News for Sunday, October 30th, 2016 (amended)

 (amendment note: the first and third paragraphs of this report were amended for clarity and additional information)

• The main broadcast channel for WPMI-TV did not have a new edition of a local TV program of theirs dedicated to legal advice that was usually part of its programming on Sunday evenings in recent times after having a local news program of theirs and a network program about a live football game from their main provider of network programming in accordance with how it was usually part of its programming on Sunday evenings before this Sunday (the name of the legal advice program was "Local 15 LawCall"; the name of the network program was "Sunday Night Football"; the name of the provider of the network program was the National Broadcasting Company (NBC); as for the name of the program that appeared on the channel a few minutes after the local news program this Sunday, it was "CSI: Miami" (a dramatic syndicated program)). 

• The local news program that usually appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday in recent times (it was usually titled "FOX 10 News in the Morning" (it was even called "FOX 10 News weekend morning edition" by one of its weather reporters)) was not set to appear on the channel during the hour of 7:00 a.m. this Sunday due to a plan for the channel to have a weekly network news and discussion program their main provider of network programming ("FOX News Sunday" from the FOX Broadcasting Company) one hour earlier than usual this Sunday on account of a plan for the channel to have special programming about a live football game from the same provider during its regular time period. 

• This past Saturday on the twenty-ninth day of his October, the main broadcast channels for WPMI-TV and WKRG-TV had local news programs during a time period in which other types of programs were planned for them (a syndicated home improvement program for WKRG-TV ("Today's Homeowner with Danny Lipford") and a syndicated comedy for WPMI-TV ("Two and a Half Men") between 6:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.) in accordance with their regular programming plans for Saturday evenings in recent times (between 6:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.) a few minutes after having programs about live football games from their main providers of network programming (the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) was the one for WKRG-TV) during time periods in which local news programming was planned for them in accordance with those plans (5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for WPMI-TV; 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for WKRG-TV). 

News for Saturday, October 29th, 2016

• A promotional video for a series of special reports planned for some of the local news programs at WKRG-TV was uploaded onto the official Facebook page for WKRG-TV by this past Friday on the twenty-eighth day of this October. 

• One of the news presenters on 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 past Friday (Rose Ann Haven on "WKRG News 5 at 6") used the last part of its broadcast (the one after its last break for commercial or promotional advertisements) to talk about the wife of a camera operator for their local news operation giving birth to a child earlier that day (she did not mention the surname (or last name) of the wife or her position at WPMI-TV (a news reporter)). 

• One of the news presenters for the local news operation at WALA-TV (Lenise Ligon) appeared to be making fun of one of the weather reporters for the operation (Jason Smith) and one of the animated graphics used in a weather segment for a local news program of theirs this past Friday during the last part of its broadcast (between 10:54 p.m. and 11:01 p.m.*) that day (this is what she said about graphic (a mummy) and the reporter: "So I know that mummy there was actually you dancing to Bruno Mars' new song"; this is how the reporter responded to her: "Right, that's the [clue] of what was going on. I was thinking, "Yes, I'm a dancer, crazy looking" (this is what he said about the graphic during its appearance in the weather segment: "That's kind of a crazy looking Halloween dude there").         

(*the program was broadcast after their main broadcast channel had special programming about a live baseball game from their main provider of network programming (the FOX Broadcasting Company)). 

News for Friday, October 28th, 2016

• Facebook had a special page about WPMI-TV named "I survived working at WPMI and all I got was this lousy group" (it had profiles and messages attributed to past and present members of WPMI-TV and images of their history) and a special page about WKRG-TV (it had profiles attributed to past and present members of WKRG-TV along with an image of the exterior of their original facility for broadcasting local TV programs) named "WKRG Friends" in recent times (you may need a Facebook account to access the page about WPMI-TV and an invitation to gain full access to the page about WKRG-TV in addition to having a Facebook account).    

• Between 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., the main broadcast channel for WEAR-TV did not have a digital graphic with lottery numbers obstruct its presentation of the first segment of an animated TV program from their main provider of network programming (the American Broadcasting Company (ABC)) named "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" this Friday unlike the last time it was part of its programming (earlier this October) (the channel had a local programming segment with lottery numbers and an announcement about them a few seconds before the network program this time (it lasted between five seconds and ten seconds)). 

News for Thursday, October 27th, 2016

• The main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV had a promotional video for a special programming plan for a national TV programming service normally used for one of the digital sub-channels for WKRG-TV (Memorable Entertainment Television) with audio of one of the announcers for recent editions of the local news programs at WKRG-TV (Jeff Davis) mentioning the brand name for the programming feed of the digital sub-channel normally used for this TV programming service ("Me-TV Gulf Coast") and the virtual number for the channel itself (5-3, even though the announcer said, "five point three" (5.3)). 

