NEWS                                                         April 14, 1995

                     ABBIE BAYNES TO LEAVE COMMISSION

     Abbie G. Baynes, Special Counsel to FCC General Counsel William E. Kennard, will
leave the Commission on April 14, 1995.  On May 22, she will join the corporate finance group
of Kleinwort Benson, a British investment bank.  Ms. Baynes will work on communications
financing transactions in the firm's New York office.

     Ms. Baynes has served as Special Counsel for mass media issues since March 1994. 
Prior to joining the Commission, she handled corporate transactions for communications
companies as an associate at Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand in Washington,
DC.  Ms. Baynes graduated cum laude from Duke University in 1985, and obtained her J.D.
and M.B.A. in finance from George Washington University.  She served as a law clerk to Chief
Judge Frank W. Bullock, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North
Carolina after law school.  Before attending law school, Ms. Baynes worked as a financial
administrator and corporate trust officer for a commercial bank.  She is the author of law review
articles on corporate structure and judicial ethics.

     
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