Released: April 25, 2000

                     NEW EEO FORMS AVAILABLE FOR USE

The following new FCC forms are available for  use:

                                        Broadcast and Cable Initial Election Statement

FCC Form 395-B                          Broadcast Station Annual Employment Report

FCC Form 396                            Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity Program 
                                        Report

FCC Form 396-A                          Broadcast Equal Employment Opportunity Model
                                        Program Report

FCC Form 397                            Broadcast Statement of Compliance

FCC Form 395-A                          Cable Television Annual Employment Report

                                   FCC Form 395-M                          Multi-Channel
                                   Video Program Distributor Annual Employment
                                   Report
                                   
The forms incorporate the new broadcast and cable Equal Employment Opportunity rules that became effective
on April 17, 2000, and on April 18, 2000, with respect to the information collection requirements contained in
the rules.   See Review of the Commission's Broadcast and Cable Equal Employment Opportunity Rules and
Policies and Termination of the EEO Streamlining Proceeding, Report and Order, MM Docket Nos. 96-16, 98-
204, FCC 00-20, 15 FCC Rcd 2329 (2000).  These forms have been approved for use by the Office of
Management and Budget and are effective immediately.  All previous editions of FCC Forms 395-A, 395-M,
396, and 396-A are obsolete and can not be used.  

The new FCC forms are available via the Internet by accessing the FCC Web site at http://www.fcc.gov and
clicking on the Forms link.  Printed copies of the form may be obtained early next month by writing to the
FCC's Form Distribution Center, 9300 E. Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, Maryland, 20743, or by calling
(202)418-FORM or 1-800-418-FORM and leaving your request on the answering machine provided for this
purpose.  

For further information, please contact Jackie Swank at (202)418-2621 or the EEO Staff at (202)418-1450.

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