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The FCC has introduced a docket inviting input on how to release unassigned spectrum licenses from its inventory in light of the ongoing lapse of the commission’s auction authority. This development coincides with the one-year mark – on March 9, 2023 – of Congress neglecting to extend the FCC’s auction authority. As a result, the agency’s authority lapsed for the first time.

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Mstyslav Chernov’s 20 Days in Mariupol, a harrowing first-person account of the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, won the best documentary Oscar on Sunday night. Statuettes were awarded to Chernov, producer and editor Michelle Mizner and producer Raney Aronson-Rath. The Oscar — and nomination — was a first for both Chernov, an AP video journalist, and the 178-year-old news organization. This was the third nomination and first win for Frontline. Pictured: Raney Aronson-Rath (center), l-r: Vasilisa Stepanenko, Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka, Michelle Mizner and Derl McCrudden accept the award for best documentary feature film. (Chris Pizzello/AP)

A statement released Thursday said the 59-year-old’s diagnoses of primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia “have already presented significant hurdles in Wendy’s life” and have behavioral and cognitive impacts.

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include an opening for a senior director of sports. Other existing jobs include openings for Sinclair’s corporate engineering team, Hearst’s national consumer unit, Lockwood’s station in Augusta, Nexstar’s Houston station, Hearst’s Louisville station and a SVP at Nexstar’s corporate office.

Wall Street hit a record high Friday following a two-year round trip scarred by inflation.

Fair, pictured, spent 50 years with ABC Owned Television Stations, 20 of them at WPVI in Philadelphia and the last 30 at KABC. (Image courtesy ABC)

The new hire, pictured, previously served in the same role at Buzzfeed Inc. (Image: Nielsen)

The tech industry group NetChoice is suing to block an Ohio law that requires a wide swath of platforms — including Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Threads, X and YouTube — to obtain parental consent before allowing access to minors under 16. In a federal complaint filed late last week in the Southern District of Ohio, NetChoice says the law violates the First Amendment for several reasons, including that it wrongly restricts minors’ rights to express themselves and access others’ speech, and only applies to certain social platforms.

Broadcasters launching 24/7 streaming channels devoted to weather, or to news with weather updates, are finding their content strategies differ vastly from what they air in their linear newscasts. Here’s what the research and early experience are showing. Pictured: Ethan Dreilinger, client solutions engineer at The Weather Company, spoke with TVNewsCheck Publisher Kathy Haley about what broadcasters are learning from their weather OTT channels, during a fireside chat at TV2025: Monetizing the Future, a TVNewsCheck conference presented at NAB Show New York.

This year, TVNewsCheck reported on the deaths of outstanding people who shaped television as actors, lawmakers, producers, business people, journalists, on-air personalities and more. Here’s a look back at some of those influencers, each linked to their obituary.

“He embodies the caliber of leadership and industry expertise we sought for this pivotal role,” said Deborah Collura, president and general manager of CBS Sacramento.

Fox News took the crown as the top-rated cable channel in 2023, the eighth consecutive year it has done so. On a 24-hour total day basis, the network pulled in a daily average of more than 1.2 million viewers including 150,000 in the advertiser-coveted 25 to 54 age demographic, according to Nielsen Media Research data.

In a press release, Cox Media Group (CMG) announced two senior leader promotions that “support the company’s commitment to local journalism and service to the communities they serve.” Misti Turnbull was elevated to vice president of news, and Jordan Cipala was named vice president of strategy and operations.