:30") appeared to have had audio of one of its news presenters (Rose Ann Haven) saying, "Ok we're having some technical difficulties; wondering if we could go to a break and come back?" before one of its breaks from appearing on the channel in that period of time that day.

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the first half of the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the fifteenth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") appeared to have audio of one of its reporters (a sports reporter named Bri MacNaught) saying, "[And] the best news yet: you can watch the big race right here on FOX 10 News. Coverage starts at ten a.m. Sunday morning; race is set to start at two p.m. Central time" for one of its reports.

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the first half of the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the fifteenth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") appeared to have had of one of its reporters (a news reporter named Lee Peck) saying, "This is one of those stories especially after this week that reminds you that there are still good people out there doing good things" immediately before having a video of a certain report and one of its other reporters (a weather reporter named Jason Smith) saying the phrase "going downhill" in a report involving the words "fog" and "visibilities".

• 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 fifteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Rose Ann Haven) using words such as "powerful", "horrific", "deadly", and "disturbed", and "reliable" to describe some of its subjects (examples: "This is what the powerful candle-light vigil looks like from the air", "The names and stories of those killed in the horrific and deadly school shooting rampage in Florida are starting to emerge. We're also learning about acts of heroism and learning more about the disturbed young man who committed the horrific act", and "How you could purchase a reliable system without breaking the bank"). 

News for Friday, February 16th, 2018

(amendment note: some of the words in the fifth paragraph from the top of a previous report for this weblog named "News for Tuesday, February 13th, 2018" were linked to a video related to it (note: one of those was "location"))

• A local TV program dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles that was usually set to appear 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 that have had its installment for the Thursday of the fifteenth day of this February end earlier than those of previous installments of it in recent times (by the forty-sixth minute of the hour) on account of the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV having video of a news conference in place of it. 

• 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 Wednesday of the fourteenth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 10") appeared to have had audio of one of its news presenters (Bob Grip) saying , "Another horrific day at a high school in the United States" at the beginning of one of its reports (this was the part of the report presented afterwards: "tragedy in southern Florida as seventeen people were killed, many more injured when a gunman opens fire in a high school").

• The local news programs that appeared on the main broadcast channels for WKRG-TV and WALA-TV during the hour of 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday of the fourteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 5" (during the first half of the hour) and "FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m." (during both halves of the hour) appeared to have videos of reports related to a certain observance involving shops specialized in flowers (Cleveland the Florist on the first program; Florarama on the second program (note: the video for the report on the first program appeared to have a graphic with text of "live").   

• 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 Wednesday of the fourteenth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 10") appeared to have had audio of one of its news presenters (Bob Grip) saying , "Another horrific day at a high school in the United States" in reference to one of its subjects (this is what he was saying immediately afterwards in reference to the subject: "Tragedy in southern Florida as seventeen people were killed, many more injured when a gunman opens fire in a high school") and, "School split in Baldwin County got down-right nasty today" in reference to one of its other subjects (this is what he was saying immediately afterwards in reference to the subject: "The superintendent Eddie Tyler announced he will no longer negotiate with [Gulf Shores' school board], and that's not all he said, he also leveled a personal attack against Gulf Shores' interim superintendent Doctor Suzanne Freeman. FOX 10 News reporter Alex Knowles has the story"), and, "All right, let the good times--er, roll or [let] cleanup begin. How? Mardi Gras is in the books and that means the street sweepers are out today; any couches left behind?" over some video involving text of "COMING UP".

• 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 fourteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had a video of a report involving a certain reporter (John Rogers) without any mention of whether he was a member of the news operation for WKRG-TV or not (this was how the reporter was initially referenced on the program by one of its news presenters (Mel Showers): "Reporter John Rogers has the latest from Parkland, Florida") and one of its (other) news presenters (Rose Ann Haven) saying, "Thank you, John. And this is the eighteenth school shooting this year in the United States this year. News 5 has coverage you can count on. "Be sure to come back here and join 'News 5 This Morning' -- the morning show -- beginning at four-twenty five (4:25) with Bill Riales, Jessica Taloney, and John Nodar. They will have you--give you the late-breaking developments you may had missed while you were sleeping" and, "And coming up later in the newscast, we will have a live report from Riverside; a reporter from our sister station WIAT* who's been covering the story since it broke this afternoon will be joining us for a question-and-answer segment" before having its other news presenter (Mel Showers) saying, "And we will ask her some hard questions about--the questions you want her to answer" immediately afterwards (note: the program appeared to have had such a segment involving a reporter being called "Hillary Simon" by the news presenter named Rose Ann Haven"). 

