NEWS                                                        October 6, 1994

                      FCC CELEBRATES 60TH ANNIVERSARY

     At a standing room only Commission meeting room today, Chairman Hundt and
Commissioners Quello, Barrett, Ness and Chong cut a huge chocolate birthday cake to celebrate
the FCC's 60th Birthday.

     As part of the festivities, Commissioner Rachelle Chong read the following poem:

                     A Poem to the Communications Act
               By Henry Gibson (actually Jane Mago, Senior Poem Advisor)

                    How old is the Communications Act?
                          60 years, to be exact.
                      It has provisions old and new,
                        2(b), 4(i) to name but two.
                          Now OGC, they love 4(i)
                   For it grants discretion on the fly.
                    The Act has served these many years
                to fill some dreams and strike some fears.
                       It's been amended quite a lot
                    To fix some jiggles and some jots.
                     In Title II, it deals with phones
                   it strives for service to every home.
                         In Title III, on radios,
                   it tells you where your station goes.
                       In Title IV, the Admin. Part
                     has many rules to take to heart.
                       From Title V -- on penalties
                   we get the power to make you freeze.
                     In Title VI, we deal with cable.
                  Congress asked us to keep rates stable.
                      With Susan, Jim, Andy and Reed
                     We fill your every lobbying need.
                      No, my job is to read the Act,
                     apply the law based on the facts.
                      So, I promise I will do my best
                       to serve the public interest.

                                  - FCC -