August 28, 1998
                                
            ROBERT H. RATCLIFFE NAMED DEPUTY CHIEF, 
                       MASS MEDIA BUREAU

     Robert H. Ratcliffe, Acting Deputy Chief (Operations) of the Commission's Mass
Media Bureau, has been named Deputy Chief (Operations) of the Bureau on a permanent
basis.  He has held the position of Acting Deputy Chief since November of 1997.  His
permanent appointment was effective July 5, 1998.

     Ratcliffe has worked at the FCC since 1975, holding various positions in the former
Cable Television Bureau and the Mass Media Bureau, as well as serving as a Mass Media legal
advisor to former Chairman Sikes in 1989.

     Ratcliffe received his J.D. degree from the Boston University School of Law, and holds
an A.M. degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a B.A. degree from
Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.


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