• One of the news presenters for the local news operation at WALA-TV (Bob Grip) made this comment about some reports that he and another news presenter for the operation (Lenise Ligon) presented on one of their local news programs this past Wednesday on the twenty-sixth day of this October ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") regarding "newborns" (or people born recently) at some clinics in the city of Cleveland in the state of Ohio wearing "onesies" (clothing) with the logos for a professional baseball based in the city (the Indians of Cleveland): "Hopefully none of them will turn out to be Cubs (another professional baseball team) fans" (afterwards he said, "No worries, Advocate Healthcare Hospitals in Illinois (the state where the aforementioned Cubs were based) are doing the same thing for the Chicago Cubs as well (he was referring to the city in Illinois where those Cubs was based)". 

News for Wednesday, October 26th, 2016

• One of the weather reporters for the local news operation at WPMI-TV (Jake Dunne) responded to one of its other weather reporters (Kelly Foster) in a sarcastic manner after said she, "So far this looks like it could be potentially the driest October on record" at the beginning of their local news program for Monday though Friday mornings ("Local 15 Today") this Wednesday (this is what he said, "Oh yeah, I mean, breaking news right here, doppler radar, take a look, oh, it's quiet, no, not breaking news. As Kelly said, we've been doing this all month long. In fact, today could be day 30 without any rainfall").*

• An administrator for the official Facebook page for WALA-TV posted a message on the page dated for this Wednesday about a plan for the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV to have a new edition of a syndicated TV game program that was usually set to be part of its programming feed during first half of the hour of 6:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday in recent times during the second half of the hour of 12:00 a.m. this Thursday on the twenty-seventh day of this October due to a plan for the channel to have special network programming from their main provider of network programming (the FOX Broadcasting Company) during its regular time period for Monday through Friday (the name of the game program was "Jeopardy!"; as for the special network programming, it was expected to be about a series of professional baseball games expected to occur between this Wednesday and next Wednesday on the second day of this November ("The World Series")).* 

(*the weather reporter named Jake Dunne was substituting for Kelly Foster in the role of weather reporter for the program while she was assuming the role of a news presenter for the program).

(**the main broadcast channel was usually set to have a syndicated episode of a comedic TV program during this time period from Tuesday through Saturday in recent times (the name of the program was "How I Met Your Mother")

News for Tuesday, October 25th, 2016

• According to the official World Wide Web site for the holding (or "parent") company for WKRG-TV (Media General), the position of directing the local news operation at WKRG-TV opened about three days before the day its last holder (Michael (Mike) Rausch was expected to leave it open earlier this October. 

• According to the guides to the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV provided by Zap2it, TV Guide, and TitanTV, the channel was set to have new editions of a nationally-syndicated game program that was usually set to be part of its programming feed during the second half of the hour of 6:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday in recent times during the second half of the hour of 3:00 a.m.* this Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday (on the twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh, and twenty-ninth days of this October respectively) due to a plan for the channel have special network programming from their main provider of network programming (the FOX Broadcasting Company) during that time period this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday (the name of the game program was "Wheel of Fortune"; as for the special network programming expected to come, it was expected to be about a series of championship baseball games expected to occur between this Tuesday and next Wednesday on the second day of this November ("The World Series")).

(*the channel was usually set to have two editions of a syndicated courtroom program during this hour from Tuesday through Saturday in recent times (the name of the program was "Judge Alex"))

News for Monday, October 24th, 2016

• The news presenter for the local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. (Bob Grip on "FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") stood beside a group of nine electronic monitors displaying video related to some of the news reports planned for the program while describing them. 

• The local news programs that appeared on the main broadcast channels for WKRG-TV and WPMI-TV between 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. ("WKRG News 5 This Morning" and "Local 15 Today" respectively) had broadcasts from near a cruise terminal in the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama about a cruise ship about to dock there.

• The weather reporter for the local news operation at WALA-TV who usually did weather reports for their local news programs for Monday through Friday night in recent times (Jason Smith) was the weather reporter for their local news program for Saturday and Sunday mornings ("FOX 10 News in the Morning" (the same news was used for their local news program for Monday through Friday mornings, even though their regular broadcast times and formats were different)) this past Sunday on the twenty-third day of this October (he was not the weather reporter for the local news programming they had this Monday night (the one they had in place of him was named Matt Barrentine)).