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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 11, 2000



            MARLENE H. DORTCH NAMED CHIEF, EEO STAFF
                       MASS MEDIA BUREAU


Marlene H. Dortch has been named Chief of the Equal Employment Opportunity Staff in
the Commission's Mass Media Bureau.  In her new position, Dortch will have primary
responsibility for implementation of the Commission's new Broadcast and Cable EEO rules and
policies. 

She has been an attorney-advisor in the Television Branch of the Bureau's Video
Services Division since February 1994.  In that position, Dortch focused primarily on broadcast
transactions and issues related to the Commission's multiple ownership rules.  She has also
worked on ITFS issues in the Video Services Division.

She holds a J.D. degree from The Ohio State University College of Law and an A.B. from
Georgetown University.

Dortch lives in Maryland with her husband, Llewellyn, a senior sales representative at
R.R. Donnelley and Sons.
                                                           
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