News for Tuesday, February 6th, 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 Monday of the fifth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") appeared to have one of its news presenters (Lenise Ligon) saying, "It's a story that'll make your blood boil" immediately before having its other news presenter (Bob Grip) saying, "New tonight at nine: the family of a fallen soldier brought to tears after someone stole an American flag that was raised in their loved one's honor" for one of its reports before appearing to have her saying, "New at nine: a terrible story from Moss Point tonight" and saying, "Listen to this" for one of its other reports before having her saying, "You know, the Dow Jones Industrial had its worst day in six and a half years; we'll let you know why that happened" immediately 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 hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Saturday of the third day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") appeared to have had audio of its news presenter (Shelby Myers) saying, "And let the good times roll: Mardi Gras parades hit the streets in the birth place of Mardi Gras and from the eastern shore. We'll take you there" over some video with graphics involving texts of "TOP STORIES" and "LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL"; video of her saying, "Just a bizarre story" after having a certain video of a certain report; and audio of her saying, "The good times keep on rolling in the port city. The carnival season is underway with several groups rolling in downtown Mobile this afternoon. This afternoon it was the Mobile Mystics kicking things off -- some nice tunes there -- and if you were on the parade route, you saw some familiar faces like Kati Weis, Sarah Wall, Bri MacNaught, Devan Coffaro, [and] Joe Emer" over some video with graphics involving texts of "MARDI GRAS", "LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL", AND "MOBILE MYSTIC KICK OFF SATURDAY'S PARADE".*

• 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") began appearing on it in an unusual way on the Monday of the fifth day of this February (it did not have an animated sequence while doing so that day; as for what it had while doing so that day Monday, it had video involving a graphic with text of "Instant Pot Cooking" with audio of one of its hosts (Joe Emer) saying, "Claiming to be experts or professionals with this segment, I'm just cutting a little bit of the fat off this chicken...", "...but yeah, Avery, it really was pretty easy once you kind of figure out a few small..." and, "...we're not and we're live, two Joe Emers for the price of one" before having audio of its other host (Chasity Byrd) saying, "A little confusing on the Monday" immediately afterwards before having audio of the host mentioned earlier saying, "Cue the intro music; 'Studio 10' is just getting started" immediately afterwards before having audio of his saying, "And another packed week with Mardi Gras parades on the Gulf Coast. We'll take a look at which parades are up ahead next after a flawless beginning to 'Studio 10' on this Monday morning" a few seconds afterwards before having both audio and video of his saying, "Welcome I'm--yeah, everybody's got that super bowl--a lot a people were staying up late last night and stuff--so, I don't know, it's all good..." immediately afterwards before having the other host beside him saying, "I think people were tired--I think it's a little bit groggy today" immediately afterwards.

(*the first and last names for each of the "familiar faces" mentioned were the first and last names of certain members of the news operation at WALA-TV) 

News for Monday, February 5th, 2018

• A certain audio player on a World Wide Web site related to WNSP-FM (connected to a graphic on the site involving the words "LISTEN NOW") initially had audio of programming related to WNSP-FM at a volume lower than that of the volume or volumes it usually initially had for such audio before the Sunday of the fourth day of this February in recent times between day and this Monday (note: it had audio of programming at a higher volume Monday).   

• Some of the local news programs WALA-TV had on their main broadcast channel between the Saturday of the third day of this February and the Sunday of the fourth day of this February (including the one it had during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the aforementioned Sunday ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had a certain member of their news operation (Matt Barrentine) saying the phrase "boom-boom forecast" for parts of them related to weather without explaining it. 

• 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. this Monday ("WKRG News 5 This Morning") had audio of one of its news presenters (Jessica Taloney) saying, "We're getting into the fun stuff; coming up next" immediately before one of its breaks from appearing on the channel during one of those hours (the hour of 5:00 a.m.) this Monday.

• 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 third day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") appeared to have had video of a certain report (concerning a certain  interrupted by a segment of it dedicated to weather without any mention of it being interrupted (note: the news presenter for the program (Shelby Myers) appeared to had attributed its details to a certain Patrick Thomas without any mention of whether he or she was a member of the news operation for WALA-TV or not).  

