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TEGNA Inc announced that Tim Thomas has been appointed President and General Manager at WTLV and WJXX, the NBC and ABC affiliates in Jacksonville, effective April 3, 2023. Thomas will be responsible for overseeing the stations’ operations across platforms, as well as leading community service efforts and driving results for advertisers

Thomas joins WTLV and WJXX, known as First Coast News, from West Texas where he was President and General Manager and led all operations across KWES, KXVA and KIDY Thomas led KWES and KXVA to significant broadcast share growth, and in 2022, KWES received a Regional Edward R Murrow Award for Overall Excellence In Midland-Odessa, the station partnered with local nonprofits to raise $1 4 million dollars for the Permian Basin Rehabilitation Center and supported thousands of families during the holidays through the Salvation Army

Previously, Thomas was station operations manager for WXIA-WATL in Atlanta, leading local on-air and digital programming and creating new business opportunities Prior to WXIA-WATL, Thomas was news operations director at First Coast News

“Tim’s leadership style, authenticity and teamwork are second to none,” said Larry Delia, Senior Vice President, Media Operations at TEGNA “His experience, strategic thinking and ability to foster an inclusive and positive culture make him a g r e a t f i t a s h e r e t u r n s t o Jacksonville to lead the First Coast News team ”

SES announced that the SES-18 and SES-19 satellites, designed and assembled by Northrop Grumman, were successfully launched by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States, at 7:38 pm local time on Friday, March 17.

The two American-made satellites are the fourth and fifth – and final – satellites to be launched as part of SES’s C-band transition plan, following the launch of SES22 in June 2022 and the tandem launch of SES-20 and SES-21 in October 2022 These satellites are essential parts of SES’s plan to achieve the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) program to clear C-band spectrum to enable wireless operators to deploy 5G services across the contiguous U S (CONUS) while ensuring that SES’s existing customers continue to enjoy uninterrupted TV, radio and critical data transmission services to millions of Americans.

Since 2020, SES, along with other satellite operators, has been clearing 300 MHz of C-band spectrum and transitioning customer services to the remaining allocated 200 MHz of spectrum by launching new satellites, building new ground stations and sending hundreds of satellite earth station technicians across the country to install new filters on customers’ antennas