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

News for Thursday, February 15th, 2018

• Some of the local news programs to had appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV on the Monday of the twelfth day of this February had some news presenters of theirs presenting reports of a certain "king" having traveled to a "mythical island" that day and of having returned from there later that day.  

• 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 ninth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had a video of a report concerning a national TV program ("COPS") and a certain county in their local broadcast area outside of southwest Alabama (the county of Santa Rosa in the state of Florida).

• A Facebook page related to a local TV program dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles ("Gulf Coast Today" for WPMI-TV and WJTC-TV*) appeared to have had a certain video of one its hosts (Terra Reeves) presenting a report related to weather after having her saying, "Now I've done Mardi Gras**, I have done 'Gulf Coast Today', I have done high school sports, never done the weather, so, why not try it here, live, for the first time"). 

• The main broadcast channel for WJTC-TV appeared to have had special programming related to basketball that was all ready in progress after having special programming related to a parade in the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama on the Thursday of the eighth day of this February (note: the special programming related to the parade appeared to have had one of its (Darwin Singleton) saying, "You were telling me a news crew that will rename nameless -- from New Orleans is even over here tonight to capture some of this original Mardi Gras**" to a guest of his). 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the hour of 6:00 a.m. on the Tuesday of the thirteenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 This Morning")*** appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Bill Riales) presenting a report in which the phrase "extremely violent" were used to describe a certain death (this is what he was saying involving those phrases as part of that report: "A man from Pensacola is in the Escambia County Jail this morning charged with an extremely violent death").

• 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 eleventh day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had its news presenter (Ashley Knight) attributing a certain video to a certain reporter without mentioning whether the reporter was a member of the news operation for WKRG-TV or not while appearing to introduce it (this is what the news presenter was saying while doing so, "Well tomorrow is Monday and for many that means getting a big cup of coffee to start the work week, but as reporter Erin Carlisle shows us, one cafe in South Korea is shaking things out where people are grabbing their morning cup of joe with a room full of raccoons. Check it out") and reports related to weather by a member of the operation (Alan Sealls) who was not usually part of installments of it or other news programs of theirs for the channel on Saturday and Sunday in recent times. 

(*WPMI-TV and WJTC-TV were related to each other due to their being members of a holding company named the Sinclair Broadcast Group)
(**the words "Mardi" and "Gras" had often appeared to have had been used as French words for  "Tuesday" and "Fat" in the order in which they were presented here).
(***the channel was usually set to have the program during the second half of the hour of 4:00 a.m. and the hour of 5:00 a.m. in addition to the hour of 6:00 a.m. from Monday through Friday in recent times)

News for Wednesday, February 14th, 2018

• A YouTube channel related to WKRG-TV appeared to have had recordings of the local news programs they had on their main broadcast channel during the first halves of the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on the Saturday of the tenth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 6" and "WKRG News 5 at 10" respectively). 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Saturday of the tenth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") appeared to have had certain videos of certain reports (one involving a certain "surprise squad", one involving an "investigation", and one involving information related to a certain disease) that were part of some previous installments of it that were part on the channel during the same hour earlier in the calendar week for that Saturday.   

• 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 Friday of the ninth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") appeared to have had one of its reporters (Alexa Knowles) using the words "sounds" and "crazy" together in a discussion with one of its news presenters (Lenise Ligon) (this is what the reporter appeared to had said after the news presenter appeared to had said, "Alexa, targeting police officers": "Yeah, Lenise, sounds crazy, but that's the allegation Mobile police chief Lawrence Baptiste says investigators are still trying to figure out how many officers were targeted, but they have confirmed [that] it happened at least two times").

• 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 ninth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had one of its reporters (a news reporter named Mary Smith) saying, "As you can see, it's a complete ghost town here at the academy tonight, but that was not the case last night when there was a basketball game as you're about to see some people attending that game weren't too happy with the outcome" before having a video of a report involving the words, "It was a fun night of basketball between Vigor and Faith Academy Thursday night. The game ended with a win by faith, players peacefully shaking hands, even this guy waving in front of the camera, then in a matter of seconds chaos breaks out. A full-own brawl breaks out on the court" immediately after wards. 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Sunday of the eleventh day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had audio of one of its news presenters (Lee Peck) saying, "Well these pictures may not look like the ones you post on Facebook, but they are record breakers. NASA released the images; the machine that took them was one of seven instruments aboard the New Horizons spacecraft that reached Pluto back in two thousand fifteen; that means the instrument was farther from Earth than any other functioning camera in existence breaking a record that nearly stood for three decades" immediately presenting a report related to a certain entity named "Facebook" (this is what he was saying regarding that entity: "Facebook is testing out a down vote button according to multiple news reports. TechCrunch says Facebook is testing the button on five percent of Android users here in the USA. It reports Facebook says this is not the long-clamored-for dislike button, instead users can signal to Facebook a comment they believe is offensive, misleading, or off topic. Down voting was made popular by Reddit. In response to news of Facebook's test of down voting, Reddit co-founder Alexis O'Hannigan tweeted quote, 'Sincerest form of flattery; wish I'd trademarked it: an up vote when we came up with it").  

