NEWS                                         October 2, 1995


                      LINDA BLAIR NAMED ACTING CHIEF,
                AUDIO SERVICES DIVISION, MASS MEDIA BUREAU

     Linda Blair has been appointed Acting Chief of the Mass Media Bureau's Audio Services
Division.  She replaces Larry Eads, who retired on September 30, 1995.  Ms. Blair has been
Assistant Chief of the Division since October 1994.

     Ms. Blair is a 1982 cum laude graduate of The Washington College of Law at American
University, where she was a member of the Law Review staff and participated in various local
and national moot court competitions.  She practiced communications law at Ginsburg, Feldman
and Bress before joining the Commission in 1988.  Prior to becoming Assistant Division Chief
of the Audio Services Division, she served as an attorney in the Policy and Rules Division of
the Mass Media Bureau, as well as in the former Private Radio Bureau and the General
Counsel's Office.

     Ms. Blair resides in the District of Columbia with her husband and two sons.


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