News for Thursday, April 19th, 2018 (amended)

(note: this fifth paragraph below this one and the one near the bottom of this report were amended for clarity)

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday of the eighteenth day of this April ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") appeared to have had audio of one of its reporters (a news reporter named Toi Thornton) doing a report of certain acts attributed to them ("FOX 10"*). 

•  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 seventeenth day of this April ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") appeared to have had audio of one of its news presenters (Lenise Ligon) saying, "Looking at this shot, I wish I was at the beach" while having video of a certain place before one of its breaks from appearing on the channel in that period of time that day.

• A local TV program dedicated to entertainment and lifestyles 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") often appeared to have had certain persons (such as some hosts of it) referencing each other only by the last parts of the names often used in referencing them initially in its broadcasts in recent times (such as "Emer" (for a host usually referenced initially as Joe Emer) and "Barrentine" (for a host and occasional guest of it usually referenced initially as "Matt Barrentine")). 

• 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 sixteenth day of this April ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Mel Showers) mentioning a certain collection of song by a word often used as profanity in recent times for one of its reports** and one of its reporters (a sports reporter named Randy Patrick Setterstrom) saying, "All right, we pass this along -- our thoughts and prayers tonight are with Alabama radio broadcaster Chris Stewart -- he has undergone what Alabama athletic director Greg Burn has tweeted out tonight as a serious medical procedure. He's hospitalized in Tuscaloosa; so we are thinking about Chris Stewart tonight -- had a chance to work with him on several occasions".

• The first part of the local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. on the Tuesday of the eighteenth day of this April ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") began with an animated sequence with graphics resembling text of "BREAKING NEWS" before having one of its news presenters (Byron Day) saying, "We begin tonight with some very sad news: former first lady Barbara Bush has died"*** whereas the first part of the local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the same period of time for the same Tuesday of this April ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had an animated sequence with audio of an announcer saying, "From WKRG News 5, the gulf coast's news leader: breaking news now", one of its own news presenters (Mel Showers) saying, "Former first lady Barbara Bush has died", and the other news presenter (Rose Ann Haven) saying, "Her passing comes shortly after the office of her husband, former president George H. W. Bush, announced she had declined further medical treatment following a series of hospitalizations. At ninety-two years old, Barbara Bush leaves behind quite a legacy" immediately after each other. 

(*brand name or nickname for WALA-TV)

(**Mel Showers: The twenty eighteen Pulitzer awards were announced today and there are two notable winners with Alabama connections: first, Alabama Media Group's John Archibald was awarded journalism's highest honor for commentary; he won a Pulitzer for stories uncovering the past of Republican Roy Moore during Alabama's Senate campaign last year. Second: rapper Kendrick Lamar won for music thanks to his work "DAMN"; it's the first non-classical or jazz work to win the award. The Pulitzer board called the album a work that captures the complexity of the African-American life -- and next month you'll have a chance to see the rapper live in Gulf Shores. Kendrick Lamar is one of the headliners at the Hang Out Musical Festival. The three day festival begins May 18th; it goes through the 20th. He will close out the Hangout festival on May 20th. General admission tickets start at three hundred nineteen dollars.)

(***the local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. earlier that Tuesday appeared to have had a news presenter named Lenise Ligon (the other news presenter for the program named "FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") saying, "And we are starting with some really sad news tonight: Barbara Bush has died" after having an animated sequence similar to the one mentioned earlier for the program named "FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.").