• 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 Thursday of the first day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") had audio of one of its news presenters (Lenise Ligon) saying, "The women are accused of a number of child abuse acts including use of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure and false imprisonment among other things we will not mention" for one of its reports (note: she had said, "A disturbing story coming out of Maryland tonight" before presenting the details of the report). 

• Some captions for a streamed version of 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 first day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 6:30") appeared to differ from the ways in which one of its news presenters (Peter Albrecht) and reporters (a sports reporter named Randy Patrick Setterstrom) spoke while discussing a certain announcer (examples: the captions had, "SOME BREAKING NEWS OUT OF NEW ORLEANS" whereas the news presenter had said, "All right, we've got some--some sort of sad news out of New Orleans tonight, Randy"; the captions had, "BROADCASTING LEGEND JIM HENDERSON ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT HE IS RETIRING AS THE VOICE OF THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS" whereas the reporter had said, "If you're a big Saints fan, you probably know the name Jim Henderson. He's a broadcasting legend over in Nola. He announced today that he's retiring as the voice of the Saints"; the captions had, "HE'S ALSO STEPPING AWAY FROM HIS RADIO AND TV DUTIES FOR WWL" whereas the reporter had said, "He's also stepping away from his radio and TV duties effective immediately over in New Orleans".

News for Sunday, February 4th, 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 Friday of the second day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.) appeared to have had audio of its news presenter (Bob Grip) saying, "Well 'tis the season; Mardi Gras* really picking up steam tonight as we get closer to Fat Tuesday* and FOX 10 News got into the action. Have to admit, I'm a little bit jealous; Lenise, Chasity, Michael, Hal, Lee, and Elizabeth all had a great time in the jubilee city tonight. They're on the FOX 10 News float in the Apollo's Mystic Ladies parade". 

• 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 twenty-eighth day of this January ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") appeared to have had video report narrated by a member of a national cable TV and satellite TV programming service ("Molly Line, FOX News) involving a subject identified by her as "Alvin Grantham of Mobile, Alabama" and graphics involving texts of "MOBILE MAN FEATURED IN PHOTOS" and "ALVIN B. GRANTHAM" after having one of its news presenters (Lee Peck) appearing to introduce it and attribute it to her.  

• 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 second day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 5") appeared to have had its news presenters (Peter Albrecht and Devon Walsh) conducting a live interview with a certain person mentioned in some reports regarding her "going viral" presented on some of the other local news programs that had appeared on the channel between then and the Thursday of the first day of this February (such as the one that appeared on it during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. that Thursday (under the name "WKRG News 5 at 10")).**

• 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 p.m. on the Friday of the second day of this February ("Studio 10") had one of its hosts (Chasity Byrd) saying, "The Hungry Girl is produced by the parent company of FOX 10 (a nickname for WALA-TV often used for purposes of branding programming of theirs in recent times), the Meredith Corporation; um, lots of good magazines out there of course--we do the Magnolia Journal as well, Meredith does, and--and this one and the newest edition and it looks pretty good" after having a certain video involving a certain person (Lisa Lillien) referring to her self as "Hungry Girl". 

• 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 second day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.) appeared to have had one of its reporters (Alexa Knowles) saying, "Mobile police chief Lawrence Baptiste starting to sound like a broken record urging gun owners to keep their guns out of their cars and locked up" before having a video of a report related to what she was saying whereas the one that appeared on it during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. that day ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") appeared to have had her saying, "Mobile police chief Lawrence Baptiste starting to sound like a broken record urging gun owners to keep their guns locked up and out of their cars" before having what appeared to had been the same video mentioned earlier.  