News for Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

• Some Facebook pages attributed to WKRG-TV and WPMI-TV appeared to have had some live videos of some special TV programs of theirs related to certain celebrations in their local broadcast areas on the Tuesday of the thirteenth day of this February.*

• A World Wide Web site attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had an article related to them dated for the Tuesday of the thirteenth day of this February named "Mobile Mardi Gras: WKRG spreads the word across the nation" (a Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had a message related to the article attributed to its administration dated for the same Tuesday). 

• A Facebook page attributed to a promoter for WFNA-TV named Victoria (Tori) Blackmon appeared to have had some live videos of her and members of the news operation for WKRG-TV between certain celebrations in the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama this Tuesday (the videos appeared to had been uploaded onto some Facebook pages related to WKRG-TV and WFNA-TV after when they appeared to had been live).**

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 6:00 p.m. this Tuesday ("WKRG News 5 at 6") had audio of one of its news presenters (Mel Showers) saying his own name while presenting a report involving his self and its other news presenter (Rose Ann Haven) near the end of it last segment ("Coming up tonight on CBS, 'NCIS' gets things going at seven o'clock, followed by 'Bull' at eight o'clock, then at nine o'clock it's 'NCIS: New Orleans', then join Rose Ann Haven and Mel Showers for 'News 5' at ten o'clock")

• 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 thirteenth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") appeared to have had graphics with texts of "BEAUTIFUL SUNSET" and "GULF SHORES" over some of its video and two of its news presenters (Bob Grip and Lenise Ligon) in a location not normally used by them in previous installments of it in recent times (a remote location) while having a news presenter who was usually only one of its reporters in previous installments of it in recent times (Shelby Myers) from a location normally used by news presenters for previous installments of one of their other news programs in recent times ("FOX 10 News at 4:00 p.m.").

(*one of the programs for WPMI-TV actually appeared on the main broadcast channel for WJTC-TV***)
 (**WKRG-TV and WFNA-TV were related to each other due to their being members of a holding company named the Nexstar Media Group)
(***WPMI-TV and WJTC-TV were related to each other due to their being members of a holding company named the Sinclair Broadcast Group)

News for Monday, February 12th, 2018

• A Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had an message attributed to its administration dated for this Monday beside a video involving texts of: "WKRG SCHEDULE FOR FAT TUESDAY" (note: a World Wide Web site attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had a static version of the video with a message related to it dated for this Monday). 

• 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 ninth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had one of its reporters (a news reporter named Bryant Clerkley) being kissed by a certain person as he was doing a report from a remote location.

• The local news programs that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hours of 5:00 p.m. this Monday ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") appeared to have had one of its reporters (a news reporter named Shelby Myers) holding a certain object for a report that had her comparing it to a certain other object (a "carpenter's level" (note: the object she appeared to had been holding had text of "WALA-TV").

• 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 Friday of the ninth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 5") appeared to have had a certain video involving a certain person (named Drexel Gilbert) who used to be part of their programming on a regular basis in years past (note #1: she was usually one of their news presenters for it during those years (note: #2 both she and the person who appeared to had introduced the video with her (a news presenter named Peter Albrecht) used to be news presenters for WPMI-TV on a regular basis after those years).

• The main broadcast channel for WALA-TV appeared to have had videos involving digital texts of "America's Untold Journey: 450 Years of the African American Experience" over a certain setting and a digital rectangle with texts of "Briskman & Binion, P. C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW" over the same setting with audio of an announcer saying, "This Black History Month moment is sponsored by Briskman & Binion, Attorneys at Law" immediately after having certain parts of the local news programs it during the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. and the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. this Monday ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.", "FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.", and "FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m." respectively) this Monday.*

• 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 Friday of the ninth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") appeared to have had a video with audio of a certain video involving shouts of, "FOX 10! FOX 10! Adam Olivier! FOX 10 rules!" along with audio of one of the news presenters for the program (Lenise Ligon) laughing and saying, "All right, Fairhope's turn to hold the Mardi Gras** parade a lot of fun out there as you can hear. The Order of Mystic Magnolias rolling through the streets tonight, of course Adam Olivier making an appearance in the FOX 10 Storm Tracker" immediately after them before having video of its other news presenter (Bob Grip) saying, "He had a big fan there; you can hear him" immediately afterwards.  

