MEDIA ADVISORY
May 27, 1994


       SATELLITE FEED AVAILABLE FROM FCC SPECTRUM AUCTION SEMINAR
 Will Discuss First Ever Auction of Airwaves for New Communications Services

       The FCC will make available a satellite feed, beginning at 9 a.m. (EDT), of its June 6
informational seminar to explain the auction procedures to be used this July for the auction of
licenses.  The auctions are for narrowband Personal Communications Service (narrowband
PCS, which could include advanced voice paging, two-way acknowledgment paging, data
messaging, and both one-way and two-way messaging and facsimile) and Interactive Video
Data Service (IVDS, which could include home banking, home shopping, educational and
pay-per-view programming and other television viewer interaction services).

       These auctions will mark the first time the Commission will use auctions to license
spectrum and the informational seminar is designed to help potential bidders learn more about
this process.  The seminar will be broadcast from  Kalorama Studios in Washington, D.C.
where there will be a participating audience. 

SEMINAR SCHEDULE:
9:00 a.m.             Remarks by FCC Chairman Reed Hundt

9:15 -noon            Narrowband PCS seminar

2:00 p.m.             Remarks by FCC Chairman Reed Hundt

2:15 - 5:00 p.m.      IVDS seminar, including a mock auction

The FCC encourages anyone who is interested to use this satellite feed to watch all or a
part of this seminar.  The coordinates are as follows:

9 a.m. - noon session:               Satellite:  Galaxy 6
                                     Transponder 10
2:00 - 5:00 p.m. session             Satellite:  Galaxy 6
                                     Transponder 10

For more information about the satellite feed, the seminar or the auctions, call:
FCC News Media contacts: Rosemary Kimball and Susan Lewis Sallet at (202) 418-0500.
Auction public relations contact:  Karen May Communications at (708) 564-9922.