• 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 second day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.) appeared to have had its news presenter (Bob Grip) saying, "All right, next, a story that is guaranteed to make you feel good tonight: Bri MacNaught talks with a young man with a message for all of us; that is on the other side of this break; don't miss it" before one of its breaks from appearing on it in that period of time that day whereas the one that appeared on it during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. that day ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") appeared to have had audio of the same news presenter saying, "Next, a story guaranteed to make you feel great; Bri MacNaught talks with a young man with a message for all of us. It's on the other side of this break; don't miss it". 

(*the words "Mardi Gras" were French words for "Fat Tuesday")
(**A Facebook page attributed to WKRG-TV appeared to have had live video of the person being interviewed by a member of the news operation at WKRG-TV who was usually a news reporter for the program named "WKRG News 5 at 5" in recent times (Joseph Blake (J. B.) Biunno)).

News for Saturday, February 3rd, 2018

(note: the previous report for this weblog ("News for Friday, February 2nd, 2018") was amended)

• 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 first day of this February appeared to have had a video of a ("special") report involving their own news operation.   

• Some special TV programs involving parades in the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama being broadcast through the main broadcast channel for WJTC-TV on the Thursday of the first day of this February and the Friday of the second day of this February appeared to have had been broadcast from a balcony connected to a building (in the "down-town" area of the city) that used to be a facility for WALA-TV. 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the first day of this February appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Rose Ann Haven) referring to a certain reporter not usually mentioned in some of the local news programming they had in recent times while attributing a certain report to him (note: she had referred to the reporter as "News 5's Cody Long" while doing so).  

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the first day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") appeared to have had video of a certain person saying a certain phrase involving the word "hell" commonly used as a form of profanity by other persons in recent times in response to a question for one of its reports (note: some captions for the program on a Internet video stream and a World Wide Web site attributed to WALA-TV appeared to have had a different phrase not involving the word "hell" in place of the one actually said by the person involving the word "hell" ("yeah it is" was the phrase they had in place of it)). 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the first day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Rose Ann Haven) saying, "This is one of the worst flu seasons we've had in years and now a local nurse has gone viral. Millions of views after she posted a video of her ranting on Facebook" before having a video of a report** related to what she was saying before having her saying, "This video even made an appearance on the CBS evening show tonight; it now has more than four million views, you can catch the full six minute video, six and forty-five second--minute and forty-five second video on WKRG.com" 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the first day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had audio of its news presenters (Lenise Ligon and Bob Grip) saying phrases such as,"Oh wow, not a good feeling there. Some people in the Mardi Gras* spirit tonight had those spirits crushed" (by the one named Lenise Ligon), "Yeah, a hundred twenty-five dollars will do that. That's the price you pay if you park where you're not suppose to" (by the one named Bob Grip), "It is certainly a shock to the system; it's also something we've been warning you about" (by the one named Lenise Ligon), and, "Mobile Police Department is dead serious about towing vehicles during Mardi Gras" (by the one named Bob Grip) in that order after having part of a certain video for one of the reports it was to have afterwards in that .  

(*the words "Mardi Gras" were French words meaning "Fat Tuesday")
(**the report was attributed to the reporter mentioned in the third paragraph below the note near the top of this report)

News for Friday, February 2nd, 2018 (amended)

(amendment note: an apostrophized "s" beside the word "Coast" in the fourth paragraph below this one was removed and the number "55" in the same paragraph was moved closer to the letters behind it along with the quote marks in front 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 Tuesday of the thirtieth day of this January ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.) appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Bob Grip) saying, "Ok, how about senior pictures with a side of fries?" before having part of a certain video for a certain report involving such pictures before one of its breaks from appearing on the channel in that period of time that day before having more of the video after that break.

• 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 thirty-first day of January for this calendar year ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had audio of one of its news presenters (Lenise Ligon) saying, "FOX 10 News once again thrilled to participate in this parade; I'll be on the float with some familiar faces Friday, so be sure to come out and say hello and, of course, catch some cool FOX 10 swag" after presenting a report related to a certain group specialized in parades. 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. on the Tuesday of the thirtieth day of January for this calendar year ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had video of a reporter (Devon Walsh) using the phrase, "It is hard to believe" while presenting one of its reports, specifically this one: "When you look at this eighteen wheeler that turned into a huge fireball on the Interstate, it is hard to believe that two people walked away from this: the truck driver and a sheriff's deputy who was caught up in the crash".

