News for Thursday, February 8th, 2018

• A Facebook page attributed to WPMI-TV appeared to have had a message attributed to its administration dated for the Tuesday of the sixth day of this February concerning outages with an image of a logo for WPMI-TV.  

• The main broadcast channel for WALA-TV occasionally had videos of advertisements with announcements of "fewer interruptions" for a local news program that was usually part of its programming during the hour of 5:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday in recent times ("FOX 10 News at 5:00 p.m.) since the month of January for this calendar year.

• 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 Tuesday of the sixth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") had a video of a report involving the words, "The LaShe's decided to postpone tonight's parade because of the rain. FOX 10 was first to spread the word" and audio of a certain person saying, "I found out from you--from, from this news channel. Thank you, FOX 10, for letting us know" immediately after having those words.  

• 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 sixth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 10:00 p.m.") had audio of one of its news presenters (Bob Grip) saying, "And...at starman, this is the--what's left of...it's a uh--sports car with what looks like an astronaut inside, but it's a dummy and it's on its way into the solar system" and graphics with with text of "VIEWS FROM SPACE" and "SPACEX FALCON HEAVY STARMAN" over some of its video between having one of its breaks from appearing the channel in that period of time that day and having audio of its other news presenter (Lenise Ligon) presenting a report regarding a subject unrelated to what the first news presenter mentioned was saying with video that was also unrelated to what that news presenter was saying (it also had audio of the first news presenter saying, "And the chance of no rain in outer space; there you see star man behind the wheel; it's a look at the Earth on again; have a good night, everybody" during the last few second of its last segment).

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WALA-TV during the hour of 9:00 p.m. on the sixth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Lenise Ligon) saying, "It's a story that's sure make you smile; that stolen American flag raised in honor of a fallen American soldier is back where it belongs tonight and it's thanks to a viewer who saw that story on 'FOX 10 News' last night", its other news presenter (Bob Grip) saying, "Our Lee Peck joins us at the Sky Ranch neighborhood where the flag is flying high tonight. Lee, your story paid off big time", immediately afterwards, and one of its reporters saying, "Well it certainly did, Bob and Lenise. If you would have asked the family last night, they would have told you the flag was good as gone; we were even making arrangements to replace it, but today tears turning into smiles as their loved one's flag is once again flying high" immediately afterwards whereas the program that appeared on the channel 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 the second news presenter mentioned saying, "Well it's a story that's sure to make you smile. That stolen American flag raised in honor of a fallen American soldier is back where it belongs and it's all thanks to a viewer who saw this story on FOX 10 News last night", the first news presenter mentioned saying, "And our Lee Peck is joining us live at the Sky Ranch neighborhood where the flag is flying high tonight. Lee, I guess you could say your story paid off big time" immediately afterwards, and the same news reporter mentioned earlier saying, " It certainly did, Bob and Lenise. If you would have asked this family last night, they would have said the flag is good as gone; they even had plans to replace it, but today tears turning to smiles and joy as their loved one's flag is once again flying high" immediately afterwards. 

News for Wednesday, February 7th, 2018

• 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 Monday of the fifth day of this January ("Studio 10") appeared to have had videos related to cooking involving various references to a company related to WALA-TV (the Meredith Corporation). 

• 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 Monday of the fifth day of this February ("Gulf Coast Today") appeared to have had its hosts (Kelly Foster and Terra Reeves) discussing discussing a certain video for a law firm based in the city of Mobile in southwest Alabama (Maloney-Frost-Lyons, LLC) and a lawyer associated with it (David Maloney). 

• 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 9:00 p.m.") appeared to have had one of its news presenters (Bob Grip) saying, "We almost never have a Hi-Q match on a Monday; but then again we almost never have snow days either; that was the reason for today's contest at Murphy High School. The panthers hosted the competition in the beautiful Murphy High School auditorium and it turned out to be a really good contest" and one of its reporters (a sports reporter named Bri MacNaught) saying, "We're wishing a very happy birthday to baseball great hammering Hank Aaron" while having graphics with texts of "BASEBALL LEGEND TURNS 84" and "HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANK AARON!".

• 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 Monday of the fifth day of this February ("FOX 10 News at 9:00 p.m.") had audio of one of its news presenters (Bob Grip) presenting a report in which certain "neighbors" were described as having called "called nine eleven" whereas some captions for the program on an Internet video stream for the program had text in which certain "NEIGHBORS" were described as having "CALLED 9-1-1" for one of its reports ("Now investigators say they don't know the cause of the fire, but it was contained inside the home and apparently burned itself out. They say the fire may have been out for several hours before they were even called. The neighbors stopped by to check on the victim when he or she discovered what happened and called nine eleven"*). 

• The local news program that appeared on the main broadcast channel for WKRG-TV during the second half of the hour of 10:00 p.m. on the Monday of the fifth day of this February ("WKRG News 5 at 10") had audio of one of its news presenters (Mel Showers) saying, "Mardi Gras in Mobile is in full swing**; Tonight revelers were treated to three back to back parades: first the Order of Venus, second Joy of Life, and finally the Order of Many Faces.      Thousands showed up downtown to see the floats, hear the music, and catch the throws.            More than forty-five hundred people watched the parades live from our WKRG Facebook fan page. We had a nationwide audience; most of whom have never seen a parade of their own", and audio of his saying, "News 5's Debbie Williams is live on the Baldwin County beat -- and Debbie it's just a tragic situation" and a video of the aforementioned "Debbie Williams" saying, "It certainly is, Mel" before having a video of a report involving the words, "Nothing outside of the duplex apartment gave even a hint that something terrible had happened inside" immediately afterwards.  

(*the program appeared to have had its other news presenter (Lenise Ligon) saying this in conjunction with the audio immediately before having it: "In Baldwin County a fire claims the life of a Foley woman")
(**the words "Mardi Gras" were French words for "Fat Tuesday")

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.)