NEWS                                                          March 5, 1996

               MARSHA J. MACBRIDE NAMED SPECIAL ASSISTANT
                     TO THE CHIEF, MASS MEDIA BUREAU


     Marsha J. MacBride has been named Special Assistant to the Chief of the Mass
Media Bureau.  Ms. MacBride joined the Commission in 1991 as an attorney in the Political
Programming Branch of the Bureau's Enforcement Division.  While in that Branch, Ms.
MacBride participated in a wide range of political broadcast issues, including the
Commission's 1991 revision of its political programming policies.  She also helped lead the
Bureau's successful team effort to reduce its backlog of lowest unit charge cases. 

     Prior to joining the Commission, Ms. MacBride was associated with the law firm of
Bishop, Cook, Purcell and Reynolds, where she specialized in the areas of cable and
broadcast transactions and regulation.  Ms. MacBride graduated magna cum laude from
Douglass College, Rutgers University in 1981, and received her Juris Doctor from George
Washington University in 1985.

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