(*the channel had audio of a report involving the phrases "black history month" and "African American" for the third news program mentioned immediately before having one of the videos (this is what the presenter of the report (Lenise Ligon) was saying for the part of it that involved those phrases: "And another big honor for the Obamas as the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery unveiled the official paintings of the two; an historic moment during Black History Month; the artists are the first African-American painters selected for the honor and they put their own unique twists on the pieces, too.")

(**the words "Mardi" and "Gras" had often appeared to have had been used as French words for  "Tuesday" and "Fat" in the order in which they were presented here). ) 

News for Sunday, February 11th, 2018

• 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 eighth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Mel Showers) saying, "Turning now to your forecast: I hope you enjoyed today's weather because it was the last rain-free day we will see in a while" and its other news presenter (Rose Ann Haven) saying, "Uh oh. Chief meteorologist Alan Sealls joins us now to tell us much rain we're expecting in the coming days. Alan" immediately afterwards before having her saying, "The timeless battle of who has the best Mardi Gras*; Mobile and New Orleans came head to head in downtown this evening. News 5's J.B. (Joseph Blake) Biunno and Duke Carter from our sister station WWL** in New Orleans debated over which city has the best Mardi Gras* and they invited you to participate on Facebook: click on the love emoji for Mobile and the like emoji for New Orleans. Here's how you responded: no surprise here: Mobile wins by a landslide, six hundred and twenty votes for Mobile, two hundred and ten votes for that other city, Mobile wins by nearly three times as many votes. Eight hundred and thirty people participated. A big thank you for voting" (note: a Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had a video related to what the news presenter was saying regarding the aforementioned J. B. Biunno and Duke Carter).

• 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 ninth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 This Morning") appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Bill Riales) saying, "Well the battle over who has the best Mardi Gras* began with billboards in Louisiana telling people how close they were to the original Mardi Gras*. New Orleans has fired back", its other news presenter (Jessica Taloney) saying, "Of course the city's mayor launching an attack on Twitter: one tweet telling Alabama to stick to football and leave Mardi Gras* to the professionals. The back and forth continued and this week our sister station in the big easy sent one of their reporters to see what the port city has to offer. You see, we've gotten under their skin, Bill", the first news presenter mentioned saying, "A little bit, yeah", the other news presenter saying, "They've come on over to check it out", the first news presenter mentioned saying, "Quite a jab there. News 5's Katarina Luketich joining us live with WWL's Duke Carter also in Mardi Gras Park this morning. Good morning, guys" in that order during the hour of 5:00 a.m. that day before having the other news presenter saying, "Well there's revelry and then there's rivalry (note: it had audio of the first news presenter mentioned saying, "Uh huh, that's right" after the mentioning of "rivalry") between Mobile and New Orleans that has really heated up this Mardi Gras* season", the first news presenter mentioned saying, "That right, that rivalry has reached a whole new level this year partly because we made it do that; it started with billboards - (laughter) - like these along I-10 in Louisiana telling people just how close they were to the original Mardi Gras", the other news presenter saying, "And New Orleans came right back, Mayor Mitch Landrieu firing off an attack on Twitter; in one tweet telling Alabama to stick to football and leave Mardi Gras to the professionals", the first news presenter mentioned saying, "Oh...well Mobile mayor Sandy Stimpson came right back holding a news conference to officially grant New Orleans permission to let the good times roll in the port city there", and the other news presenter saying, "Well this week our sister station in the big easy sent one of their reporters to see what the port city has to offer. News 5's Katarina Luketich is joining us live with WWL's Duke Carter in Mardi Gras Park this morning" during the hour of 6:00 a.m. that day.  

(*the words "Mardi Gras" were French words for "Fat Tuesday")
(**WWL-TV and WKRG-TV were not related to each other by ownership (they were only related by their having the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) be their main provider of network programming)) 

News for Saturday, February 10th, 2018

(note: all times on this weblog reflect the Central time zone)

• A Facebook page attributed to WABF-AM appeared to have had a message attributed to its administration dated the Friday of the ninth day of this February concerning technical problems and the idea of their not broadcasting a certain type of parade that day.

• A recording of a local TV program dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles that was usually set to appear on the main broadcast channels got WPMI-TV and WJTC-TV* from Monday through Friday in recent times ("Gulf Coast Today") appeared to had been uploaded onto a YouTube channel related to WPMI-TV on the Tuesday of the sixth day of this February (note: the channel for WPMI-TV was usually set to have this program during second half of the hour of 12:00 p.m. whereas the channel for WJTC-TV was usually set to have it during the second half of the hour of 5:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday). 