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. on the Tuesday of the thirtieth day of January for this calendar year ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had audio of one of its reporters (a sports reporter named Randy Patrick Setterstrom) saying, "We have a big game tailgate special that will air Saturday first on the CW at 1:30 then again right here on News 5 at 6:30"  while having a graphic resembling texts of "THE BIG GAME" and a separate graphic involving texts of "Tailgate Special", "Saturday", "1:30 pm", "6:30 pm", and some logos for WKRG-TV and WFNA-TV (note #1: the main programming feed or broadcast channel for WKRG-TV was occasionally referenced as "News 5" whereas the main programming feed or broadcast channel for WFNA-TV was usually referenced as "The Gulf Coast CW" and occasionally "The CW55" in some of the local news programming WKRG-TV had on their main broadcast channel in recent times (note #2: WKRG-TV and WFNA-TV were related to each other due to their being members of a holding company named the Nexstar Media Group)). 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. on the Saturday of the twenty-seventh day of January for this calendar year ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had audio of its news presenter (Ashley Knight) saying, "Oh my goodness...I'm...I'm not sure what to say after that... I'm... speechless...we'll have a last look at your weather right when we come back" after having its sports reporter (Robby Baker) describing a certain piece of video along with the video itself (the reporter was saying this, "And Bruce Pearl this afternoon auditioned for a fight in the UFC. If you don't believe me, take a look at this video here, ok. Bruce Pearl coaching up the guys on the sidelines and hello --clocks Jared Harper in the face, look at it in slow motion doing the cha cha slide and then...wah bam--it's ok, though, Harper's fine, everyone's ok, I think they kind of laughed it off, but, dah, you got to watch what you're doing on the sideline there, coach, you know, with the tight corners there, going a little crazy with the little shuffling there, look at Harper, everyone's ok, like I said, though, but this video...it was going crazy on the Internet.)

News for Thursday, February 1st, 2018

• The local news program for WALA-TV that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday of the thirty-first day of January for this calendar year appeared to have had video of a member of WZEW-FM (named Gene Murrell) for one of its reports without any mention of them or his connections to them.

• A Facebook page attributed to WABF-AM appeared to have had a message attributed to its administration dated for this Thursday concerning broadcasts of certain parades and some other messages attributed to it dated for last Friday and this past Wednesday (the thirtieth and twenty-sixth days of January for this calendar year) concerning a certain transmitter and WABF-AM itself. 

• A Facebook page attributed to WPMI-TV appeared to have had live video of some special TV programming related to a parade in the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama for the main broadcast channel for WJTC-TV on the first day of February (note: 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 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 thirty-first day of January for this calendar year ("WKRG News 5 at 10") appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Mel Showers) saying, "Great news for our local economy" before presenting a news report immediately afterwards (specifically this one "Airbus' newest aircraft the L321LR successfully made its maiden flight in Humberg, Germany today. Soon this same aircraft will be built right here at the Airbus final assembly line here in Mobile beginning in 2019")

• 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 thirty-first day of January for this calendar year ("WKRG News 5 at Noon") had its news presenter (Devon Walsh) presenting a report of a member of the news division for their main provider of network programming (Mark Strassman of CBS News for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)) speaking to a reporter specialized in news related to southwest Alabama for a company specialized in news related to Alabama in general (Ben Raines of the Alabama Media Group) for a national TV program for the provider named "CBS This Morning".  

• 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 thirty-first day of January for this calendar year ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Lenise Ligon) saying, "Get ready for Thursday night football right here on FOX 10" before one of its breaks from appearing the channel in that period of time that day before having her saying, "Even more good news for football fans: you'll get to watch Thursday night football right here on FOX 10: The NFL and FOX agreeing to a five-year deal. You can catch eleven games between weeks four and fifteen [right] here on FOX 10. FOX, which has the NFC package, will produce all of the games"afterwards. 

