November 28, 1995
                                             
          MASS MEDIA BUREAU ENGINEERING DATA BASES
            ARE NOW AVAILABLE OVER THE INTERNET


     As part of its continuing effort to provide public access to
information over the Internet, the Commission has now made the
Mass Media Bureau's AM, FM, and TV Engineering Data Bases
available through the Internet.  The data base files have been
compressed by using the program gzip.  The program gzip  is 
available  from  the directory  pub/util  on  the FCC site.  The
data bases are sent to the FCC internet site each Friday and are
available in zipped  form  after 12:00 noon on Friday.

     The AM Engineering Data Base contains  engineering 
parameters  of  AM stations  (  licenses,  construction permits,
and applications) in the United States, Canada, Mexico, etc.  The
record layout description is contained  in  file  amdiction.txt,
which is in an unzipped ascii text file.  The zipped data file
name is amdata.dat.gz.

     The FM Engineering Data Base contains  engineering 
parameters  of  FM stations, FM translators, FM boosters
(licenses, construction permits, and applications), vacant
channels, and  proposed  amendments  to  the Table of Allotments
for the United States, Canada, and Mexico.  The FM data are
contained in three files.  The record layout description  for    
the  three  data files is contained in file fmdiction.txt, which
is an unzipped  ascii  text  file.   The  zipped  data   file  
names are: fmfxeng.dat.gz, which contains the primary data;       
fmfxengcmnts.dat.gz, which contains comments associated with
certain records in the primary file; fmfxda.dat.gz, which 
contains directional antenna tabulations associated with certain
records in the primary file.

     The TV Engineering Data Base contains  engineering 
parameters  of  TV stations,   TV   translators,   TV  boosters, 
Low-Power  TV  stations (licenses, construction permits, and
applications),  vacant  channels, and  proposed  amendments  to 
the  Table of Allotments for the United States, Canada, and
Mexico.  The TV data are contained in  two  files. The  record 
layout  description  for  the  primary  TV  data  base is
contained in file tvdiction.txt, which is an unzipped ascii text
(over)                      file. The  zipped  data  file for the primary data base is 
tvdb.dat.gz.  The record layout description for the TV
directional  antenna  tabulations is  contained in file
tvdadiction.txt, which is an unzipped ascii text file.  The
zipped data file for the TV directional antenna tabulations    
is tvdadb.dat.gz.

     The data files and descriptions are contained in the ftp 
directory: pub/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Databases. This directory is at
the Commission's anonymous ftp site, ftp.fcc.gov.

     For questions concerning the content of the AM  or  FM 
data,  contact Gary Kalagian, (202) 418-2789; or e-mail
gkalagia@fcc.gov.

     For questions concerning the content of the TV data, contact
Nai Tam, (202) 418-1657; or e-mail: ntam@fcc.gov.
                                                                 
     For questions concerning the FCC internet, contact Jorden
Brinn at (202) 418-0507 or e-mail: jbrinn@fcc.gov.


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