• 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 eighth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") appeared to have had audio of one of its news presenters (Bob Grip) saying, "FOX 10 News is committed to making sure you get the best Mardi Gras** experience; we will have live coverage during our morning newscasts and then from ten until two we're airing our four-hour Fat Tuesday special. FOX 10 will be coming to you live from the balcony of the Admiral Hotel in downtown Mobile; it's going to be a jam-packed show. We'll also have crews in Baldwin County covering all of the parades there. Mardi Gras** coverage is taking center stage on all of our newscasts".   

• The main broadcast channel for WEAR-TV was set to have special programming related to a certain type of parade in their local broadcast area during some of the hours in which it was usually set to have programming from their main provider of network programming*** (the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.) on Saturday in recent times this Saturday (note #1: a World Wide Web site attributed to the provider appeared to have had a schedule of programming for that Saturday involving the hour of 2:00 p.m. (note #2: some guides to the channel on some World Wide Web sites named Zap2it, TitanTV, and TV Guide each appeared to have had the name of the program listed in that schedule for the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. for the Sunday of the eleventh day of this February (note #3: the site attributed to the provider appeared to have had a schedule of programming for that Sunday in which the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. were not involved))). 

• The local news programs that appeared on the main broadcast channel during the first and second halves of the hour of 6:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the eighth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 6:00 p.m." and "WKRG News 5 at 6:30") and the first half of the hour of 5:00 p.m. on the Friday of the ninth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 5:00 p.m.) each appeared to have had video of a certain member of their news operation (Joseph Blake (J. B.) Biunno) discussing a certain subject related to the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama and the city of New Orleans in the state of Louisiana with a member of the news operation for a TV station based in the one named New Orleans (Duke Carter of WWL-TV in the city of New Orleans in the state of Louisiana) from various locations (note #1: a Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had live video of the part of the first program mentioned involving the members discussing the subject at the same it was appearing on the channel on the aforementioned Thursday**** (note #2: the last news program mentioned appeared to have had a video of a certain report by the member of the news operation for the station based in the city named New Orleans related to what he and the member of the news operation for WKRG-TV appeared to be discussing). 

(*WPMI-TV and WJTC-TV were related to each other due to their being part of a holding company named the Sinclair Broadcast Group)
(**the words "Mardi Gras" were French words for "Fat Tuesday")
(***the American Broadcasting Company (ABC))
(****the Facebook page appeared to have had live video of the members discussing the subject earlier that was not part of the program earlier that Thursday) 

News for Friday, February 9th, 2018

• A World Wide Web site attributed to WALA-TV appeared to have had video of a report of an accident involving a member of their news operation (Hal Scheurich)*.  

• A Facebook page attributed to WABF-AM appeared to have had some messages attributed to its administration dated for this Friday and this past Thursday (the eighth day of this February)  and Wednesday (the seventh day of this February) concerning a certain transmitter (or broadcast tower).   

• 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 seventh day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") appeared to have had a certain video (a "Surprise Squad" video) involving a certain person described by its narrator (a member of WALA-TV named Chasity Byrd) as her "eighth-grade teacher".

• 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 seventh day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") appeared to have had video of its weather reporter (Jason Smith) saying, "Here's your Baldwincast" in front of a map of the county of Baldwin in southwest Alabama and some graphics with text of "BALDWINCAST" and "IT'S GETTING COLDER" over some other video it had immediately before the video it had with the weather reporter appearing to say, "Here's your Baldwincast" (the other video appeared to involve the sky and some buildings).  .

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the hour of 6:00 a.m. on the Thursday of the eighth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 This Morning")** had one of its news presenters (Jessica Taloney) saying,  "All right, with the winter Olympics going on in South Korea, we're going to do something a little fun here on 'News 5 This Morning' to mark the games; over the next couple of weeks we're going to have your word of the day--your Korean word of the day" and its other news presenter (Bill Riales), saying, "Will we be able to say it? Who knows? Uh, our correspondent Lex Gray will be bringing us the Korean word of the day from Pyeongchang; take a look here" immediately afterwards before having a certain video involving a person with graphics of the words "Lex Gray" and an opening sequence involving graphics of the words "Sylvan Learning" and "Korean Word of the Day" immediately afterwards. 

(*update for Saturday, February 10th, 2018: some of the video appeared to had been part of their news programming for this Saturday (without its narration)). 
(**the program was usually set to appear on the channel during the second half of the hour of 4:00 a.m. in addition to the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. from Monday through Friday in recent times)