April 21, 1994

           MEREDITH J. JONES NAMED CHIEF, CABLE SERVICES BUREAU

       Meredith J. Jones has been named Chief of the Cable
Services Bureau.  Jones will
succeed Alexandra M. (Sandy) Wilson.  

       "Sandy Wilson has performed above and beyond the call of
duty as Acting Bureau
Chief," Chairman Reed Hundt said.  "Long before my arrival here
at the Commission, Sandy
was working hard to enable the Commission to meet its mandate
under the 1992 Cable Act. 
Under her direction, the staff of the Cable Services Bureau has
done an extremely effective
job with little time and resources and I commend her for all she
has accomplished."

       Meredith Jones spent two decades as a business lawyer,
structuring and negotiating
financial transactions, prior to joining the government last
year.  She began her career at the
law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in New York and
was then a partner in the
San Francisco law firm of Chickering & Gregory.  She mainly
practiced financial transaction
law, working on public and private debt and equity financings. 
At Cleary, Jones also worked
on international banking issues, representing foreign banks with
a U.S. presence.  At
Chickering, she also worked on investment company issues.

       Jones then served as Senior Counsel to Bechtel Financing
Services, Inc., a member of
the Bechtel group of companies, a privately held engineering and
construction organization
headquartered in San Francisco.  There she represented Bechtel as
an investor in, and as an
arranger of, financing for domestic and international
infrastructure projects.  Jones worked
with Bechtel's clients to arrange optimal financing and she also
had extensive dealings with
various government regulatory agencies.  Last year, Jones came to
Washington as the General
Counsel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.  


       Jones received a B.A. in Economics from Swarthmore College
and a J.D. from Yale
Law School.  She is a member of the bar in California and New
York.

       "Meredith's background as a business lawyer will be
invaluable to the Cable Services
Bureau's continued work," Hundt said.  "She has expertise in how
businesses work and how
businesses are financed.  At the same time, she has also run a
government office and will
bring a unique and invaluable combination of skills to her new
position."

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