MEDIA ADVISORY
October 31, 1994


              MEDIA BRIEFING ON FIRST BROADBAND PCS AUCTION
            COMMISSION WILL RELEASE BIDDER APPLICANT LIST,   
                         MAKE FILINGS AVAILABLE


The FCC will hold a media briefing tomorrow, Tuesday, November 1, to discuss the first
broadband PCS auction, which will begin on December 5, 1994.  The Commission will
release the list of applicants who have filed to bid in this auction and the markets in which
they have applied.  Commission staff will be available to answer questions about the auction
process.  The Form 175s filed by prospective bidders will also be available in the
Commission's Public Reference Room on Tuesday.


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WHO: Chairman Reed Hundt
     Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Chief Regina Keeney
     other FCC staff


WHAT:Briefing on December broadband PCS auction
     Release of bidder applicant list


WHEN:9:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 1, 1994


WHERE:     Commission Meeting Room
     1919 M Street, N.W., room 856


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For more information, media should contact Susan Lewis Sallet or Audrey Spivack
at 202/418-0500.