COMMISSIONER SUSAN NESS APPOINTS
                     DAVID R. SIDDALL LEGAL ADVISOR
                                    

    Commissioner Susan Ness today appointed David R. Siddall as Legal Advisor. 
Mr. Siddall will concentrate on mass media and wireless matters.

    Mr. Siddall has contributed to a number of major Commission policy actions
intended to foster the availability of new technologies and services to the public.  Since
1991, Mr. Siddall has served as Chief of the Frequency Allocation Branch, which is
responsible for authorizing use of the radio spectrum by the many wireless services. 
He has played a key role in establishing policies to govern the personal
communications and low-earth orbit satellite services, as well as for digital audio
broadcasting.

    In the Mass Media Bureau from 1988 to 1991, Mr. Siddall was lead attorney for
formulating the Commission's initial policies governing high definition television. 
During 1989 he also served as Acting Assistant Chief, Law, of the Mass Media Bureau
with responsibility for many of the Commission's actions affecting broadcast and cable. 
In the Common Carrier Bureau, between 1985 and 1988, Mr. Siddall contributed to the
Commission's "Computer Three" policies that govern provision of enhanced services
by telephone common carriers.

    Before joining the Commission in 1985, Mr. Siddall specialized in
communications law at the Congressional Research Service of the Library of
Congress, where he worked on a broad range of communications legislation and
issues.

    Mr. Siddall earned his J.D. degree at The National Law Center of the George
Washington University, where he was articles editor of the Journal of International Law
and Economics.  He is a member of the Bars of the District of Columbia and the U.S.
Supreme Court.  A native of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Mr. Siddall resides with his
wife Mary and sons James and Michael in Great Falls, Virginia.