• 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 Thursday of the twenty-fifth day of January for this calendar year ("Studio 10") appeared to had one of its, hosts (Joe Emer) saying, "So, uh, the Senior Bowl is in town this week and, uh, as you know people are always trying to talk to the players, you know, the star players, well, then, no better person to do so than the Senior Bowl's junior reporter Jake Lehocky" a few seconds before having a video involving a person with text of "Jake" appearing over him after having an animated sequence with texts of "junior reporter" whereas a local news program appeared on the channel during the first half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. on the Thursday of the twenty-fifth day of that January ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") had the same video after having audio of one of its news presenters (Lenise Ligon) saying, "Well the Senior Bowl is just a few days away and FOX 10 has a junior reporter sitting down with the players to talk about the big game; also some advice for the future" before one of its breaks from appearing the channel in that period of time that day and after her saying, "During the Senior Bowl it's like a media frenzy; a lot of questions about the game and what the future holds" and its other news presenter (Bob Grip) saying, "But when Senior Bowl.com's junior reporter Jake Lehocky sits down with the players, he got some different advice. Take a listen" immediately before having it after that break.

News for Wednesday, January 31st, 2018

• The first 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 Tuesday of the thirtieth day of this January ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.") had audio of one of its news presenters (Bob Grip) presenting reports involving relatives of his (including one whom he had called his wife and two of whom he had called his daughters). 

• A Facebook page attributed to WPMI-TV appeared to have had messages (including one message that was hidden after the other one was posted) attributed to its administration dated for the Tuesday of the thirtieth day of this January with hyperlinks to an article also dated for that Tuesday named "NBC 15 Technical Problems" on a World Wide Web site attributed to WPMI-TV (note: "NBC 15" was often used in reference to the news operation at WPMI-TV and the broadcast operation at WPMI-TV in general in recent times).  

• 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 Tuesday of the thirtieth day of this January ("Studio 10") occasionally had video of a group of persons appearing to witness the program (they were usually described as either "the kids from Perdido" or "the kiddos from Perdido" by one of its hosts (Joe Emer for the first description mentioned; Chasity Byrd for the second description mentioned)) (note: it usually did not appear to have such a group in previous 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 12:00 p.m. on the Tuesday of the thirtieth day of this January ("WKRG News 5 at Noon") appeared to have had its news presenter (Devon Walsh) saying, We [go] live to WKRG's Washington D. C. correspondent Mark Meredith" before having video of a reporter with digital graphics involving texts of "Mark Meredith" and"WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT" immediately afterwards before having audio of the news presenter saying, "Thank you, Mark" immediately after having video of the reporter.   

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WPMI-TV during the second half of the hour of 5:00 p.m. on the Saturday of the twenty-seventh day of this January ("NBC 15 News [at 5]") appeared to have had its news presenter (Zora Ethel Asberry) presenting a report of a national cable TV and satellite TV programming service named the Tennis Channel being "owned" by the holding company for their own broadcast operation (the Sinclair Broadcast Group) after presenting a separate report related to service (note: she had actually referred to this company as their "parent company" while presenting this report).

• 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-fourth day of this January ("WKRG News 5 at Noon") had audio of its news presenter (Devon Walsh) saying, "All right, well a crazy story out of the middle east, John, where a dozen camels were disqualified from a camel beauty contest because their owner injected them with Botox", its weather reporter (John Nodar) saying, "No way" immediately after afterwards before laughing, the news presenter saying, "In Saudi Arabia. I'm not making this up. Yeah, the owner wanted to make them more handsome", the weather reporter saying, "All right, now apparently there's a lot on the line in this beauty contest - you've got races and competitions -- and check this out: the combined purses for all of those courses in the camel beauty contest: fifty-seven million dollars" afterwards, the news presenter saying, "That's insane! We need to get camel over in the contest. Wow" afterwards, the weather reporter saying, "That's right, Botox--" afterwards, and the news presenter laughing before saying, "Thanks for joining us. See you at five" afterwards.